Colors
What are the primary colors?
Red, blue, and yellow
En plein-air painting
"In open-air", doing artwork outside
Patron
The person who pays for an artwork or orders it to be made
Abstract
Breaking away from the figurative representation of objects
What does “in the manner / style of [artist name]” mean?
It indicates an unknown artist working in the style of a known artist
What are the warm colors?
yellow, orange, red
Contrapposto
occurs when a figure's weight is counterbalanced and there is a naturalistic weight shift combined with a slight step
The Ancient Greeks invented this stance during the Classical Period of Art History
commission
Patrons order it to be made and pay for it. This gives them a great deal of control, especially the farther you go back in history
Nonrepresentational
also sometimes called complete abstraction, bearing no trace of any reference to anything recognizable from the real world
What is a medium?
The material or material used in creating an artwork or the form in which it was executed
What are the cool colors?
green, blue and purple
Impasto
Thickly applied paint on a canvas
secondary market
for existing art that has been sold at least once before
Representational
easily recognizable objects
What does “Circle of [artist name]” or “school of [artist name]” mean?
It indicates an unknown artist thought to have worked closely with, or been a student of, a known artist
What are the secondary colors?
green, orange, and purple
Chiaroscuro
Renaissance art, technique in which artists manipulates value to make things appear 3D, gradual change
Provenance
The original location where artifacts were made
The detailed history of where an artifact has been since its creation
its resume
Naturalism
resemblance to the “real world,” as we see it around us
What does “After [artist name]” mean?
The work was executed by an unknown artist as a copy of an original by a known artist
What are the tertiary colors?
yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green and yellow-green
Tenebrism
Dramatic illumination, drastic change, usually indicated by candle as only light source
Provenience
the location where data was recovered
The precise location where an artifact or archaeological sample was recovered archaeologically
artifacts birthplace
Idealization
representing
True or false, the title of an artwork should always be used in your analysis. Why?
FALSE, it’s not always given by the artist