Lines
Sightline connecting elements in art.
What is an Implied Line?
The type of color palette associated with high energy.
What is Warm Color Palette?
This refers to the perceived distance between objects or areas in a composition.
What is Space?
Image writing.
What is Iconography?
This period is characterized by the rise of the Olmec culture, known for colossal stone heads and early Mesoamerican society.
What is the Pre-Classical (Formative) Period?
Black outline, not as naturalistic, seen in the Ancient period.
What is Contour Line?
The element used to make surfaces appear realistic or altered within a scene.
What is Texture?
Space that contains objects.
What is Positive Space?
When one element represents two things.
What is Split Representation?
This period saw the development of the Moche civilization, known for monumental architecture and the Lord of Sipán tomb.
What is the Early Intermediate Period?
Lines dug into the surface.
What are Incised Lines?
The dullness or vibrancy of a color.
What is Saturization?
Mathematically accurate illusion of depth.
What is Linear Perspective?
Mythical physical change, often in shamans.
What is Mythical Transformation?
This period is marked by the dominance of the Inca Empire, which stretched across South America before the arrival of the Spanish.
What is the Late Horizon?
Horizontal bands or sections in art.
What are Registers?
Stitch style that looks threaded.
What is Stem Stitch?
Empty or unmanipulated space in art.
What is Negative Space?
Decorative clothing and items signifying status.
What is Adornment?
During this period, the Aztec Empire reached its peak, with its capital at Tenochtitlán and a strong military and religious system.
What is the Postclassic period?
Conceptual Surface of the Scene
What is the Picture Plane?
A technique where dyed sections stand out on fabric to create bold, contrasting areas.
What is Color Block Embroidery?
Symmetrical composition suggests this.
What is Stability?
Hard to Understand
What is Esoteric?
This period began after the Spanish conquest of the Americas, marked by the colonization and cultural blending between Europeans and Indigenous peoples.
What is the Colonial Period?