Ancient/Classic Art
Romans
One of the most important families for Renaissance art
The Medici Family
Art produced after 1945 (according to most museums) or after 1960 (according to most art critics) falls into this category of art
Contemporary
Thick, heavy application of paint where the strokes of the brush or palette knife are pronounced, allowing the paint to stand up in relief
Impasto
Thought to be one of the very first pieces of art known to man.
Woman/Venus of Willendorf
Artist responsible for perfecting the design and construction of the dome
Filippo Brunelleschi
An annual juried art exhibition of painting and sculpture in France
Salon
Painting technique: pigments mixed with water are applied to wet pilaster in order for the pigments to become a part of the pilaster
Fresco Painting
The four stylistic periods of ancient Greek art
Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic
The three artists considered to be the 'geniuses of Renaissance art'
Michelangelo, Raphael, and da Vinci
The actual color of an object which "appears" to change when the object is seen under different light and atmospheric conditions
Local Color
Comes from the Greek phrase "made without hands," they are Christian icons that are said to have come into existence miraculously
Acheiropoieta
Earliest artistic technique
Petroglyphs (known to most of us as engravings/carvings)
How artists were viewed by people; their social status
Artists were highly respected and admired, to some extent, worshiped
A painting style in which the artist applies paint in a manner that expresses emotion and feelings in a spontaneous way.
Abstract expressionism
Separate patches of color that are visible and often look somewhat sloppy
Taches
Concept based on the principal that "like produces like," or, what happens to an object will happen to the person the object represents.
Sympathetic Magic Theory
Author of several contemporary biographical accounts of Renaissance artists
Giorgio Vasari
The process of applying gouache to paper or glass
Decalcomania
Images created with rubbing over different textures
Frottage