Art Fundamentals
two modes of analysis
formal analysis and contextual analysis
definition of lux nova
Latin - new light
Gutenberg used moveable type in...
1440
key philosophy in Impressionist color theory
complementary colors
1935, Abbott began to get funding from...
Federal Art Project
hierarchical scale
The Egyptians used the status of figures/objects to determine their relative size in artwork
Demands of making stained glass
molten mixture of silica (basically sand), potash (to lower the temperature at which silica melts), lime (a stabilizer), plus the addition of metal oxides to color or “stain” the glass.
the Behaim family lived in...
Nuremberg
style of Vigée Le Brun’s paintings are labeled as...
Rococo
disturbing visuals about the images from the Zealy-Agassiz project
whip marks, scars, other disfigurations that are testimony to the survival of slavery’s brutality
the Gothic Style used ribbed vaults, define ribbed vaults
a framework of thin stone ribs or arches built under the intersection of the vaulted sections of the ceiling
Advantages of Concrete
strong, durable, inexpensive, convenient, adaptable to atypical shapes, and easily worked by unskilled laborers
Afghanistan
artists got their natural colorants from...
oxides, plants, minerals, and semiprecious stones
Penn Station, Interior was dated to between
1935 to 1938
Art in the Counter-Reformation
lavish church decoration and art of highly dramatic/emotional nature
Jar with Dragon depicts...
A powerful dragon undulating through a sky with scattered clouds
advantages of oil paint over tempura
layering of opaque pigment layers, objects appear transparent or translucent
one disadvantage of Prussian blue pigment
when mixed with other colors, it becomes diluted and more sensitive to UV light
the most prominent mode of portrait-taking before the invention of photography around 1839
the silhouette
responded to a post-WWII industrial culture
Pop-Art, Minimalism, Photorealism
only pigment that can retain its color under high heat
cobalt blue
the oba (ruler) controlled what in the kingdom of Benin
trade with Portugal for pepper, cloth, ivory, and
enslaved persons for brass
how pigments were crushed starting in 1740
between mechanized stone rollers in horse-powered “paint mills”
the scientists’ hot debate regarding a horse’s gait in the 1870’s
their question: "Was there ever a moment when a horse was suspended in midair?"