A way of drawing or painting an object or person so that it seems to go back into space. (ex. Dead Christ)
What is foreshortening?
100
The artist who chose mothers and children as her subject matter.
Who is Mary Cassatt?
100
An alternate term for “weft”.
What is woof?
200
A circular formation of stones.
What is a cromlech?
200
The color made when mixing two complementary colors.
What is black?
200
A type of painting in which paint is applied to wet plaster.
What is a fresco?
200
The number of scenes Masaccio’s Tribute Money showed.
What is three?
200
The place where the land meets the sky.
What is the horizon?
300
An upright sculptural slab.
What is a stele?
300
Several values of one color; ex.: light blue, medium blue, dark blue.
What is analogous colors?
300
A scientifically-based set of rules for representing depth in a picture; developed by Brunelleschi and Alberti.
What is linear perspective?
300
The artist who painted many compositions with pencil eraser-sized dots.
Who was Seurat?
300
The style of art in which artists sought a means to express emotional states in their work as well as to portray the many stresses brought on by life in the modern world.
What is Expressionism?
400
The political system in which wealthy landowners owned the property which was operated by serfs.
What is the fuedalism system?
400
Produced by mixing a primary and a secondary color.
What is tertiary?
400
The point where two lines converge on the horizon.
What is vanishing point?
400
The artist who preferred working in “series” of subjects, such as ballet dancers and race tracks.
Who was Degas?
400
A tondo.
What is a circular painting?
500
Underground burial places made up of passageways and meeting rooms of the early Christians.
What is a catacomb?
500
White, black, and gray.
What is neutrals?
500
A technique of showing a human body with its weight on one leg.
What is contrapposto?
500
The artist who nearly drove himself to exhaustion by painting outdoor scenes at every hour in every season.
Who was Monet?
500
The triangular piece at the top of a Greek temple.