Art history Terms

Twisted Perspective

Part of object in frontal, part in profile
Relief

Carved into something and raised
incized

Cut into artwork
Lenthil

Horizontal stone/bar
Register

Row/band on artwork
Icanography

Represents something
Lost Wax

Method of casting bronze involving wax figures
Conceptual

Idea has precedence over aesthetic appearance
Blind Arcade

Arcs that don't open
Archway

Open Arcs
Canon

Perfect figure/representation
Canilevered

Stacked on top of one another
Relieving Traingle

Triangle over Lentil for architectural purpose
Tholos

Round Tomb/Temple
Figure in the round

fully 3D sculpture
Orientalizing

Detail and Picture Vocabulary
Kouros

Youth Statue
Kore

Votive female statue
Frieze

relief on top of capitals
Contrapasto

Movement in figure, walking
Polykeitos

perfect specimin of something
Theatron

Stage built on slope
Corinthian (capital)

Carved, more ornate than Ionic
Atmospheric Perspective

Dark in front, light in background. Blurryness added to show depth
1st Style

Meant to look like it has marble
2nd Style

meant to look 3 dimensional
3rd Style
4th Style

Has architecture in art

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important terms to know

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2010-10-21T03:22:16Z

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