Term
|
Definition
the meaning of the subject manner. Iconology: the study of the meaning or context of a larger program to which individual works belong. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| -Whistler said this about "Nocturne in Black and Gold, in response to the criti Ruskin saying that this work was not art because it served no function. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a system of construction in which the architechtural members (such as bars and beams) are combined, often in triangles to create a rigid framework. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a bridge in which the roadway is suspended from two or more steel cables, which usually pass over towers and are then anchored at their ends. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the internal strength of a material that enables it to support itself without rupturing. |
|
|
Term
| Steel Framed Construction |
|
Definition
| a method of construction in which the walls are supported at floor level by a steel frame consisting of vertical and horizontal members. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Coined by Robert Fry in 1910 - rejected limitations of impressionism. -continued using vivid colours, thick application of paint, distinctive brushstrokes, and real life subject matter, but were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural colour. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| in painting and sculpture, having a generalized or essential form with only a symbolic resemblance to natural objects. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| they try to make everything (furniture, public space) into an art form. Anything is free game to be art. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
French for Red Windmill -Paris, and birth of the can-can dance. -built in 1889 -underworld -seduction |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"half world" -polite term for "mistress" -referred to the people who went to the moulin rouge. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-small points of primary colours nearby create the impression of secondary colours. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| -painting technique when paint is laid on the canvas very thickly. May even be mixed right on the canvas. When dry it creates texture. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an ancient metal working technique used to create jewelery, vases and other decorative items. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
A symbol is an image that represents something else. -has an important role in psychoanalysis view of art history or religion. |
|
|
