Keywords Chapter 2 and 3
Across
- 6. A relief printmaking method in which a block of wood is carved so as to leave the image areas raised from the background.
- 9. What a work of art is about, its meaning.
- 12. Descriptive of art that does not represent or otherwise refer to the visible world outside itself.
- 14. The personal, social, cultural, and historical setting in which a work of art was created, received, and interpreted.
- 16. Any large-scale wall decoration in painting, fresco, mosaic, or some other medium.
- 19. Descriptive of a work of art that depicts forms in the natural world.
- 20. A composition consisting of three panels side by side, generally hinged in such a way that the outer two panels can close like shutters over the central one.
- 21. Descriptive of representational art in which methods for depicting forms have become standardized and can thus be repeated without further observation of the real-world.
- 22. The action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices.
- 23. The physical appearance of a work of art- its materials, style, and composition.
Down
- 1. Descriptive of art in which the forms of the visual world are purposefully simplified, fragmented, or otherwise distorted.
- 2. The identification, description, and interpretation of subject matter in art.
- 3. Descriptive of art that does not represent or otherwise refer to the visible world outside itself. Synonymous with nonrepresentational.
- 4. A characteristic, or a number of characteristics, that we can identify as constant, recurring, or coherent. In art, the sum of such characteristics associated with a particular artist, group or culture, or with an artist's work at a specific time.
- 5. A wealthy or influential supporter of an artist or writer.
- 7. An intaglio printmaking method in which the design is bitten into the printing plate with acid.
- 8. In representational or abstract art, the objects or events depicted.
- 10. Also known as Earth Art or Land Art, generally large in scale, made in a landscape from natural elements found there.
- 11. The branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences.
- 13. Term used to describe art that appears to tell a story.
- 15. French for "fool the eye". representational art that mimics optical experiences so faithfully it may be mistaken momentarily for reality.
- 17. An art form in which an entire room or similar space is treated as a work of art to be entered and experienced.
- 18. Descriptive of an approach to portraying the visible world that emphasizes the objective observation and accurate imitation of appearances.