Attribute
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
An attribute is a symbolic object that is used to identify a particular god or hero.
NOTES
From Ken Kelsey, The Art of the Classical World at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teaching Packet, 1995.
Antefix
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A decorative termination of the cover tiles of a tile roof, placed sometimes also along the top of the ridge.
NOTES
From Ken Kelsey,
Grand Tour
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Grand Tour can be understood as the original "liberal arts" education. From the 16th through the 19th centuries, wealthy young people, mostly men, from England or Germany would journey south to Paris and especially to Venice, Florence, and Rome. They were attracted to the paintings and sculpture of the Renaissance and the antiquities of Rome.
Embossing
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Embossing is the process of ornamenting by stamping the metal with a form.
Colors, complementary
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Complementary colors are those that have a maximum contrast when placed next to their opposite on the color wheel.
Post-Impressionism
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Post-Impressionism is a general term used to describe the works of artists such as Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin, who moved away from impressionism toward styles less tied to naturalism. This movement lasted from the final impressionist exhibit of 1886 to the beginnings of Cubism in the first decade of the 20th century.
Still life ("nature morte")
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Still life typically refers to a depiction of inanimate objects.
Surrealism
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Surrealism, an early-20th-century literary and artistic movement, aimed to liberate the emotions and desires of the subconscious from the rational mind and its socially-enforced norms and taboos.
Colors, primary/secondary
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
For paints (as opposed to theater lights), the hues red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors. These building blocks of color are often arranged on a color wheel. From these three colors, with the addition of white or black, it is theoretically possible to mix the full range of colors in the spectrum.
Painterly
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Painterly describes a painting in which the tactile, fluid quality of the paint and traces of its physical application become a principal quality of the work.
NOTES
Adapted from- Ken Kelsey, Gail Davitt, Mary Ann Allday, Barbara Barrett, and Troy Smythe, Contemporary Art and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teac