Oil on canvas
Art terms:
• Aerial perspective a technique for creating the illusion of distance
• Basilica an early church/ a Roman building for public functions
• Chiaroscuro light and shadow used to create three-dimensionality
• Dome a vaulted roof erected on a circular base.
• Façade the front of a building.
• Patron the person who pays for the artwork.
• Quatrefoil a medieval frame
• Tempera a fast drying, water-based paint made with egg yoke
• Linear perspective mathematical system to create the illusion of depth
• Fresco a wall painting made of pigment and plaster
• picture plane the flat surface of a drawing or painting
• vanishing point a point where liner lines converge
• annunciation Angel announces to Mary she will give birth to Jesus
• Humanism pre-Christian sources that rely on intellect, rather than spirituality
buttress an external architectural support.
cella the main inner room of a temple.
chiaroscuro light and shadow used to create the effect of three- dimensionality.
contrapposto a stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight, while the other is relaxed.
glaze a layer of translucent paint or varnish.
martyrium a church built over the tomb or relics of a martyr.
painterly using the quality of color and texture, rather than line, to define form.
pastel a crayon made of ground pigments.
pieta an image of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ.
sfumato the definition of form by delicate gradations of light and shadow.
Asymmetrical lack of balance
• Baldacchino a canopy above an altar
• Camera obscura forerunner of the photographic camera
• Impasto the thick application of paint
• Minaret a tall, slender tower attached to a mosque.
• Vanitas transitory nature of earthly things and the inevitability of death
• Trompe l’oeil painting that deceives the eye
• Satyr a woodland deity that’s half goat and half man
• Luminism 19th century style of painting emphasizing light on landscape
aerial perspective a technique for creating the illusion of distance
•Basilica an early church/ a Roman building for public functions
•Chiaroscuro light and shadow used to create three-dimensionality
Tom Brenner
Pipes
Pastel on paper.
Tom Brenner
Stoop
Pastel on paper.
Janet Hayes
Backyard Moonlight
Watercolor.
John Favret
In the Past
Acrylic on bristol board.
Andrew Prayzner
Untitled(Realism)
Oil on linen.
Andrew Prayzner
Untitled(Realism)
Oil on canvas.
Gus Moran
Pilgrimage
Oil on canvas.
Gus Moran
White Column
Mixed media on paper.
Art terms:
• Aerial perspective a technique for creating the illusion of distance
• Basilica an early church/ a Roman building for public functions
• Chiaroscuro light and shadow used to create three-dimensionality
• Dome a vaulted roof erected on a circular base.
• Façade the front of a building.
• Patron the person who pays for the artwork.
• Quatrefoil a medieval frame
• Tempera a fast drying, water-based paint made with egg yoke
• Linear perspective mathematical system to create the illusion of depth
• Fresco a wall painting made of pigment and plaster
• picture plane the flat surface of a drawing or painting
• vanishing point a point where liner lines converge
• annunciation Angel announces to Mary she will give birth to Jesus
• Humanism pre-Christian sources that rely on intellect, rather than spirituality
buttress an external architectural support.
cella the main inner room of a temple.
chiaroscuro light and shadow used to create the effect of three- dimensionality.
contrapposto a stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight, while the other is relaxed.
glaze a layer of translucent paint or varnish.
martyrium a church built over the tomb or relics of a martyr.
painterly using the quality of color and texture, rather than line, to define form.
pastel a crayon made of ground pigments.
pieta an image of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ.
sfumato the definition of form by delicate gradations of light and shadow.
Asymmetrical lack of balance
• Baldacchino a canopy above an altar
• Camera obscura forerunner of the photographic camera
• Impasto the thick application of paint
• Minaret a tall, slender tower attached to a mosque.
• Vanitas transitory nature of earthly things and the inevitability of death
• Trompe l’oeil painting that deceives the eye
• Satyr a woodland deity that’s half goat and half man
• Luminism 19th century style of painting emphasizing light on landscape
aerial perspective a technique for creating the illusion of distance
•Basilica an early church/ a Roman building for public functions
•Chiaroscuro light and shadow used to create three-dimensionality
Tom Brenner
Pipes
Pastel on paper.
Tom Brenner
Stoop
Pastel on paper.
Janet Hayes
Backyard Moonlight
Watercolor.
John Favret
In the Past
Acrylic on bristol board.
Andrew Prayzner
Untitled(Realism)
Oil on linen.
Andrew Prayzner
Untitled(Realism)
Oil on canvas.
Gus Moran
Pilgrimage
Oil on canvas.
Gus Moran
White Column
Mixed media on paper.
