Art&architecture3 Crossword
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2) Basic components of art: line, space, shape, value, color, texture.3) A decorated horizontal band along a wall or on a building.4) Regarded as an object of veneration, a panel with a picture of a sanctified
personage.5) A statue of the human body without head and limbs.6) Small decorative feature at the top of a pinnacle.9) Using light and shadow to create the illusion of a three-dimensional
solid form on a two-dimensional surface.10) A porch with a roof, supported by columns, leading to a building’s
entrance.12) A painting, often a triptych, above and behind an altar.13) Design concept #6. Managing construction expenses and designing
with owners’ economic means in mind.17) To make a raised design on a flat surface such as paper, by pressing
the design into the back side.18) In Eastern Christian
churches, a partition with icons, that separates the sanctuary from the
main body of the church.19) A mass of masonry that braces against the lateral thrust of an arch or
a vault.20) Semicircular area between a doorway’s lintel and the arch above.21) Visual perception of a surface’s reflection or absorption of light.22) The face of a building.24) A painting or carving with three side-by-side hinged panels.27) Moving cartoons.28) A building of axial plan, adopted by Christian church architects.29) c. 1800s, a style counterbalancing neoclassical reason with dramatic
subjects and brilliant colors. Notables: Delacroix, Turner.30) A manuscript, especially
of the Middle Ages, with highly ornamented initial letters.31) To hold a physical attitude for an artistic purpose.32) A portrait that deliberately exaggerates the subject’s distinctive features
to produce a sarcastic or comic effect.37) The part of the picture that seems to be farthest from the viewer.38) Design concept #4. The graceful arrangements of elements of a building,
due to the elements’ symmetria.41) Art of the Mideast c. 330–1450, mostly panels, mosaics, and manuscripts.43) The technique of shortening or lengthening proportions to increase
the illusion of depth.44) c. 1750s, a revival of Greco-Roman art. Notables: Canova, David.45) A decorative canopy over a
tomb, throne, or altar.46) An image incised in rock, especially by Neolithic people.47) Supporting the entablature, the portion of a column above the shaft.58) Surface artwork directly on a wall.59) 17th-cent. movement that sought drama, contrast of light. Notables:
Bernini, Caravaggio, Carracci, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velasquez.60) Painting or sculpture of a person’s head, neck, upper chest, and
shoulders.61) A slab of wood, ceramic, plastic, glass, metal, or paper on which an
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1) Usually a wall hanging, a textile with a handwoven design or scene.7) Covered walkways surrounding a monastic quadrangle.8) The place at which the viewer’s attention centers in an artwork’s
composition.11) A painting with natural elements: mountains, trees, rivers, etc.14) Art seeking to look truly like what it is representing.15) Branch of philosophy dealing with the nature and appreciation of
beauty.16) A technique that creates a sense of receding space.23) Sculpted, cast, or carved three-dimensional persons or animals.25) A painting that communicates a likeness of a person or a group.26) A coffin, usually stone, often decorated with carvings or inscriptions.33) In a work of art, the relationship in size of one component to another.34) The lightness or darkness of a color.35) Design concept #3. The refined effect of a structure, in light of its
purpose.36) The attribute of color that allows for classification as red, yellow,
blue, or a variation.39) 1st-century master architect under Julius Caesar and Augustus.40) The style of a building.42) Design concept #2. Proper arrangement of the smaller areas in proportion
to overall dimensions.48) Period of art and learning during the reign of Charlemagne.49) 16th-century touchstone era of Western art. Notables: da Vinci,
Holbein, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian.50) Style of 20th-century art concerned with fragmentation and multiple
viewpoints. Notables: Braque, Picasso.51) A picture or design comprising tiny pieces of stone, glass, or tile set
in a matrix.52) Imitation of the art of ancient Greece and Rome that idealized
harmony, restraint, balance, and simplicity.53) The late 11th-century style of complex and ornamented artworks.54) Design concept #1. Determination of incremental units of measurement
for a structure.55) Representation of an abstract or inanimate thing with human qualities.56) The technique of painting on dry or wet plaster.57) A bell tower, usually near a church.61) Finely powdered natural or synthetic color material that becomes
paint, ink, or dye when mixed with oil or water.62) Design concept #5. Arising from appropriately dignified lighting and
site, the pleasing appearance of a room or building.63) Surrounded by a row of columns.64) A court enclosed on all sides by columns.65) Late 19th-century school of painting, inspired especially by the
vibrant lights and colors in nature. Notables: Degas, Monet, Renoir.66) The part of a church where sung prayer is offered.67) Small tower on top a building.68) c. 12th–16th centuries, more linear, elegant artworks than previously
in Europe. Notables: Giotto, Jan van Eyck.69) Housing the main altar, the semicircular or polygonal extension of a
church.70) A copy, exact in all details. |
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