Unit 3 Vocab quiz

Match the Definition to the Term

• Gongsin

• title bestowed by the king upon those who performed distinguished services for their state

• Bourgeoisie

• The middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

• Humanism

• A system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters

Match the Definition to the Term

• Horizon Line

• the point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge

• Orthogonals

• horizontal line that runs across the paper or canvas to represent the viewers eye level, or mark where the sky meets the ground

• Linear Perspective

• perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon

• Vanishing Point

• diagonal lines that can be drawn along receding parallel lines to the vanishing point

To make the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci used ​ (a)   or the technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.

• sfumato
• cubism
• pointillism
• impasto

This part of Matthias Gruenwald Isenheim Altarpiece is known as the

• Predella

• Preshow

• Prebella

• Prestair

Depicted above is a part of the piece Adam and Eve by Durer. What technique was used to create this piece?

• Linocut

• Engraving

• Sfumato

• Linear Perspective