Humanities 1315 Unit 1

Unit 1 Key Terms

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Abstract

In the visual arts when it may have some resemblance to an object but it is not recognizeable from much of the real thing. It is abstracted

Ancient Greek Era

Before the time in the Roman Calendar referred to the time when the Ancient Greeks were at their powerful time period as far as their streng

Ano Domino

Year of Our Lord in the timeline.

Biomorphic

A natural shape with all natural shapes attached to it.

C.E.

Common Era

Classical Music

Time period of music when the Symphony Orchestra developed into 4 sections –Brass, Percussion, Strings and Woodwind --this was 1750 to 1825.

close-minded

To not let new ideas into your mind. Not allow new thoughts in other words to just not think of new thoughts or expand ones ideas or view po

Decor

This means a way of designing to create a way that something looks to represent a certain design style flair which is unique in its own way.

dissonant sounds

Clashing chords using opposite is called consonant and they are usually sounds that seem to have more of a sense of direction and one can us

Dynamics

In music loud or soft tempo—in music the rate of speed, fast or slow.

Dynasty

In the pharaohs way of life they would have a family line and rule one after another until there was not an heir. A son or daughter would th

Era

Period of time

Etching

A piece of paper that is an art work that is a print that was transferred onto the paper from a metal plate.

Excavation

Digging for objects done by an archeologist in order to study how people from the ancient past lived.

Factors that influence artists and their work

Beliefs, economic status, family background, location of where they live, health and educational opportunities.

fad

An idea or style that comes and then it goes away quickly. Does not last very long at all.

legend

A story that may have some fact or facts in it but it is exaggerated and made up but it is told an retold and changed up and added to and is

Lithography

A process used in making a print that has an end result called a lithograph.

open-minded

In art it may be an idea for the artist or the viewer to keep an idea in their mind to be free from the past and to think new thoughts and i

overture

A type of music played by a symphony orchestra which is something like a synoposis so to speak but in music and it tells a story without wor

Renaissance Period

15th and 14th Centuries time of the period in Italy when the power was in Italy and the strength of the Catholic Church was both in terms of

Serigraph

A print that was made from a process called a stencil method.

Shade (in terms of color)

A color from the color wheel mixed in with some black.

Stencil Method

Printing process used in serigraphy.

symphony music

Music which would be played by instruments of the orchestra which would include the string section of the orchestra which is made up of the

Timbre

The quality of sound (in music)

Tint (in terms of color)

Color from the color wheel mixed in with some white.

Tone (in terms of color)

Color from the color wheel mixed in with some brown.

Universal

An idea that can be related by people from many ages and from many places around the world and from many types of beliefs and political lean

Value (in terms of color)

Black and white scale or the way the grey looks from white to black or the way that a color has lightness and darkness in the color itself.

Warm Colors

Colors which are from the color wheel that seem to evoke a feeling of warmth such as red and yellow for example.