Tag Archives: art/architecture/design

Cubism

Here is a reading on Cubism along with its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet. I can’t think of anything more to say about this–other than the audience for this, given the state of arts education in our schools these days, might end up being entirely self-selected.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Elbert Hubbard on Editors

“Editor: A person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff and to see that the chaff is printed.”

Elbert Hubbard

Excerpted from: Winokur, Jon, ed. The Big Curmudgeon. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007.

Manifesto

“Manifesto: A term closely associated with the Avant-Garde Modernists and used primarily during the 20th century. Often the work of writers rather than artists, manifestos were published to proclaim new or revolutionary movements that spanned the arts, as in the Futurist and Surrealist manifestos.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

Isocephaly

“Isocephaly: A method of composing groups of figures in such a way that all are shown at the same height, regardless of posture and purpose. Characteristic of classical Greek art.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

Intrado

“Intrados: Inner surface of an arch.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

Intonaco

“Intonaco: In fresco, the final coat of plaster on which the painter actually works, while it is still wet.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

Intimism

“Intimism: The painting of intimate scenes, e.g. domestic interiors or objects associated with them. A type of genre practiced particularly by French painters like Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

Interlace

“Interlace: Decoration formed of entwined, interwoven, linear elements.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

Jamb Figure

“Jamb Figure: Sculptured figure attached to the jamb (the vertical part) of a medieval church portal. Also called a called a column figure.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

Kylix (Cylix)

“Kylix (Cylix): A wide, shallow Greek drinking cup with two handles set horizontally and with or without a slender stem. The inside of the bowl was a field for vase painting.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.