ART TERMS

Find the meaning of the following art terms:

1. Action Painting
2. Aesthetics
3. Anthropocentric
4. Art criticism
5. Art for art’s sake
6. Chiaroscuro
7. Composition
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8. Genre painting
9. Impasto
10. Humanism
11. Humanities
12. Humanus
13. non-representational art
14. Opera
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15. Renaissance man

16. Representational art
17. Still life
18. Theocentric
19. Universality
20. Zeitgeist
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1. Action Painting- abstract expressionism style

marked by the use of spontaneous techniques
such as splattering, smearing, dripping, and
splashing
2. Aesthetics – branch of philosophy that deals with
the nature beauty
3. Anthropocentric – philosophical viewpoint
arguing that human beings are the central and
most significant entities in the world/universe
4. Art criticism – refers to the evaluating and
analyzing art
5. Art for art’s sake – art exists for its beauty
6. Chiaroscuro – pictorial representation in terms of
light and shade [without regard to color]
7. Composition – arrangement of visual elements in
a work of art
8. Genre painting – type of painting which depicts
scenes from ordinary, everyday life
9. Impasto – technique of applying thick paint on the
canvas
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10. Humanism – a cultural and intellectual movement of
the renaissance that emphasized human potential-
his values, capacities and achievement
11. Humanities – the discipline that studies the liberal
arts: visual arts, literature, language, music, and
performing arts, history, philosophy, theology,
aesthetics
12. Humanus – Latin word which means human, cultured
and refined
13. non-representational art – art that does not depict
any representation from the outside world;
non-mimetic art
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14. Opera – performance where actors sing all or
most of the words of a play accompanied by
music performed by the orchestra
15. Renaissance man – a man who knows a lot of
things; a very talented man
16. Representational art – art that contains images
that represents those in the outside world;
mimetic art
17. Still life – type of painting depicting an
arrangement of inanimate objects, typically
commonplace, either natural or man-made
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18. Theocentric – belief that God is the central
aspect of our existence; translated as
God-centered
19. Universality – quality shared by all people or
things all over the world
20. Zeitgeist – translated as “spirit of the times” or of
the age. The taste, outlook, philosophy or spirit of
the period or generation.
Ex. During the Neoclassical period the spirit of the times
was considered to be rationalism; while during the
Romantic era it was sentiment.