Mediums+and+Methods

List of Mediums & Methods toc

Pre-Historic
memory image twisted perspective thatch corbelling corbel vault post-and-lintel capstone henge

Ancient Near East
repousse low relief high relief fresco secco buon fresco cuneiform register phonograms hieratic scale crenellations

Ancient Egypt
ankh hieroglyphic writing canon of proportions ka mastaba stepped pyramid pyramid cartouche pylon peristyle court hypostyle hall clerestory sunken relief encaustic

Aegean Art
Dressed Stone Ashlar Niello Cyclopean Gold Foil Beehive Tomb Courses Krater Chevron

Art of Ancient Greece
Amphora Entablature Pediment Portico Encaustic Fluted colonnade Peplos Rosettes Entices Kouros Facade Archaic Smile Caryatid Black-figure pottery Cornice Frieze Architrave Volute Contrapposto

Art of Ancient Rome
Pilasters Buttessing arcade barrel vault groin vault drum oculus cornice stucco verism colonnade insulae atrium peristyle villa atmospheric perspective intuitive perspective menorah nave clerestory coffers mosaic

Religions of the Book
monotheistic menorah synagogues Torah catacombs basilica atrium narthex aisles apse central plan cruciform Christ Bible Allah Muhammad Koran Shi'ites Sunnies mosque minaret Mihrab minbar calligraphy Muslims

Islamic Textiles
Weaving Techniques Prayer Rugs Safavids (and Persian Carpets)

Byzantine Art
vellum pope schism iconostasis iconoclasm caesaropapism Christ as Pantocrator

Medieval Art
Westwork prefigure coronation illuminated manuscripts reliquary scriptoria cloister monastic

Romanesque Art
campanile Gregorian Chant pilgrimage church strip buttress Romanesque martyr scriptorium benedictine Plan archivolts Trumeau jambs

Gothic Art
guild flying buttress stone tracery quatrefoil historiated crucifix "hall" church Rose window lancets Triforium clerestory pinnacles and finials apsidal chapels choir pulpit

Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe
Black death Great schism Gesso tempera predella vestment grisaille loggia Proto-Renaissance giornata sinopia

Fifteenth-Century Italian Art
Sacra conversazione One-point linear perspective condottieri De Pictura Orthogonals vanishing point foreshorten lantern impost block rusticated sgraffito intarsia confraternities

Sixteenth-Century Italian Art
Protestants reformation counter-reformation the sack of Rome chiaroscuro sfumato stanze pieta ignudi nonfinite quoins piano nobile putti mannerism inquisition pastoral

Early Renaissance in Northern Europe
Annuciation Intuitive perspective aerial perspective diptych triptych polyptych Flanders woodcut engraving

Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and the iberian Peninsula
Protestant reformation School of Fontainebleau Chateau Allegrical cycles grottos Engraving iberian Peninsula

Baroque Art
undulating walls genre painting impasto travertine tenebrism drypoint limners parterres prie-dieux

Eighteenth-Century Art in Europe and the Americas
Rococo Neoclassicism Salons arabesques history painting memento mori Grad Tour pastels sublime crenellated battlements

Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the US
Neo-classical Romanticism Realism Symbolism communist manifesto Odalisque camera obscura photography Daguerreotypes impressionism post-impressionism pointillism japonisme Art Nouveau

Architecture from 1800-present
chicago School Modern Architecture Post-Modern architecture curtain wall Domino construction system the international style bauhaus manifesto

Modern art in Europe and the Americas 1900-1945
Primitivism non representational art analytic cubism ready-mades photomontage kinetic art installation art biomorphic automatism The Great Depression Grattage Collage The Armory Show futurism Surrealism

The Internation Scene since 1945
Art Brut abstract expressionism op art Minimal art Benday dots earthworks site-specific sculpture modernist pluralism chador action painting art informal color field painting Happenings Deconstructivist architecture post-modern art combines