ART 1181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Buon Fresco, Giorgio Vasari, De Architectura
Document Summary
Buon fresco true fresco; water applied to wet lime plaster. "a days work" in italian; each patch was what the artist planned to paint in a single day. Loggia a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building. Intuitive perspective giving the impression of recession of objects in space by approximating the appearance of things as smaller or larger, not accurate system/proportions to show this. The flat surface or plane that the artist organizes the picture in. A style of greek sculpture where people are depicted standing and leaning so that the person"s weight is being put on one side. People are depicted with their bodies curved like an "s" Appears that the image is in the room with you. A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
