STYLEBOOK

ANCIENT TO BAROQUENichole Thompson

pictographPrevious to the written letters, basic sketches represented ideas or things. It is an early form of writing. Chinese language or African cave paintings are an example.

hieratic scaleImportance utilizes size, from largest mean-ing the most important to smallest meaning less important. Egyptian art illustrated status using this scale.

trademarkA mark or marks distinctive to a manufac-turer and his or her goods. It displays owner-ship. The Hittites originated the term.

egyptianThis culture is known for its writing system of pictographs or hieroglyphics, use of hieratic scale, and geometric forms within their docu-mentations.

greek orientalizingEarly Greek art influences derived from Egyp-tian styles. This style includes the geometric and stylized forms.

greek orientalizing greek classicalA style comprised of very soft lines and curves, controposto and stoic expressions. It is a period of increasing artistic development.

greek hellenisticHellenistic means Greek-like and developed from the classical period. A truly developed realism, Hellenistic characteristics include detail and expression.

ligatureThis character developed during the Medi-eval period. It combines two or more ty-pographic characters. It characterizes the Medieval embellished style.

ampersand illuminated manuscriptThis character derived from the Medieval pe-riod. The symbol is from the Latin word “et” which means and. The word derives from “And per say and”.

illuminated manuscriptThe Medieval term means highly decorated book. The characteristics include embel-lishment, diminuendos, drop caps, carpet pages, and borders.

interlacesThe interlace forms from woven design work. The Medieval characteristic shows itself in many Celtic manuscripts.

logogramA graphic character representing an entire word, similar to a pictograph. This character like pictographs is seen in Asian cultures, especially the writing system.

movable typeEarly movable type utilized carved stone pieces. The artist carved each individual line of characters and images before printing. The Chinese first utilized this technology.

arabesqueArabic style utilizes fancy design and colors. Most include aniconism, exclusion of living things, which assumes the detailed abstract design.

africanEarly African art included images of animals and tribal human figures in the geometric as well as realistic style .Mediums used included cave art and sculpture.

rune stoneMemorial stones that utilized either pictures or inscriptions. The inscriptions named Ruins, are thin Germanic letter forms.

romanesqueMeaning, in the Roman manner, this Euro-pean style characterizes early Medieval. The vaulted ceilings and arches in large churches were designed for traveling pilgrims.

gothicDeveloped from Romanesque, the Gothic built pointed arches and vaults similar to Islamic style. Also, known for glorified embel-lishments like stained glass windows.

woodcutFirst to produce multiple printed copies. This technique involves carving a wooden block, inking, printing, and reusing. The uncarved area printed.

intaglioIntaglio opposes relief printing only in that it usually involves a metal medium and the etched lines are printed instead of the relief. It also posses a thinner more sketchy style.

printer’s marksBasically, a printer’s mark means a printer’s trademark. The identification often displays itself on title pages.

renaissanceA European period of immense learning and origin of Humanism. This movement affected all aspects of society. Artistic characteristics include mathematical accuracy in technique.

perspectiveA Renaissance development in which draw-ing became more accurate in depiction. Northern European artists actually perfected this idea.

baroqueThis European period specializes in drama and emotional responses, unlike the Renais-sance. Baroque also utilizes visual realism, dramatic lighting, contrast, and rich colors.

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Silberberg-Peirce, Susan. Courthouse Wash Rock Art Site. 500 BCE-500 CE. Photograph. ARTstor Collec-tion: Canyonlights World Art Slides and Image Bank, Arches National Park. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Brodkey, Arielle Kozloff. Tomb of Sennufer; Meryt offers to Sennufer and daughter. 1410 BCE. Photograph. ARTstor Collection: Tomb 96, Thebes. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Nikosthenes. Neck Amphora. 530 BC. Sculpture. ART-stor Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleve-land. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

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Brodkey, Arielle Kozloff. Tomb of Sennufer; pilgrimage to Abydos. 1410 BCE. Photograph. ARTstor Collec-tion: Wall 40, Tomb 96, Thebes. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Woman of Auxerre. 640-630 BCE. Photograph. ART-stor Collection: Scala Archives, Florence. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Metope Painter. Terracotta Ioutrophoros. 4th Century B.C.. Sculpture. ARTstor Collection: Metropolitan Mu-seum of Art, New York. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

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Statue of an old man, seated. 2nd Century CE. Pho-tograph. ARTstor Collection: Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts ArchivesWeb. 29 Jul 2012.

Tscherny, George. Curtis Brown-cb. 1959. Photo-graph. ARTstor Collection: Graphic Design Collection (The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art)Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Saxe, Adrian Anthony. Untitled Ewer (Franklin Gothic Italic Ampersand) and Untitled Ewer (French Curve). 1989. Sculpture. ARTstor Collection: University of Cali-fornia, San Diego. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

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Bible Initial P. 1260-1270. Photograph. ARTstor Collec-tion: Princeton University Library, Princeton. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Epistolae ad familiares. 15th Century. Photograph. ARTstor Collection: Bodleian Library, Oxford Univ., Ox-ford. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Xisto, Pedro. Logogram: Zen. 1966. Mixed Media. ARTstor Collection: University of California, San Diego. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

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Pi, Sheng. Movable Type invented by Pi Sheng (Mod-ern Reproduction) w/ page printed from it. 1041-1048 AD. Book. ARTstor Collection: University of California, San Diego. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Wade, David. Royal Mosque. 1611. Photograph. ART-stor Collection: David Wade: Pattern in Islamic Art, Is-fahan. Web. 28 Jul 2012.

Africa, Zaire, . Headdress (bwoom). 19th Century. Sculpture. ARTstor Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Web. 29 Jul 2012.AS SEEN IN ORDER

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Runic Inscriptions: Rune stone. Taby district, Sweden Tells of kinsmen who died in Greece. 11th Century. Photograph. ARTstor Collection: University of Califor-nia, San Diego. Web. 29 Jul 2012.

Domingues, Domingo and Master Diogo. Monastery of Santa Maria de Alcobaca. 13th Century. Photograph. ARTstor Collection: Shmuel Magal, Sites and Photos, Alcobaca. Web. 29 Jul 2012.

Domingues and Huguet. Monastery of Batalha. 1434. Photograph. ARTstor Collection: Shmuel Magal, Sites and Photos, Batalha. Web. 29 Jul 2012.

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Durer, Albrecht. The Holy Trinity. 1511. Woodcut. ART-stor Collection: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Collection, San Francisco. Web. 29 Jul 2012.

Cranach the elder, Lucas. Venus and Amor. 1506. Etching. ARTstor Collection: Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts ArchivesWeb. 29 Jul 2012.

Kaetz, Petrus. Sarum hymnal. 1524. Photograph. ART-stor Collection: Bodleian Library, Oxford Univ., Oxford. Web. 29 Jul 2012.

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Veronese, Paolo. Marriage at Cana. 1563. Photograph. ARTstor Collection: Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts ArchivesWeb. 29 Jul 2012.

Siena: Cathedral Piccolomini Elected Cardinal by Calix-tus. 1505-07. Photograph. ARTstor Collection: Univer-sity of California, San Diego. Web. 29 Jul 2012.

Merisi da Caravaggio, Michelangelo. The Calling of Saint Matthew. 1599-160 0. Photograph. ARTstor Col-lection: Scala Archives, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. Web. 29 Jul 2012.