Vocab: Chapter 4

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Proportion:  Size measured against other elements or against a mental norm or standard.

Hieratic scaling:  A composition in which the size of figures is determined by their thematic importance. 

Fresco's:  A mural painting technique in which pigments mixed in water are used to form the desired color. These pigments are then applied to wet lime plaster, thereby binding with and becoming an integral part of the wall.

Pop art:  An art movement originating in the 1960's that sought inspiration from everyday popular culture and the techniques of commercial art.

Earthworks: Artworks created by altering a large area of land using natural and organic materials.  Earthworks are usually large-scale projects that take formal advantage of the local topography.

Surrealism: An artistic style that stress fantastic and subconscious approaches to art making and often results in images that cannot be rationally explained.

Enigmatic:  Puzzling or cryptic in appearance or meaning.

Canon:   A law or excepted code that prescribes a set of standards.

Golden rectangle:  The ancient Greek ideal of a perfectly proportion of a rectangle using a mathematical ratio called the Golden Mean.

Subjective:  Reflecting a personal bias.

Golden mean:  A mathematical ratio in which width is to length as length is to length plus width.  This ratio has been employed in design since the time of ancient Greeks.  It can also be found in natural forms.