Teaching with images Important terms Learn some of the basic terms that art historians use when they describe works of art. Naturalism, realism, abstraction and idealization By Dr. Asa Simon Mittman ... Learn more Contrapposto By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker ... Learn more Foreshortening By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker ... Learn more Chiaroscuro By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker ... Learn more Linear perspective By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker ... Learn more Atmospheric perspective By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker ... Learn more Classical orders of architecture By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker ... Learn more