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20 Cards in this Set
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Gesso |
A white primer for panels and canvas |
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Tempera |
A paint made of pigment and egg yolk or egg white |
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Polyptych |
An altarpiece with more than three panels |
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Predella |
The horizontal base supporting an altarpiece, often adorned w/panel paintings |
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Giornata |
A work patch within a buon fresco painting |
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Trompe l'oeil |
"Fool the eye"; illusionistic painting technique |
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Grisaille |
Grey tones used to stimulate sculpture in painting |
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Pediment |
The triangular section below the slanted roofline of a temple front |
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Pilaster |
An engaged pier or square pillar affixed to a wall |
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Coffer |
A recessed niche in a vault, often repeated a geometric pattern |
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Entablature |
The horizontal segment in a building or monument above the columns, comprised of the architrave, frieze, and cornice |
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Engraving |
A printing technique whereby an image is cut into a metal plate with a burin |
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Woodcut |
A printing technique whereby the design is carved in relief and the surface of the wood block is inked and printed |
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Cire perdue |
The "lost wax" method of hollow casting |
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Bas-relief |
A sculpture carved in a relief that projects slightly from its material surface |
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Chiaroscuro |
Gradations of light and shade to suggest three-dimensional form |
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Contrapposto |
Weight shift or counter pose; the "s-curve" created in the hips when weight is shifted to one standing leg |
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Sfumato |
"Smokiness"; softly blurred contour edges that create a hazy appearance |
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Di sotto in sù |
"From down below looking up"; illusionistic painting technique on a vault, whereby the ceiling appears open and extending into the sky |
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Disegno |
The emphasis on line and drawing in the execution of a painting's composition |
