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Chiaroscuro |
Italian word that designates the contrast of light and dark in apiece and creates depth EX: Giotto's Virgin and Child Enthroned (1305) |
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Foreshortening |
The illusion that something is receding or projecting on a 2D plane EX: Giotto's Virgin and Child Enthroned |
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Fresco |
A painting technique where water based pigments are used on a plaster surface |
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Humanism |
A philosophy emphasizing an individual's worth, skill and potential |
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Tempera |
A paint made by mixing egg yolks, water pigments and other materials like glue EX: Cimabue's Virgin and child enthroned use tempera |
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Hierarchy scale |
Used to emphasize a person or subject's importance by their size |
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Woodcut |
A print making process in which a design is carved into a block, then has the raised outline covered with ink |
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Engraving |
Printmaking technique in which an image is inscribed, then has its lines filled with ink |
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Linear persective |
A method that creates an illusion of 3D space on a 2D plane with receding orthogonal lines that meet up at one point |
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Oil painting |
Any painting done with pigments suspended in an oil medium |
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Trompe l'oeil |
A term used for when an artist fools the viewers eyes with an image that could be considered three dimensional |
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iconoclasm |
the destruction of / banning of religious art in the 8-9th and 16-17th century |
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continuous narrative |
Portrayal of a character in different stages in an order of events in one image |
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Allegory |
An image that represents an idea or belief, mostly religion |
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Renaissance |
A period in Europe from the 14th to the 16th century and produced art that combined the deal with the real |
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lost wax casting |
Method of casting iron, then making a wax mold of it and covering it with plaster. The plaster is heated so the wax melts out, leaving a hollow shell which is filled with metal to create another statue |
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Contraposto |
A term meaning "set against", a classic pose in which the subject's weight is not equally distributed, but more on one side EX Donatello David - 1420 |
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memento mori |
Latin for "Remember you must die" usually represented by skulls or candles for the transience of life. |
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mannerism |
stylistic phase in art of Europe between High renaissance and Baroque periods |
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sfumato |
italian term for "smoky" it gave images a haze look |
