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Nimbus
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a halo around the head or aureole
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Terracotta
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hard baked clay used for pottery, sculpture and as a building material
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Equestrian statue
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sculpture of a man on a horse developed by Romans
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Sculpture in the round
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free standing sculpture
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relief sculpture
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sculpture carved into a panel or a wall
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renovatio
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renewal, charlemagne's neo-classical renewal during the middle ages
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trefoil arches
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arches using a cloverlike shape of three stylized leaves
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sarcophagus
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coffin usually of stone
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italo byzantine style
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style in early italian renaissance using elements of old byzantine
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tempera
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a technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk,
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altarpiece
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a panel painted or sculpted, situated above and behind an altar. It's also called retable
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stigmata
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marks resembling Chirst's wounds
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gold leaf
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gold beaten into tissue paper thin sheets, then applied to a surface
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illuminated manuscript
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a luxurious handmade book with painted illustrations and decorations
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the great schism
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split in church due to election of two popes: one french and one italian
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monastic orders
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an organization of monks living together following the same rules as benedictines
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mendicant orders
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monks belonging to franciscan and dominican orders who renounced all worldly goods and lived as beggars
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icon
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a portrait or image in byzantine churches, a panel with painting of sacred person
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confraternities
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organizations of laypersons who dedicated themselves to strict religious observance, caring for the sick and doing good deeds.
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tramezzo
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screen originally across the nave to separate friars from lay audience that was removed in the 16th century
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naturalism
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close observation of natural world that was at the core of classical tradition
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city-states
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independent political units in Italy corresponding to geographic region
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republics
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constitutional oligarchies, governed by executive bodies, advisory counsel, etc
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black death
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bubonic plague that erupted in the late 1340's originating in China killing between 35%-50% of European population
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vernacular
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language of the people.
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renaissance humanism
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growing concern with the natural world, individual and humanity's worldly existence that led to code of civil conduct
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renaissance
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rebirth in french, refers to revived interest in classical antiquity as model and rebirth of art and culture
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pretrach
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famous humanist who wrote books on illustrious men, praising civil virtue, self sacrifice, and stoic indifference to personal misfortune
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fresco
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italian for fresh, an ancient painting technique applying permanent limeproof pigements diluted in water on freshly laid lime plaster
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arriccio
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brown coat, rought later of plaster on wall for artists to draw or transfer composition
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sinopia
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burnt orange pigment used to draw on arriccio
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cartoon
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preparatory drawing transferred onto plaster coat (arriccio)
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intonanto
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painting coat laid in sections called giornate (day)
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usury
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sin in jewish, christian and muslim religions that forbid charging interest when lending money.
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grisaille
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painting modeling in monochrome grays often used to resemble sculpture and architecture
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chiaroscuro
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use of contrasts of dark and light to produce modeling
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perspective
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depiction of 3D objects in space on 2D surface
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mystery p(?)
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drama of the mass extended into 1&2 act plays/tableaus in church and city squares
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predella
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raised shelf panel painting
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punchwork
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tooled decorative designs in gold leaf
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international style
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style in Europe 14th and 15th cen. appealed to aristocratic taste for brilliant colors, lavish costumes, intricate ornaments, use of gold
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piers
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a vertical freestanding masonry support
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ogee arches
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arhces made of arches of double curving lines
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Quatrefoil
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Cloverleaf shapes
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pinnacles
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in gothic churches, a sharply pointed ornament capping the piers of flying buttresses, also used in church facades
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palazzo pubblico
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public palace - city hall
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faade
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front of building
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dodge
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duke- in venice
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revetment
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decorative wall paneling
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