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130 Cards in this Set
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Virgin and Child Enthroned
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Cimabue
1251-1300 Florence Italy |
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maniera Greca
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a formal Byzantine style, 12th and 13th Century, shallow space & linear flatness
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gesso
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a priming layer for wood panel or canvas
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buon fresco
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water-based paints are applied to wet plaster
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intonacco
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the final layer of plaster in a buon fresco
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secco
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painting on dry plaster
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sinopia
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inital sketch
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Madonna and Child (at Orsanmichele)
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Bernado Daddi
1301-1350 Florence, Italy |
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loggia
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outdoor, open air gallery
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predella
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the narrow ledge on which an altarpiece rests
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Frescoes for the Sala della Pace of the Palazzo Pubblico (especially the Allegory of Good Government)
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti
1301-1350 Siena, Italy |
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Book of Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux, folios 15v and 16r, Betrayal and Arrest of Christ and Annunciation
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Jean Pucelle
1301-1350 Paris, France |
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Casket lid with scene of Attack on the Castle of Love
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1301-1350
Paris, France |
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Chichester-Constable Chasuble with scenes of Life of the Virgin
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1301-1350
Southern England |
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Saint Wenceslas Chapel and Tabernacle, Cathedral of Saint Vitus
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Peter Parler and workshop
1351-1400 Prague, Czech Republic |
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Saint Luke (for Holy Cross Chapel of Karlstejn Castle)
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Master Theodoric
1351-1400 Prague, Czech Republic |
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Great Schism
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division between Eastern Orthodox and Western Roman churches in Europe
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Rinascimento
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Renaissance
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grisaille
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a style of monochromatic painting
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tempera
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a paint with a base of a oil-water emulsion
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Book of Hours
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devotional book with prayers, psalms and pictures individualized for the owner
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bas-de-page
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"bottom of the page", pictures below the text in a book of hours
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Chretien de Troyes
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12th century French poet and novelist who wrote on Arthurian subjects
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troubadours
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composers and performers of Occitan lyric poetry
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chasuble
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outermost garment worn by members of the clergy for Eucharist celebrations
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andachtsbilder
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Christian devotional images
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vespers
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evening prayers
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reliquary
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a container for relics
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humanism
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spirit of learning, return to classical texts, belief that humans can distinguish between truths and falsehoods
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Well of Moses, detail of Moses and David, for the Chartreuse de Champmol
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Claus Suter
1351-1400 Dijon, France |
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Ghent Altarpiece, closed: Annunciation with Donors, open: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, for the Cathedral of Saint Bavo
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Jan and Eubert van Eyck
1401-1450 Ghent, Flanders |
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Deposition, from altarpiece commissioned by Crossbowmen’s Guild
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Rogier van der Weyden
1401-1450 Louvain, Flanders |
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Melun Diptych, Etienne Chevalier and Saint Stephen and Virgin and Child
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Jean Fouquet
1451-1500 France |
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Deesis
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depiction of Christ enthroned and flanked by his closest relations
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albarello
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an earthenware jar
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intaglio
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technique in which the design is carved out of the surface of an object
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engraving
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printmaking process in which an image or design is inscribed onto metal or wood to make a print
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relief
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a three-dimensional image or design whose flat background surface is carved away to a certain depth to set off the figure
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woodcut
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a type of print made by carving a design into a wooden block and using it as a print
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burin
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steel tool used for cutting in engravings
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Dome of Florence Cathedral (Duomo)
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Filippo Brunelleschi
1401-1450 Florence |
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Church of San Lorenzo, Sacristy
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Filippo Brunelleschi
1401-1450 Florence |
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Nave at Church of San Lorenzo
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Filippo Brunelleschi
1401-1450 Florence |
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Church of Sant’Andrea
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Leon Battista Alberti
1451-1500 Mantua, Italy |
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Saint George, from Orsanmichele
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Donatello
1401-1450 Florence, Italy |
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David
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Donatello
1451-1500 Florence, Italy |
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Gates of Paradise (East Doors), Baptistry of San Giovanni
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
1401-1450 Florence, Italy |
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Brancacci Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, especially image of The Tribute Money
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Masaccio
1401-1450 Florence, Italy |
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Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro
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Piero della Francesca
1451-1500 Urbino |
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Primavera
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Sandro Botticelli
1451-1500 Florence |
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Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Francis, John the Baptist, Job, Dominic, Sebastian, and Louis of Toulouse (reconstruction with frame), for the Chapel of the Hospital of San Giobbe
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Giovanni Bellini
1451-1500 Venice |
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condottieri
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mercenary soldiers hired by the Papacy and government
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basilica
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a large rectangular building, usually religious
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arcade
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a series of arches, carried by columns or piers supporting a common wall
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Corinthian order
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base, fluted column and capital with acanthus leaf carvings
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capital
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sculpted block atop a column
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coffer
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a recessed decorative panel that is used to reduce the weight of and to decorate ceilings
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ashlar
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a highly finished, precisely cut block of stone
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Ionic order
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base, slender column, capital with scroll-like carvings
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barrel vault
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an arched masonry structure that is elongated or continuous semicircular vault, shaped like a half-cylinder
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pediment
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a triangular gable found over major architectural elements such as Classical Greek porticoes, windows, or doors
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entablature
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in Classical orders, the horizontal elements above the columns and capitals
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pilasters
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an engaged columnar element that is rectangular in format and used for decoration in architecture
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vanitas
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images which symbolize the transience of life
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memento mori
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an object, usually in a vanitas painting, used to symbolize the transience of life
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orthogonal
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any line running back into the represented space of a picture perpendicular to the imagined picture plane
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foreshortening
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an illusion created on a flat surface in which figures appear to be receding or projecting sharply into space
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undercutting
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carving to create an overhang
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linear perspective
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a method of creating three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional space by use of a horizon line and receding orthogonal lines
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vanishing point
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point on the horizon line where the orthogonal lines meet
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impost block
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a block used to concentrate the weight above a column
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spring of arch
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level at which an arch rises from its supports
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triumphal arch
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a structure in a shape of a monumental arch
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pictorial relief
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a relief sculpture made to look like painting
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low relief
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relief sculpture in which the background is not carved away THAT much
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di sotto in su
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"seen from below", illustionistic ceiling painting technique in which the figures are foreshortened so as to appear as if they are in real space
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sacra conversazione
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depiction of Jesus and Mary among their closest in an informal setting
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Virgin and Saint Anne with Christ Child and Young John the Baptist
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Leonardo da Vinci
1451-1500 Florence |
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Vitruvian Man
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Leonardo da Vinci
1451-1500 Italy |
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Stanza della Segnatura, especially School of Athens
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Raphael
1501-1550 Vatican City |
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David
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Michaelangelo
1501-1550 Florence |
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New Saint Peter’s Basilica
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Michaleangelo
1551-1600 Vatican City |
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The Tempest
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Giorgionne
1501-1550 Venice |
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Palazzo del Te
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Giulio Romano
1501-1550 Mantua |
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Allegory with Venus and Cupid
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Bronzino
1501-1550 Venice |
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Self-Portrait Miniature
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Sofonisba Anguissola
1551-1600 Cremona |
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lunette
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a semicircular wall area framed by an arch over a door or window
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chiaroscuro
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"light-dark", contrast of light and dark in a painting, drawing or print to create depth and volume
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centrally-planned building
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any structure designed with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas on each side
ex: Greek cross plan |
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Mannerism
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art movement developed between 1520 and 1600 with favored distortion and emotion to the calm of the High Renaissance in order to reflect the religious climate
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Four Books on Architecture
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Andrea Palladio's architectural treatise
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Ignatius of Loyola
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founder of the Jesuits
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Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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a Catholic religious order;, part of the Counter-Reformation
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Inquisition (Spanish)
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government-approved expurgation movement targeted towards heretics (Non-Catholics)
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Council of Trent
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bishops of the Catholic church came together to discuss how they could reform practice; also condemned Protestant heresies
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Counter-Reformation
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the Catholic church's response to the Protestant Reformation; tried to keep the basic church layout, but alter practices and systems to return to spiritual foundations
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Protestant Reformation
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Christian reform movement, started by Martin Luther and "Ninety-Five Theses"; condemned the Catholic church's practices
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Donato Bramante
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most famous design is the New St. Peter's Basilica; famous Italian architect
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Vitruvius
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a Roman writer, architect and engineer; his thoughts on geometry and human proportions inspired the Vitruvian Man
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poesie
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poetic inspiration
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giornata
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"a day's work"
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arriccio
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a layer of fairly coarse wet plaster applied to the wall before the intonaco
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Christine de Pizan
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French writer of the late 14th century who challenged gender roles
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Boccaccio
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Italian Renaissance humanist
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Charles IV
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King of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor, promoted education; made Prague an intellectual haven
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drum
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cylindrical wall beneath a dome
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Girolamo Savonarola
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priest; hostile towards the Renaissance and burned books and condemned art he deemed immoral
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Charles V
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Holy Roman Emperor, ruled HUGE area, opposed the Protestant Reformation
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Giorgio Vasari
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Italian painter and architect; famous for his books "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects"
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Julius II
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a pope; great patron for the arts and literature; worked to improve and beautify the city
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Leo X
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Julius II's successor; sold indulgences to reconstruct St. Peter's; challenged Martin Luther's 95 theses; a Medici; patron of the arts and literature
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Pope Paul III
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called the Council of Trent; significant patron of the arts; middle of Reformation and Counter-Reformation
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da Carrara
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an influential family in Northern Italy who were huge patrons
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Shrine of Isenheim Altarpiece
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Nikolaus Hagenaur
1451-1500 Germany |
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Isenheim Altarpiece Shutters, for Community of Saint Anthony in Alsace
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Matthias Grunewald
1501-1550 Germany |
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from The Apocalypse series
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Albrecht Durer
1451-1500 Germany |
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Danube Landscape
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Albrecht Altdorfer
1501-1550 Regensburg, Germany |
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Stucco and Wall Paintings of the Chamber of the Duchess of Etampes at the Chateau of Fontainebleau
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Primaticcio
1501-1550 Fontainebleau, France |
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Saltcellar of King Francis I
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Benvenuto Cellini
1501-1550 Italy |
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West Wing of the Cour Carre, Palais du Louvre
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Pierre Lescot
1501-1550 Paris |
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El Escorial
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Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera
1551-1600 Madrid, Spain |
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Burial of Count Orgaz, for Church of Santo Tome
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El Greco
1551-1600 Toledo, Spain |
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Self-Portrait
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Caterina van Hemessen
1501-1550 Flanders |
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Henry VIII
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Hans Holbein the Younger
1501-1550 England |
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Princess Elizabeth
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Levina Bening Teerlinc
1551-1600 England |
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Hardwick Hall
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Robert Smythson
1551-1600 Shrewsburg, England |
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iconoclasm
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the breaking of pieces of art thought to be immoral
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Huguenots
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members of the French Protestant
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Edict of Nantes
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established by Henry IV, all Huguenots are given more rigths
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Saint Teresa of Avila
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wrote about the Counter Reformation
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