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Tenebrism

A style of painting of intense contrast of light and dark. A very intense chiaroscuro.

Ex: 
Artemisia Gentileschi’s "Judith Slaying Holofernes"

A style of painting of intense contrast of light and dark. A very intense chiaroscuro.

Ex:


Artemisia Gentileschi’s "Judith Slaying Holofernes"



Chiaroscuro

Strong tonal contrast between light and dark.

Ex:
Velázquez's "Juan de Pareja"

Strong tonal contrast between light and dark.

Ex:
Velázquez's "Juan de Pareja"

Di sotto in su
"Seen from below" or "from below, upwards" 


Ex:
Andrea Mantegna's "Camera Picta Ceiling"

"Seen from below" or "from below, upwards"




Ex:


Andrea Mantegna's "Camera Picta Ceiling"



Complementary colors

Pairs of colors that when combined cancel each other out.

Ex:
Johannes Vermeer's
"Girl with the Pearl Earring"

Pairs of colors that when combined cancel each other out.

Ex:


Johannes Vermeer's


"Girl with the Pearl Earring"



Engraving

A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.

Ex:
Albrecth Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil"

A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.

Ex:


Albrecth Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil"



Burin

A steel tool used for engraving in copper or wood.


Ex:
Albrecth Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil"
A steel tool used for engraving in copper or wood.



Ex:


Albrecth Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil"

Etching

To use acids or dyes to cut into an unprotected piece of metal in order to create detail.

Ex:
Albrecth Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil"   

To use acids or dyes to cut into an unprotected piece of metal in order to create detail.




Ex:


Albrecth Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil"

Martin Luther

A German theologist responsible for the Protestant Reformation.

Ex: 
Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Portrait of Martin Luther"

A German theologist responsible for the Protestant Reformation.




Ex:


Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Portrait of Martin Luther"

The Reformation

The beginning of the schism of the Roman Catholic Church, causing the Protestant Reformation 

Ex:
Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Altarpiece at Wittenburg"

The beginning of the schism of the Roman Catholic Church, causing the Protestant Reformation




Ex:


Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Altarpiece at Wittenburg"

Sale of Indulgences

A monetary contribution to the Roman Catholic Church to redeem oneself or pardon one's sin. 

Ex:
Hans Holbein the Younger's Sales of Indulgences

A monetary contribution to the Roman Catholic Church to redeem oneself or pardon one's sin.




Ex:


Hans Holbein the Younger's Sales of Indulgences

Impasto

The layering of paint in a very thick manner.

Ex: Velázquez's "Juan de Pareja"  

The layering of paint in a very thick manner.




Ex: Velázquez's "Juan de Pareja"

Quadro Riportato

A painted frame that is painted on top of a fresco -- creating the illusion as if the work was framed.

Ex: Reni, Aurora

A painted frame that is painted on top of a fresco -- creating the illusion as if the work was framed.




Ex: Reni, Aurora

Quandratura

A ceiling painting with the illusion of it having depth.

Ex:
Pietro da Cortona's "Triumph of the Barberini"

A ceiling painting with the illusion of it having depth.




Ex:


Pietro da Cortona's "Triumph of the Barberini"

The Hapsburgs

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Marie de'Medici

The Queen of France and second wife of Henry IV of France. Commissioned Ruben and helped him rise to fame.Ex:
Ruben's "

The Landing of Marie de Médicis at Marseilles"

The Queen of France and second wife of Henry IV of France. Commissioned Ruben and helped him rise to fame.

Ex:


Ruben's "The Landing of Marie de Médicis at Marseilles"

Apotheosis

The highest point in the development of something




Ex:

Bombé

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Baldachin

A canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne.



Ex:


Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "St. Peter's baldachin"

A canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne.




Ex:


Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "St. Peter's baldachin"

Barberinis

A famous and powerful family that dominated the city of Rome and peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne

Ex: Pietro da Cortona's "Triump of the Barberini"   

A famous and powerful family that dominated the city of Rome and peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne




Ex: Pietro da Cortona's "Triump of the Barberini"

Nicolas Poussin

Famous French artist who favors clarity, logic, and order, and line over color.

Ex:
Nicolas Poussin's "Oath of the Horatii"

Famous French artist who favors clarity, logic, and order, and line over color.




Ex:


Nicolas Poussin's "Oath of the Horatii"

Capability Brown

An English landscape artist

Chinoiserie

The imitation or evocation of Chinese motifs and techniques in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century.



Ex:
Dodin and Duplessis's "Sevres Potpourri"

The imitation or evocation of Chinese motifs and techniques in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century.




Ex:


Dodin and Duplessis's "Sevres Potpourri"

Poussinistes vs. Rubenistes

Poussinistes -- those who favors clarity, logic, and order, and line over color


Rubenistes -- believe colour, not drawing, was superior as it was more true to nature.

Vanitas

A still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability.



Ex:
Georges de la Tour's "Magdalene with the Smoking Flame"

A still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability.




Ex:


Georges de la Tour's "Magdalene with the Smoking Flame"

Camera obscura

An image is projected through a small hole in that screen as a reversed and inverted image (left to right and upside down) on a surface opposite to the opening.

Charles le Brun

A famous french artist who designed the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.

Ex:
Jules Hardouin-Mansart & Charles Le Brun's "Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)"

A famous french artist who designed the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.




Ex:


Jules Hardouin-Mansart & Charles Le Brun's "Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)"

Jules Hardouin-Mansart



Ex: Jules Hardouin-Mansart & Charles Le Brun's "Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)"





Ex: Jules Hardouin-Mansart & Charles Le Brun's "Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)"