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15 Cards in this Set
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Front (Term) Buttress |
Back (Definition) An external group of support build to steady a structure |
What uses many of the cathedrals that we have seen today would not be standing. |
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Front (Term) Frescoe |
Back (Definition) The Art technique of painting on wet plaster |
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Front (Term) Illuminations |
Back (Definition) Creations on in illuminated manuscripts |
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Pointed arch |
In arch that is leaning up against another object to help support it. |
Many Gothic architecture is used pointed arches to help support the mass of the features that they had been building |
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Stained glass |
Last stated certain colors are guys to help create the illusion of a scene |
In many churches or cathedrals there are many stained glass scenes and it is in the area |
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Façade |
Front of the building |
Façade of the Basilica in Washington DC is extremely large and entertaining |
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Gargoyle |
A sculpture that is used to ward off evil spirits or is believed ward off evil spirits |
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Front (Term) Portrait |
Back (Definition) Painting of a single person with all of their features |
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Madonna |
Image or painting of the Virgin Mary |
In the Catholic faith in the savior and most important person is the Virgin Mary because she gave birth to Jesus Christ |
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Symbolism |
An object that symbolizes something |
Symbolism of the Alamo was that no American would give up easily |
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Renaissance |
Time. After the middle ages that is renowned for its ideas in philosophical time. |
The most renowned painter in the Renaissance was known as Michelangelo who took part in painting the Sistine Chapel |
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Pieta |
Image of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus Christ |
In the Sistine Chapel there are multiple pieta of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus Christ |
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Linear perspective |
Linear perspective is the shaping of lines to make you think that something is farther away |
Master of doing this type of painting is a very well-known painter by the name of Michelangelo |
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Balancing of objects |
Making everything symmetrical to make the painting look amazing |
Another area in which Michelangelo was strong the bouncing of objects was a very strong shit for him |
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Overlapping and textures |
This type is to give the looker on a feeling as if they were truly in repeating themselves and experiencing the scene |
Michelangelo was very good at using overlapping and pictures to help create a scene of realism in the painting |
