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altarpiece
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panel situated above an altar
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arcade
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a series of arches supported by columns
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arch
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curved structure and is composed of wedge shaped blocks
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arriccio
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the first, rough layer of lime plaster in a fresco painting
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baptistry
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the building near the church used for baptism
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bilaterally symmetrical
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a plan in which the parts are the same on either side of an axis
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burin
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pointed tool used for engraving
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campanile
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bell tower situated next to the church
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capital
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uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel
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clerestory
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the part of a church that rises above the roofs of other parts (the window level) or second floor
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coffer
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a sunken panel in a vault
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colonnade
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series of columns
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column
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consist of a base, shaft, and capital/ vertical architecture member
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condottiere
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professional military leader employed by the italian city-states
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contour line
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continous line defining the outer shape of an object
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cornice
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crowning member of the entablature framing the pediment
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crossing
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space in the church where the nave and trasept cross
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di sutto in su
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a technique representing prespective
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dome
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hemispheric vault
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erorche
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a figure painted to show the muscles of the body as if without skin
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engraving
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the process of incising a design into a hard material
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entablature
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the part of a building above the columns and below the roof
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facade
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the front of a building
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foreshortening
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the use of perspective to represent the visual contraction of an object the extends back in space
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fresco
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painting on lime plaster either dry or wet
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genre
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style or category of art
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gesso
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chalk used in art
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giornata
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the section of a fresco that is expected to be completed in one day
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glaze
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applied to pottery to seal and decorate the surface
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hatching
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technique used in drawings in which fine lines are drawn close together to achieve shading
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hue
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the name of the color
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humanism
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an emphasis on education and on expanding knowledge, and the exploration of the individual
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icon
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portrait or image
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iconography
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writing of images in greek
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intaglio
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technique in which a design is scratched on a metal plate
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international style
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brilliant color, lavish costumes, ornate and involved lords and ladies
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intonaco
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final layer of plaster in fresco painting
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maniera greca
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the greek style
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medium
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the material in which an artist works with
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memento mori
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reminder of human mortality
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modeling
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shaping of 3 dimensional forms in a soft material such as clay
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mural
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wall painting
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nave arcade
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in the basilica, the series of arches supported by columns seperating the nave from the aisles
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ogive
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diagonal rib of a gothis vault
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order
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in classical architecture, a stlye represented by characteristic design of the columns
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orthogonal
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a line imagined to be behind and perpindicular to the picture plan/ tend to recede towards a vanishing point
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pediment
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in classical architecture, the triangular space at the end of a building and very ornamental
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linear perspective
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all parallell lines converge on one vanishing point located with reference to the eye level of the viewer
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atmospheric or aerial perspective
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creates the illusion of distance by the greater diminution of color intensity
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pier
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vertical, freestanding masonary support
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pieta
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painted/sculpture repressenting the virgin mary mourning over the dead body of christ
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pilaster
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flat, rectangular member projecting from a wall of which it forms a part
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axial plan
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parts of a building are organized longitudinally
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cental plan
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parts of the structure are of equal dimensions around the center
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plan
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horizontal arrangement of the parts of a building
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predella
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narrow ledge on ehich an altarpiece rests on an alter
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primary colors
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red, yellow, and blue
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quatrefoil
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shape in which the parts assume the form of a clover leaf
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relief
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figures projecting from the background of which they are part
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rib
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relatively slender, molded masonry arch that projects from the surgace
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rustification
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rough, unfinished masonary
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sarcophagus
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a coffin, usually of stone
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school
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stylistic classification of works of art with stipulation of place
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sculpture in the round
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freestanding figures
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sfumato
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softlike haziness that subtly outlines in painting
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shaft
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tall, cylinder part of the column
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sinopia
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burnt orange pigment used in drawing on the arricio in fresco paintings
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stringcourse
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raised horizontal molding usually reflecting interior structure
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superimposed orders
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orders of architecture characterised by doric,ionic, and corinthian
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tempera
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technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk
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terracotta
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hard baked clay that is used for builing material
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tondo
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circular painting
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transept
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part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave
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trefoil
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cloverlike ornament or symbol with stylized leaves in groups of three
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trompe l'oeil
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form of illusionistic painting that aims to decieve viewers into believing that they are seeing real objects
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vanishing point
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point on which all orthogonal lines converge in a mathematical one point perspective
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vault
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ceiling constructed on the arch principle
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barrel vault
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deep arches (or many single arches)over an oblong space
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