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When was the Renaissance and what does it mean? |
1300-1700 / it means "rebirth |
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What is Humanism and when was it prevalent? |
a mindset that placed importance on mankind, in which close attention was paid to realistic light and perspective / ca. 1400-1600s |
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Who was Giorgio Vasari and why is he important? |
he was a man who traveled across Europe and wrote "Most Excellent Lives of the Artists" in 1550-1554 |
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Polyptych |
arrangement of panels that are hinged together |
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Tempura |
method of painting involving the mixing of pigments with egg yolks, which are then quickly applied to the chosen surface |
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Botegga |
Italian for workshop, as in an artist's "studio," or likeness of such |
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Patron |
one who commissions and/or provides the means for which a piece to be created |
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Artistic Authorship/Liscence |
the right of the artist to change and manipulate the aspect of his work as they see fit |
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Linear |
style that relies more on the emphasis of lines, as opposed to other methods, such as chiaroscuro |
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Lyrical Style |
style that tends to be more loose in the depiction of the subjects and tends to have more naturalistic figure placement |
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Monumental Style |
figures appear more grounded, rather than weightless, and tend to be placed strategically |
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Chiaroscuro |
developing the illusion of a 3-dimensional space with the use of varying shades of color or light |
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Continuous/Synoptic Narrative |
in which a piece of work may exhibit scenes from several points within a story within one picture plane / carving |
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Naturalism |
a style in which the painter attempts to stay as close to nature as possible, with minimal distortions |
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Idealism |
a style in which elements are 'idealized' rather than made more natural |
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Empirical Observation |
to study and take reference from nature |
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Fresco |
the application of pigments infused with a bonding agent to wet plaster |
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Giornata |
meaning "day's work," or the amount of the painting finished in one session |
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Preparatory Sketch |
studies made of the subject before beginning the actual piece |
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Cartoon |
basic line-drawing of the future painting, often over a large surface |
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Pieta |
meaning "pity," usually a piece of a suffering Christ meant to evoke pity from the viewer |
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Glaze |
almost-translucent liquid that creates a shine, or, if applied in layers, a smoky appearence |
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Niche |
architectural "alcove" in which sculptures are often placed |
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Orthogonal |
the lines that line up to the vanishing point within a painting |
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Illusionism |
to paint as to make the painted subjects appear as though real, and not painted |
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Atmospheric Perspective |
the method of lightening objects as the recede into a vast distance, often in landscapes |
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Bourgeois |
group of middle-class city-folk who challenged the aristocracy in the 11th and 12th centuries |
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Momento Mori |
"remember your own mortality" a symbol, often a skull or skeleton, meant to symbolize the coming death of us all |
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Quatrefoil |
designed with four 'lobes' or 'leaves' that resembles a clover in shape |
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All'antica |
"to imitate the style of the ancients" |
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Coffering |
in architecture, a series of sunken panels in a ceiling, often geometric rather than circular |
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Contropposto |
the natural shift in weight to one side or the other |
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Pope Sixtus V (five) |
he who commissioned the Sistine Chapel and helped spur the Renaissance with the grouping of great artists |
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Venus Pudica |
to be posed in a similar fashion of Venus in ancient Greek sculpture |
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sfumato |
smoothing out the colors until the piece achieves a hazy or smokey look |
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Guess what |
chicken butt. |
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"Saper vedere" |
Leonardo's phrase, meaning "knowing how to see" |
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Vitruvius |
ancient Roman architect and engineer |
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refectory |
room used for meals and gatherings...mostly meals |
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Lorenzo de' Medici (II Magnifico) |
member of the Medici family most well-known for his patronage of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo |
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Neoplatanism |
i dont know |
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Pope Julius II |
Pope who rebuilt St. Peter's Basilica, and who commissioned Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. He also commissioned Rapheal's "School of Athens" |
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Pope Paul III |
commissioned 'Crucifixion of St. Peter'and 'Conversion of St. Paul' by Michelangelo |
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non finito |
in which only some of a work of sculpture is finished, as in "not finished" |
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maniera |
"manner" or "style" (as in mannerism) |
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grazia |
"graceful" or "gracefully" |
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pastoral |
pertaining to rural life / appropriate to spiritual guidance |
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disegno |
ability to create design |
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colore |
emphasis on use of color |
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painterly |
made to look like paint (opposite of illusionism) |
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impasto |
thick application of paints |
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studiolo |
small private study usually decorated with art |
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Isabella d'Este |
a powerful patron of the arts during the High Italian Renaissance |
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Duke Cosimo I de'Medici |
another patron of the arts |
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anamorphic |
purposefully distorted |
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Cardinal Borghese |
nephew of Pope Paul V (5) who collected works by Caravaggio |
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figura serpentinata |
typical to Mannerism, it refers to the body curves that resemble an exaggerated contrapposto |
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spolia |
marble that was taken from ancient Roman works and made into new work |
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baldicchino |
canopy, usually bronze or stone, covering an altar of dais within a church |
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tenebrism |
spotlight-like lighting |
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Caravaggisti |
those who were influenced by Caravaggio's style (including Artemisia Gentileschi) |
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Mannerism |
"by the hand" style of art that focuses less on the technical precision and more on feeling |
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King Philip IV |
patron of the arts in Spain (especially for that of Velasquez of "Las Meninas" |
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Jesuits |
religious warriors who tried to spread Christianity throughout the world (Part of the Counter-Reformation |
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tronie |
common to the Dutch Reniassance, a tronie is a painting in which a model was hired to dress up as a "character" usually from the shoulders up |
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Rubenists vs. Poussinistes |
rubenists argued that color was the most important thing, poussinistes preferred drawing |
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Rococo |
blegh |
