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Art History
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Undergraduate 3
04/10/2008

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Term
Impasto
Definition
From the Italian word " to make into a paste". It describes paint, usually oil paint, applied very thickly. 
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Gisant
Definition
In a tomb sculpture, a representation of the deceased. At times, the gisant may be represented in states of decay.
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Perspective 

Definition
Putting the subject of the picture in the background of many images
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Tenebrism
Definition
The intense contrast of light and dark in painting
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Linear
Definition
- Typical of the renaissance
- Could make a clear cut, definite lines 
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Painterly
Definition
- Typical of the Baroque period
- Blending with not well-defined lines
- Can see the brush strokes
- Sense that it was done quickly 
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Plane
Definition
- Characteristic of the renaissancec
- More like stages of depth 
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Recession
Definition
- Baroque
- Gradual recession 
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Closed
Definition
- Renaissance
- Figures contained within the composition
 
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Open Form
Definition
- Baroque
- Figures are diagonals leading the painting 
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Multiplicity
Definition
- Renaissance
- Individual figures, less blending
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Unity
Definition
- Baroque
- A clump of figures more important than the individuals
- Blending 
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Picturesque
Definition
- Visually pleasing or interesting as if resembling a picture
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Hotel
Definition
An elegant townhouse for french nobility
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
- Italian word for light and dark
- In painting, a method of modeling form primarily by the use of light and shade 
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Quadi Reiportati
Definition
Painted scenes depicted in panels on the curved ceiling of a vault
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Camera Obscura
Definition
- A darkened enclosure or box with a small opening or lens on one wall through which light enters to form an inverted image on the opposite wall.
- Used as an aid in picture making in the 16th century 
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Primary Colors
Definition
- Can make all of the other colors
- Red, blue, yellow 
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Secondary Colors
Definition
- Blend of primary colors
- Purple, green, orange 
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Tertiary Colors
Definition
-Blend of secondary and primary colors
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Hue
Definition
- The name of the color such as green or red
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Value
Definition
- The amount of white vs. black in a color
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Intensity
Definition
- Amount of pure pigment put into the mix of color
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L'Indifferent
Definition
- Musical improv played on the street
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Intaglio
Definition
- A printing technique in which the design formed from ink-filled lines cut into a surface.
- Examples include engraving, etching, an drypoint 
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Engraving
Definition
- Cutting a design into a metal plate using a pointed tool (burin)
- Ink is then rubbed into the plate and wiped off the surface
- Then the plate is covered with paper and put under a press 
- Done by moving the plate instead of your hand 
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Drypoint Engraving
Definition
- The same as engraving except a fine steel needle is used and the burr (little lines coming off the main line) is retained
- Has softer lines than engravings 
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Etching 

Definition
- Coating a plate with an acid-resistant resin (the ground) and then scraping it off to expose the metal
- Then you bathe it in an acid bath and the exposed metal is eroded
- The plate is heated to remove the resin
- Then it is printed on paper 
Term
Woodcut
Definition
- A print made by carving a design on a wooden block and then applying ink to the wooden surfaces that remain and making a print from it
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