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| was a political dynasty,banking family and later royal house that first began to gather prominence underCosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the late 14th century |
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| (February 18, 1404 – April 20, 1472) was an Italian author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer and generalRenaissance humanist polymath. |
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drawing, is an approximate representation, on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is seen by the eye. The two most characteristic features of perspective are that objects are drawn:
- Smaller as their distance from the observer increases
- Foreshortened: the size of an object's dimensions along the line of sight are relatively shorter than dimensions across the line of sight
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| is a point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines not parallel to the image plane appear to converge |
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| n Linear Perspective drawing, orthogonals are the diagonal lines that can be drawn along receding parallel lines (or rows of objects) to the vanishing point |
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| the woodworking technique of the same name, fields of different colours and materials appear to be inlaid in one another, but are in fact all separate pieces, fit together like a jigsaw puzzle |
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| the mercenary soldierleaders |
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| a study, a room for private conversation and the owner's collection of fine books and art objects |
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| a room frescoed with illusionistic paintings by Andrea Mantegna in the Ducal Palace, Mantua, Italy |
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| Allegory communicates its message by means of symbolicfigures, actions or symbolic representation |
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| (21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498) was an ItalianDominican friar, a Scholastic, and an influential contributor to the politics ofFlorence from 1494 until his execution in 1498 |
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| The slab at the top of a capital between the capital and the architectural member above |
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| more broadly used in Italian than the English word “palace” |
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| s a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface |
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| is a theatre inSabbioneta, northern Italy |
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| defines God as three divine persons (Greek: ὑποστάσεις):[1] the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit |
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| The dimensions of a structural component, such as the base of a column, used as a unit of measurement or standard for determining the proportions of the rest of the construction. |
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| an architectural feature that contrasts in texture with the smoothly finished, squared block masonry surfaces called ashlar. |
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| n art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions |
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| An Oculus, circular window, or rain-hole is a feature of Classical architecture since the 16th century |
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| the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which trompe l'oeil, perspective tools such as foreshortening, and other spatial effects are used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on an otherwise two-dimensional or mostly flat ceiling surface above the viewer |
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| ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead |
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