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Chapter 20.
Terms and Vocabulary Words.
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
09/19/2011

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Term
Fons Vitae
Definition

Fount of life.

Latin title of the chief work of Ibn Gebirol (Avicebron), the Arab Jewish philosopher of the 11th century

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Holy Eucharist.
Definition
A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
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Retable.
Definition
A painting or other image above and behind an altar.
Term
Sfumato.
Definition

The technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.

 

Example: The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Davinci.

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Finial.
Definition

A distinctive ornament at the apex of a roof, pinnacle, canopy, or similar structure.

 

Exmaple: Dome of Florence Cathedral by Brunelleschi.

 

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Diptych.
Definition
A painting, like an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels that may be closed like a book.
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