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Early Renaissance Review
Art History 151
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
02/10/2009

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Atmospheric or aerial perspective
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The effect produced by diffusion of light in the atmosphere which makes distant object less clear.
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Relief Sculpture
Definition
Sculpture in which three-dimensional forms project from a flat background.
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Foreshortening
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A technique used in perspective to create the illusion of an object receding into the background.
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Fresco
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a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
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Contrapposto
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A pose an artist may give a human figure. Specifically, the subject is depicted with his or her weight shifted to one leg.
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Patron
Definition
a wealthy or influential supporter of an artist
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Trompe l'oeil
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A style of painting that gives an illusion of photographic reality.
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Equestrian
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Of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders.
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Linear Perspective
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A form of perspective in which parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance.
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Chiaroscuro
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a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
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International Style
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a 14th century style of Gothic art that merged both European and Italian traditions
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Tondo
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a circular work of art
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Medici
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aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
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Guild
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An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards.
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Iconography
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the traditional images or symbols associated with a subject (esp religious)
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Humanism
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A Renaissance movement that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the rediscovery and study of the literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.
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Maniera-Greca Style
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It is a traditional style and even way (tempera) of painting you can see in traditional Greek icons.
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Value
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The relative darkness or lightness of a color.
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Saturation or intensity
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the brightness or dullness of a colour
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What does the word Renaissance mean?
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rebirth in French
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In what city did the Renaissance begin? and where did it go next?
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Florence, Italy; Europe
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Who was considered the father of western pictorial art?
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Giotto
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How did the painters in the North (Holland/Flanders) differ from the painters in Italy?
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They broke away from Catholic dominion
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Who is usually credited with the invention of linear perspective?
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Masaccio
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Who sculpted the first free standing nude since antiquity?
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Donatello, with his stature of David
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