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a Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived Ancient Greek and Roman art
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While the Netherlands were under Burgundian rule, Brussels became the central hub for merchants. The court in Brussels and the surrounding area attracted some of the 15th Century's greatest artists.
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The Dukes of Burgundy were the ones commissioning works of art during the Northern Renaissance.
ex. Jan Van Eyck was Philip the Good's official court painter |
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| objects are placed at an angle to the picture plane, but their linear elements don’t converge at a single point; an illusion of depth is suggested, but the space doesn’t seem coherent. Mathematically doesn't work and just looks slightly wrong. |
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method of showing depth by making things in the background of a painting fuzzier and harder to see.
ex. Mona Lisa |
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| a painting medium made by blending egg yolks, water, pigments, and possibly glue. Tempera is delicate and deteriorates easily. Popular ing 12th, 13th, and 14th century, but isn't mastered until the 15th century. |
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| pigment suspended in an oil base, normally linseed oil. It's slow drying quality made it a much more popular painting medium |
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| any painting executed on a wooden support. These were normally made for churches to be opened up and placed in front of the altar during church. |
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| a ground made from glue, gypsum, and chalk. It's used to form the ground of a wood panel or canvas to create a smooth surface. |
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| structure in churches used for offerings. in front of said altar is normally where panel paintings can be found |
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| a picture or relief representing a religious subject suspended in a frame and hung behind the altar. |
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| two panels of equal size, usually decorated with a painting or relief, and hinged together. |
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| three panels of equal size, usually decorated with a painting or relief, and hinged together. |
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| multiple panels of equal size, usually decorated with a painting or relief, and hinged together. |
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| a private prayer book containing a calender, services for the canonical hours, and special prayers. |
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| a fine animal skin prepared for writing and painting, similar to parchment. |
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| style of painting popular in Burgundy, France, and Northern Italy during the late 14th century and early 15th century. People in paintings are portrayed with more feminine, soft, and elongated features. |
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| multicolored pictoral or decorative weaving meant to be hung on a wall for decoration and they also kept the buildings warm. |
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| stitches applied to an already woven fabric ground. |
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| a fabric woven with gold-wrapped yarn. not an embroidery, closer to a tapestry. |
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| Order of the Golden Fleece |
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| Order founded by Philip III, a Duke of Burgundy, in the mid 15th century. One of the most prestigious orders in Europe. |
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| Symbolism in art that we have lost the meaning to, but would make sense during the time the art-piece was created. |
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| theoretical plane separating the spatial world of a painting and the spatial world of the viewer. |
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| art technique where extremely realistic imagery to create the illusion of a three dimensional space. Generally used in frescos. |
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| group of artists of different categories like fabric, steel work, or carpentry. Guilds tended to fund artists' projects. |
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| art piece done by an apprentice normally to earn a spot into a guild. |
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| artist working under a more famous artist to be trained. |
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| place in which an artist, and possibly his/her apprentice/s, do most of their work. |
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| style of architecture in France. It's name comes from the flame-like tracery and winding towers the buildings tend to have. Common style of 15th century churches in France. |
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| A print made from cutting a design into a woodblock, covering the design in ink, and stamping the design onto parchment. |
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| practice of imbedding a design into a hard flat surface, normally copper, bronze, or steel. |
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| technique in which a design is carved out of the surface of an object, covered in ink, and then applied to paper. This includes engraving and etching. |
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| a metal instrument used to cut lines into metal plate to be used for engraving. |
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| circular window featured in 16th century french architecture. |
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| creating the illusion of a three-dimensional space by creating a horizon and orthogonal lines that all converge into a single point. |
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| lines that are completely straight horizontal or vertical. |
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| the point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines not parallel to the drawing converge on one point. |
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| translates to military leader in italian. |
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| the revival of Greek antiquity and the combination of Christian beliefs with Platonic theories. |
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| their wealth and influence came from their involvement in the textile guild during the late 14th century and throughout the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries in florence. |
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| a power structure based on family ties. |
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| one of the major governing bodies of the republic of venice. |
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| a gray limestone found in Florence. |
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| a rough and irregular look deliberately given to the exterior facing of a stone edifice. |
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| means palace or a block of flats in italian. |
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| a metal alloy consisting of mostly copper and commonly trace amounts of tin. It's hard and brittle makeup makes it perfect for antiquity uses. |
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| process in which an artist's sculpture is cast in metal. With this method, an artist has the ability to achieve intricate detail in their work. |
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| fresco painting technique in which pigment is mixed with plaster and applied straight to a wall. buon fresco is a much stronger form of fresco. |
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| form of fresco where pigment is mixed with wet plaster and applied to a wall. because the pigment doesn't properly mix with the plaster, the paint chips off very easily. |
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| form of fresco where pigment is mixed with moistened plaster and applied to a wall. because the pigment doesn't properly mix with the plaster, the paint chips off very easily. |
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| translates to mean a day's work. This applies to section of a buon fresco painting done in a day. |
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form in which three dimensional painting techniques are applied to an art piece.
ex. tompe l'oeil |
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| device used to present an idea in a work of art, normally referring to symbolism of some sort. |
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| venus pudica pose or modest pose |
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| stance in which a female raises an arm to cover her breasts. |
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| refers to the painting technique where an individual in a painting appears to be coming out of the darkness and into the light. |
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| marcus vitruvius was a brilliant writer, engineer and architect of the 1st century. in one of his writings, vitruvius exlains that a building must be strong, useful and beautiful. |
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| a full scale drawing used to transfer an image to a surface to be painted, carved, or woven. |
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| masterpiece of renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo and is the only one he ever signed. |
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| painting technique used to give the background of a painting a smokier appearance. Normally used in atmospheric perspective paintings. |
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| heroic figures of nude young men. |
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| chubby male child figures. |
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| a circular work of art, either a painting or sculpture. |
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| a decorative chest usually inlaid or carved, then painted. |
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| a period of High Renaissance art from between 1520 and 1580. This usually applies to some late gothic painters from around 1500 to 1530. |
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