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Art History
Undergraduate 3
03/04/2010

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Humanism
Definition
Movement that showed people in everyday life. Central interest in human autonomy.
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Maniera Greca
Definition
Italo-Bizantine Style
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Tempera
Definition
a permanent fast drying painting medium consisting of colored pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder medium (usually a glutinous material such as egg yolk or some other size
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Tryptich
Definition
Work of art, 3 pieces, usually held together with hinges and folding.
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Loggia
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They are often a gallery or corridor at ground level, sometimes higher, on the facade of a building and open to the air on one side, where it is supported by columns or pierced openings in the wall.
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Quatrefoil
Definition
"four leaves", and applies to general four-lobed shapes
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Contrapposto
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a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs.
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Ogival
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A diagonal rib of a Gothic vault
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
Use of light and dark
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Sfumato
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a mode of painting in which there are no extreme darks or lights, as the brightness values are grouped more or less tightly together around middle gray.
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Cartoon
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a full-size drawing made on sturdy paper as a study or modello for a painting, stained glass or tapestry.
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Martyrium
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A church or other edifice built at a site, especially a tomb, associated with a Christian martyr or saint.
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Terribilita
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describing a work which exhibits the sublime mixed with fear and awe
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Neo-platonism
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modern term for a school of religious and mystical philosophy
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Mannerism
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focused on the human form, depicted in intricate poses and in exaggerated, not always realistic settings.
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Rustication
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squared-off and left with a more or less rough surface, with a deep "V" or square joint or with finished flanking corners that emphasize the edges of each block
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Plateresque
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15th and 16th century art form in Spain, characterized by an ornate style of architecture. "in the manner of a silversmith"
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Caravaggisti
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artists in the following generation heavily under Caravaggio's influence
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Tenebrism
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a style of painting where chiaroscuro, or using violent contrasts of light and dark, becomes a dominating feature
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Memento Mori
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names a genre of artistic creations that vary widely from one another, but which all share the same purpose: to remind people of their own mortality and the punishment they will receive if they transgress the rules of their religion. "remember you must die"
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