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Cards Term Definition Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, 1259-60 Pisa Italy Term Definition Giovanni Pisano: Pulpit,Sant'Andrea, 1297-1300 Pistoia Italy Term Order and Hierarchy Definition a belief that regarded the universe and its contents as ordered in an absolute hierarchy. Term imitation and emulation Definition how an artest would learn; they would appritance and learn from skilled artists Term Symbolic scale Definition the use of differiniating size in to distingush heirachy Term dual nature of christ Definition Playing on the fact that jesus is have man have god and dipicting him as either or. i.e the pulpits Term Tuscany Definition The birth place of the Renassance- due to high economic boom, thus commissions for art. Term Relief Sculpture Definition sculpting that is not free standing but carved out of a wall. Term Classical Definition style in which bodies are depicted in a generalized or idealized fashion. Term Ornament Definition Anything which embellishes a figure, or a composition. Term Variety Definition the viewer is provided not simply with many examples of the same thing, but with many different things Term antithesis Definition type of ornamentation in which opposites are set in contrast with one another Term Definition Giotto: Arena Chapel frescoes, Padua, 1305-06: Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple Term Definition Cimabue: Madonna Enthroned w/ Angels & Prophets, tempera on panel, 1280s Term Definition Giotto: Madonna Enthroned, tempera on panel, 1310 Term Definition Duccio: Maestà Altarpiece, for Siena Cathedral, tempera on panel, 1308-11 Term altar piece Definition art work that is placed above an altar in a church Term evalution of hosts Definition elevating the consecrated bread of the Eucharist during the mass Term Patron Definition someone who which orders (i.e., commissions) a work of art or architecture Term Expiation Definition The atoning or making up for an offence committed against God or one's neighbor. Term Fresco Definition A painting made on wet plaster with pigments suspended in water so theat the plaster absorbs the colors and the painting becomes part of the wall. Term hallmark of Giotto's art, and of the Italian art that follows his example Definition Chiaroscuro Term Chiaroscuro Definition the juxtaposition of light and dark pigments to represent light and shade in illusionistic painting. Term Chrysography Definition Literally, gold-writing Term Polyptych Definition A work of painting or sculpture consisting of four or more individual panels joined together. Term Modeling- in painting Definition the process for creating the illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface. Term Monumentality Definition techinque used to show the importance of a figure using size Term Foreshortening Definition Rendering a figure or object from an unusual point of view, so that its length appears compressed. Term Difficultà Definition a term used to describe a feature in a painting or sculpture that involves special skills on the part of the artist, often associated with foreshortening. Term Italo-Byzantine Definition A style of painting incorporating features derived from Byzantine models such as chrysography and stylized, elongated faces. Term usury Definition lending money at a high rate of interest Term Definition Lorenzo Ghiberti: Sacrifice of Isaac, Florence Baptistery door competition panel, 1401-02 Term Definition Masaccio: Brancacci Chapel Frescoes, ca. 1427: --Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden Term Definition Fra Angelico: Annunciation, fresco, corridor of Florentine monastery of S. Marco, ca. 1440-45 Term Definition Lorenzo Ghiberti: Sacrifice of Isaac, Florence Baptistery door competition panel, 1401-02 Term Definition Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna & Child with Angels, tempera on panel, ca. 1455 Term Definition Donatello: St. Mark, marble statue for exterior of Orsanmichele, Florence, 1411-13 Term Definition Gentile da Fabriano: Adoration of the Magi (Strozzi Altarpiece), tempera on panel, 1423 Term Definition David, bronze statue probably made for Medici family, 1440s Term Definition Piero della Francesca: Resurrection, fresco in town hall, Borgo Sansepolcro, ca. 1463 Term Definition Andrea Mantegna: Camera degli Sposi, frescoed room in Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, 1465-74 Term Definition Lorenzo Ghiberti: East Doors to Florentine Baptistery ("Gates of Paradise"), 1425-52 Term Chasing Definition Part of the final process of polishing and incising done on a piece of cast metal sculpture after it has been removed from its mold. Term Ghiberti's Jacob and Esau panel from the Gates of Paradise shows an example of Definition Chasing Term Contrapposto Definition when a piece of artwork shows one body part in motion while the other one is resting. a "weight shift" Term Donatello's David is an example of what? Definition Contrapposto Term Guilds Definition Professional associations of artisan-manufacturers and bankers. Term who commissioned Donatello's st. mark? Definition Flourintine guilds Term one point perspective Definition where everything in the picture is heading toward a "vanishing point" with orthagonal lines Term Sfumato Definition Modelling with a certain "smokiness." A subtle transition from light to dark across a surface or object in a painting, creating an appearance of softness. Term Stippling Definition The application of paint in short dabs or spots of color. Term A technique used by Gentile da Fabriano, among others, in the early 15th century. Definition Stippling Term Atmospheric Perspective Definition painting by reducing the contrast between light and dark on objects that you wish to suggest are further away. Term Masaccio uses what technique in his Tribute Money Definition Atmospheric perspective Term Optical Modeling-in painting Definition the modeling of an object in accordance with how it appears to sight rather than in accordance with its known characteristics Term the expulsion of adam and eve done by Masaccio uses what technique Definition optical modeling Term Donor portrait Definition A portrait included in a work of religious art, depicting the person who commissioned the work of art Term Masaccio's Holy Trinity was this type of painting Definition a donor portrait Term Sacra Conversazione Definition A type of altarpiece in which saints from different epochs occupy the same illusionistic space as the Virgin and Child. Term Di sotto in su Definition A method of painting a ceiling using perspective and extreme foreshortening to create a convincing illusion. Term Used in the oculus painted on the ceiling of Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi. Definition Di sotto in su Term Definition Dome, Florence Cathedral, 1420-36 Term Definition Limbourg Brothers: Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-16: --Calendar page for January Term Definition Jan van Eyck: Ghent Altarpiece, completed 1432 Term Definition Santo Spirito, Florence, begun ca. 1436 Filippo Brunelleschi: Term Definition Jan van Eyck: Man in a Red Turban, 1433 Term Definition Jan van Eyck: Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride (Giovanna Cenami), 1434 Term Definition Leon Battista Alberti: Sant' Andrea, Mantua, begun 1470 Term Definition Rogier van der Weyden: Escorial Deposition, ca. 1435 Term Definition Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights, 1505-10 Term Oil painting technique Definition A painting technique in which pigments are suspended in a medium consisting of a drying oil such as linseed or walnut. Term Glazing . Definition A method of painting in oils which involves the application of a transparent layer of dark paint on top of an opaque layer of light paint Term Disguised symbolism Definition A term sometimes used to describe Flemish paintings in which naturalistically depicted, everyday objects are laden with symbolic meaning. Term Naturalism Definition A style term used to describe art that presents the world in accordance with optical reality. Term Triptych Definition A painting (most often an altarpiece) consisting of three panels, usually hinged together. Term Combinatory fantasy Definition derivide from the aristotal way of thinking by combinding things you have seen to create something you haven't Term Centering Definition Wooden framework used to construct an arch, vault or dome but is removed after work is done. Term Modularity and Proportion Definition a form of blueprinting based on this single module, all of the parts are proportionate to each other Term an example of modularity and porportion would be? Definition Filippo Brunelleschi church plan Term Classical Orders Definition ionic, doric and corithian Term Vitruvius Definition Roman architect and architctural theorist active who was much read by humanists and architects in the 15th and 16th centuries. Term Latin Cross Definition A type of church plan in which the nave is longer than the transept, producing three short arms and one long arm. Term Façade Definition The front of a building, on which the main entrance is usually located. Term Pediment Definition A low-pitched gable, or triangular structure that sits atop the portico of a building constructed in the Greco-Roman style Term Triumphal arch Definition A free-standing gateway structure erected by ancient Roman emperors after a military victory. Term Pilaster Definition A shallow pier or rectangular column projecting only slightly from a wall. Term Colossal (or Gigantic) order Definition Any architectural order whose columns rise from the ground through several stories. Term Barrel Vault Definition A simple form of an arched ceiling that consists of a rounded or pointed arch extended into space. Term Coffers Definition Sunken square or polygonal ornamental panels used as decoration on a ceiling or vault. Term Definition Andrea del Verrocchio: David, ca. 1465-70 Term Definition Antonio del Pollaiuolo: Battle of the Ten Nudes, engraving, ca. 1465 Term Definition Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus, ca. 1482 Term Definition Domenico Ghirlandaio: Giovanna Tornabuoni, 1488 Term Engraving Definition Method of printmaking Term Humanists . Definition century scholars who studied and wrote literature, history and ethics in classical Latin and sometimes in classical Greek