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ARTHIST TERMS
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11/24/2016

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Grisaille
Definition
a method of painting in grey monochrome, typically to imitate sculpture
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Foreshortening
Definition
an effect of perspective (like superman flying towards us, we have to assume his hands are not twice the size of his head, they are just drawn that way)
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Hieratic scale
Definition
visual communication of power, bigger figures more important
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
Modeling of light and dark
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Triptych
Definition
a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece.
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Provenance
Definition
the history of a picture
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Zephyrs
Definition
personifications of the wind
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Sfumato
Definition
Smokeyness, think Leonardo

the technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.
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Craquelure
Definition
patterns of cracks on a portrait
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