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Art History
Undergraduate 1
07/16/2010

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Renaissance

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rebirth (of an interest in Ancient Greece/Rome).

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Humanism

Definition

emphasis on education, indivisualism, moralism.

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Relief Sculpture

Definition

figures projecting from the background.

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Naturalistic

Definition

Style of art based on real world observation.

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Contrapposto

Definition

Half-relaxed pose.

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Sculpture in the round

Definition

: A sculpture that you can walk around and see in 3D.

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Portico

Definition

A roofed colonnade (also an entranced porch).

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Cupola

Definition

A dome.

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Pendentives

Definition

Concave, triangular section to hold up a dome.

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Oculus

Definition

round opening in a dome.

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Loggia

Definition

a gallery with an open arcade on one or both sides.

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Rustication

Definition

to give a rustic appearance by roughening surface.

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Cornice

Definition

A crowning projection.

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Niche

Definition

Recess in a wall.

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Linear perspective

Definition

method of presenting an illusion of 3-D in 2-D space.

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Orthogonals

Definition

a line imagined to be behind and perpendicular to the picture plane (the lines that go to the vanishing point).

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Illusionism

Definition

The representation of the 3D surface in a manner that creates the illusion that person/object is 3D.

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Trompe l’oeil

Definition

“Fools the eye.” A form of illusion painting that deceives people into seeing real objects rather than paintings.

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Pyramidal construction

Definition

Objects are placed at an angle to the picture plane, but their linear elements don’t converge at a single point.

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Intuitive Perspective

Definition

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

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Linear

Definition

The extension of a point along a path.

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Triptych

Definition

A 3 paneled painting

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Magical Realism

Definition

Style of painting in which fantastic/unsettling images/events are depicted in a sharply detailed manner.

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Chiaroscuro

Definition

in drawing/painting, the treatment/use of light/dark to produce the effect of modeling

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Lunette

Definition

A semicircular area in a wall over a door/window. Also: a painting or relief with a semicircular frame.

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Spandrel

Definition

Triangular shaped element between 2 arches.

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Ignudi

Definition

Young male nudes.

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