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| A work of art, esp. a painting on wood, set above and behind an altar. |
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| A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed |
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| fresco painting technique in which watercolors are applied to plaster when it is still wet |
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| is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus |
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| is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve |
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| a red ocher formerly used as a pigment |
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| A method of painting in gray monochrome |
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| is the platform or step on which an altar stands |
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| devotional book popular in the Middle Ages |
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| The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models |
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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; |
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| A picture or relief carving on three panels, |
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| A container for holy relics |
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| florid style of late Gothic architecture |
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| it is characterized by the use of steel and reinforced concrete, wide windows, uninterrupted interior spaces, simple lines, and strict geometric forms. |
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| A piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas |
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| The announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to Mary |
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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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| A philosophical and religious system developed by the followers of Plotinus |
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| is a figure of a human baby or toddler, almost always male, often naked and having wings |
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| A type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon |
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| is a room frescoed with illusionistic paintings |
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| Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective |
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| The technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms |
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| The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting |
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| The central part of a church building |
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| A painting intended to create an illusion |
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