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A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
Example: The sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun. |
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A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.
Example: The crucifixtion of Jesus Christ. |
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A method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion (A fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble) miscible with water, typically egg yolk. The method was used in Europe for fine painting, mainly on wood panels, from the 12th or early 13th century until the 15th, when it began to give way to oils.
Example: "Birth Of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli |
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| A manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations. Example: "Très Riches Heures" (The Book of Hours) by Jean, Duc de Berry (John, Duke of Berry). |
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Monastic Orders (Franciscans, Dominicans)
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A group of people living under a religious rule.
Franciscans: Catholic religious order, officially known as Ordo Fratrum Minorun.
Dominicans: Catholic religious order, officially known as Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum
Example: Monks or nuns who live and work in a divine monastery. |
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The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries, the culture and style of art and architecture developed during the 14th- 16th centuries.
Example: The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. |
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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 as it dries.
Examples: The Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco's by Michelangelo, The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. |
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A vault forming a half cylinder.
Example: The Cloisters in New York City. |
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To portray or show, an object or view, as being closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
Examples: "Lamenation Over the Dead Christ" by Andrea Mantegna, rear view mirror. |
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A picture or relief (raised) carving on three panels, typically hinged together vertically and used as an altarpiece.
Example: "Triptych" by Francis Bacon. |
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The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting, an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
Example: "Boy with a Basket of Fruit" by Michelangelo. |
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