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| Atmospheric or aerial perspective |
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| The effect produced by diffusion of light in the atmosphere which makes distant object less clear. |
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| Sculpture in which three-dimensional forms project from a flat background. |
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| A technique used in perspective to create the illusion of an object receding into the background. |
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| a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster |
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| A pose an artist may give a human figure. Specifically, the subject is depicted with his or her weight shifted to one leg. |
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| a wealthy or influential supporter of an artist |
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| A style of painting that gives an illusion of photographic reality. |
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| Of or relating to horseback riding or horseback riders. |
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| A form of perspective in which parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance. |
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| a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color |
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| a 14th century style of Gothic art that merged both European and Italian traditions |
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| aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century |
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| An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards. |
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| the traditional images or symbols associated with a subject (esp religious) |
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| A Renaissance movement that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the rediscovery and study of the literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. |
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| It is a traditional style and even way (tempera) of painting you can see in traditional Greek icons. |
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| The relative darkness or lightness of a color. |
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| the brightness or dullness of a colour |
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| What does the word Renaissance mean? |
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| In what city did the Renaissance begin? and where did it go next? |
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| Who was considered the father of western pictorial art? |
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| How did the painters in the North (Holland/Flanders) differ from the painters in Italy? |
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| They broke away from Catholic dominion |
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| Who is usually credited with the invention of linear perspective? |
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| Who sculpted the first free standing nude since antiquity? |
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| Donatello, with his stature of David |
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