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-paint made by binding pigment in an egg medium -Paint dries Rapidly -Smooth Matte Finish -Favored in netherland15 cent. |
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Italian for "true Fresco" -is a fresco painting technique in which watercolors are applied to plaster when it is still wet |
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| done on dry plaster (secco is "dry" in Italian). The pigments thus require a binding medium, such as egg (tempera), glue or oil to attach the pigment to the wall. |
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| is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together and fold. |
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| is a type of slow-drying paint consisting of small pigment particles suspended in a drying oil. |
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| refers to a layer of paint, thinned with a medium, so as to become somewhat transparent. A glaze changes the color cast or texture (gloss or matte, for instance) of the surface |
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| squared-off and left with a more or less rough surface, with a deep "V" or square joint or with finished flanking corners that emphasize the edges of each block. |
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| is a slightly-projecting column built into or onto a wall. A pilaster is a flattened or abbreviated column that can appear with a capital and entablature, also in "low-relief" or flat against the wall. |
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Italian-"Ledge" generally any horizontal decorative molding which crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding. |
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A continuous projecting horizontal band set in the surface of a wall and usually molded. [image] |
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is the area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building [image] |
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| is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church. |
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[image] the central approach to the high altar. "Nave" (Medieval Latin navis, "ship,") |
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is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault. the term is applied to the semi-circular or polygonal section of the sanctuary at the liturgical east end beyond the altar. |
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| a point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines appear to converge. The number and placement of the vanishing points determines which perspective technique is being used. |
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| a drawing with 1-3 vanishing points. |
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| the platform or step on which an altar stands. In painting, predella refers to the paintings or sculptures running along the frame at the bottom of an altarpiece. |
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| is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the devotional theme of Our Lady of Sorrows, and also a scene from the Passion of Christ and is the 13th of the Stations of the Cross |
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| Foreshortening refers to the visual effect or optical illusion that an object or distance is shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer. |
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In art the perspective imagined lines pointing to the vanishing point are referred to as 'orthogonal lines'. Literally(mathematically)-"At right angles" |
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| (from the Italian "cartone" and Dutch/Flemish word "karton", meaning strong, heavy paper or pasteboard) is a full-size drawing made on paper as a study for further drawings, such as a painting or tapestry. Cartoons were typically used in the production of frescoes, to accurately link the component parts of the composition when painted onto plaster over a series of days. |
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| (Italian for clear-dark) is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. The term is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition, but is also more technically used by artists and art historians for the use of effects representing contrasts of light, not necessarily strong, to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects such as the human body. |
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| an Italian term meaning "counterpoise" used in the visual arts to describe 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. This gives the figure a more dynamic, or alternatively relaxed appearance. |
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| the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects. |
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| The art of applying a thin layer of gold, simulated gold, or other metal to a surface. |
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| an association of craftspeople in a particular business. |
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