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Midterm 2 Terminology
Max Grossman SJSU ART HISTORY 70B ART 70B
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
04/18/2009

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Term
Deposition
Definition
Lowering of Christ from the cross
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3 Mary's
Definition
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethel (Lazarus sister)
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Diagonal Perspective
Definition
Perspective outside the painting
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Buttresses
Definition
Diagonal Support
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Tracery
Definition
Elaborate Stonework
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crockets
Definition
Flowers that make architect seem blooming
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Pinnacles
Definition
triangle figures about doors/windows in architecture.
slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
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Gable
Definition
The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
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sfumato
Definition
Smoky haze
Sfumato is the Italian term for a painting technique which overlays translucent layers of colour to create perceptions of depth, volume and form.
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Grazzioso
Definition
Graceful curvey and soft by Michelangelo
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carrara
Definition
Type of marbal used (white) emperors used in inequity
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