Early Southern Renaissance

Question 1

Contrapposto

Answer 1

Posed with weight on one leg, and the other leg relaxed (example, The Spear Barer statue)

Question 2

Mimesis

Answer 2

“imitation” can imitate reality flawlessly, realistically

Question 3

Vitruvius

Answer 3

Ancient architect who wrote during the Roman Empire The Ten Books on Architecture. Basis of Alberti’s design.

Question 4

Architectural Order

Answer 4

the design style of a façade, and involve a colonnade. Very specific measurements.

Question 5

Column - Engaged Column

Answer 5

cylindrical structure that holds up a building. Half round column sticking out of the wall is an engaged column.

Question 6

Pier - Pilaster

Answer 6

Square form of the column. Piers sticking out of the wall are called Pilasters.

Question 7

Rustication

Answer 7

Rural, ordinary, common. Style of stone carving that creates folksy, simplified look.

Question 8

Continuous Narrative

Answer 8

Sequential events that are all in the same chronological framework

Question 9

Relief (Low, Middle, High)

Answer 9

Sculptural form that comes out of a surface. Low is shallow in the background, high practically comes off of the surface

Question 10

1 Point Perspective

Answer 10

all diagonal lines in the composition must come to one vanishing point

Question 11

Vanishing Point

Answer 11

coordinating point in a composition that is linear and unified

Question 12

Allegory

Answer 12

Telling a story outside of itself, or telling a story to symbolize something else.