Exam 2

Question 1

Chiaroscuro

Answer 1

The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.

Question 2

Centralized composition/Pyramidal composition

Answer 2

Triangular composition of figures (mainly in the center of the canvas)

Question 3

sfumato

Answer 3

The technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms

Question 4

Cartoons

Answer 4

Drawings

Question 5

Pietà

Answer 5

“Pity” or “Compassion,” and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap

Question 6

Putti

Answer 6

A representation of a naked child, especially a cherub or a cupid in Renaissance art

Question 7

Ignudi

Answer 7

Naked in Italian

Question 8

Poesie

Answer 8

Poetry in French

Question 9

Maniera

Answer 9

Emphasis on self-conscious artifice over realistic depiction

Question 10

Anamorphosis

Answer 10

A distorted projection or drawing which appears normal when viewed from a particular point or with a suitable mirror or lens

Question 11

Protestant Reformation

Answer 11

A religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to differences in doctrine.

Question 12

Counter Reformation

Answer 12

The Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th and early 17th centuries both against the Protestant Reformation and toward internal renewal