Final Vocab Pt.1 Flashcards
Anasymmetricalarrangementofthehumanfigure inwhichthelineofthearmsandshoulderscontrastswithwhile balancingthoseofthehipsandlegs
Contrapposto
Astory,poem,orpicturethatcanbeinterpretedtoreveala hiddenmeaning, typicallyamoralorpoliticalone
Allegory
The 14th century as a period of Italian art, architecture or literature
Trecento
The 15th century as a period of Italian art or architecture
Quattrocento
The 16th century as a period of Italian art, architecture or literature, with a reversion to classical forms
Cinquecento
A short name used to describe a representation of the Madonna and Child in which the Madonna is enthroned in majesty as queen of heaven, surrounded by a court of angels and saints
Maestá
A picture, statue or medallion of the Madonna, typically depicted seated and holding the infant Jesus
Madonna
A picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus Christ on her lap or in her arms
Pieta
A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries
Fresco
A very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and friends mourned over his body
Lamentation
An arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of gothic architecture
Pointed Arch
Objects are placed at an angle to the picture plane, but their linear elements converge at a single point
Intuitive Perspective
The technique or representing more distant objects as fainter and more blue
Aerial Perspective
Representing 3D objects and space on a 2D surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically or horizontally and that radiate from one point
Mathematical Perspective
A thin, oily, transparent layer of paint spread over the top of an opaque passage that’s been given some time to dry
Glazing
