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Renaissance Flashcards

1
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Open Italian plaza with church or cathedral

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Piazza

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2
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Wealthy urban Italian residence

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Palazzo

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3
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Railing

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Balustrade

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4
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Decorative stones on the corners of the lower layer of a building

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Quions

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5
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Use of rough stones on the lowest floor of a palazzo

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Rustication

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6
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Wealthy Italian residence in the country

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Villa

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7
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Roman arch with an additional column on each side, forming a rectangular opening

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Palladian arch

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8
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Garden cave with water

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Grotto

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9
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Collapsible table with 2 piers and horizontal brace

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Trestle table

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10
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Tall wooden storage cabinet for cloth

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Credenza

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11
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Arm chair with x frame

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Savonarola

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12
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Lengthened proportions, exaggerated gesture, and twisted figures

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Preciosity

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13
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Focus on compositional tension and instability

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Mannerism

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14
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System with horizon line and vanishing points

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Linear perspective

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15
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Far = soft and blurry

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Atmospheric perspective

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16
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Near = dark, big, and detailed

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Positional perspective

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17
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Harnessed optical illusion

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Forced perspective

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18
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Outer garment with slits for under garment to be pulled through

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Slash and puff

19
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Stiffened lace collar

20
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Spanish woman’s full length overgarment with long sleeves

21
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Bell shaped skirt sport cage

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Farthingale

22
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Stiffened triangular bodice panel

23
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Men’s short overgarment buttoned up the front

24
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Hip length jacket worn over doublet

25
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Men’s tights

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Trunk hose

26
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Crotch panel

27
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Rolled fabric around shoulders

28
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Heavy metal chain with insignia to denote authority

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Chain of office

29
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Developed from chemise, 1 piece with gussets, edges decorated

30
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Woman’s high platform shoes

31
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Stuffing made of whatever could be found

32
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Upper stocks, almost pants, still attached to nether stocks

33
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2 layers of stiffened fabric laced at front

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Pair of bodies

34
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Puffed chest and low point doublet waist

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Peascod belly

35
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Small square flaps below doublet waist

36
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Breeches wide at top and tapered to knees

37
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Short round padded breeches

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Melon/ pumpkin hose

38
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Breeches narrow at waist, full mid thigh

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Gallygaskins/slops

39
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Trunk hose extensions

40
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Padding tied around waist for wider hips

41
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Big tube skirt structure

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French/ wheel/ drum farthingale

42
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Boned conical support garment

43
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Flat piece of wood or whale bone at front of stays

44
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Gauze-like veil

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Conch/conque

Visual History Part 2 (4 decks)

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