Renaissance Flashcards
Open Italian plaza with church or cathedral
Piazza
Wealthy urban Italian residence
Palazzo
Railing
Balustrade
Decorative stones on the corners of the lower layer of a building
Quions
Use of rough stones on the lowest floor of a palazzo
Rustication
Wealthy Italian residence in the country
Villa
Roman arch with an additional column on each side, forming a rectangular opening
Palladian arch
Garden cave with water
Grotto
Collapsible table with 2 piers and horizontal brace
Trestle table
Tall wooden storage cabinet for cloth
Credenza
Arm chair with x frame
Savonarola
Lengthened proportions, exaggerated gesture, and twisted figures
Preciosity
Focus on compositional tension and instability
Mannerism
System with horizon line and vanishing points
Linear perspective
Far = soft and blurry
Atmospheric perspective
Near = dark, big, and detailed
Positional perspective
Harnessed optical illusion
Forced perspective