Renaissance Key Words Flashcards
1
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Humanism
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Humanism means putting humans at the centre of attention.
2
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Patron
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A patron is a person who paid artists to paint for them.
3
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Republic
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that means people elected there goverment
4
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Anatomy
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The study of the human body
5
Q
Perspective
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It means painting people in the back smaller than in the front giving the illusion of depth.
6
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Sfumato
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A technique in which artists used tiny brush strokes to blend ares into each other.
7
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Fresco
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A fresco was a painting painted directly onto wet plaster
8
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Canvas
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A canvas was something renassaince painters used to paint on so the paint didnt crack and dried slower giving them time to go into detail.
9
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Renaissance
A
A time in which people took interest in the world of ancient rome and greece.
