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Renaissance Terms Flashcards

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Rebirth

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Renaissance

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Alterpeice of 2 hinged panels

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Diptych

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Alterpiece of 3 hinged panels

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Triptych

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Contrasts of light and dark to give the illusion of depth

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Chiaroscuro

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Painting on wet plaster so that paintings became part of the wall

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Fresco

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Focusing on main’s abilities and achievements

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Humanism

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Remember death

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Momento Mori

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Songs of great deeds, usually sung by troubadours

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Chansons de gests

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Covered or highlighted with a thin layer of gold

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Gilded

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Buying or selling of religious offices or position

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Simony

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Showing preferential treatment to family members in dispensing jobs or positions within an organization

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Nepotism

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A practice/offering, for a fee, a free pass for sinning

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Indulgences

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Blurring/softening edges of a painting

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Sfmato

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Full-size drawing usually used as a stencil for a work that is or will be placed on a ceiling or high wall

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Cartoon

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Shortening lines in a drawing to create the illusion of depth; placing the object in ratio to the picture plane

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Foreshortening

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Painting in monochrome, usually in a series of gray

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Grisaille

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Formal punishment from church that deprives a person of the right to belong to the church or of any privileges associated with the church

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Exocommunication

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Semicircular area of wall over a window or a door that is typically painted with a scene

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Lunette

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Point of picture canvas where parallel lines meet and fade

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Vanishing point

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Depiction of Mary holding the crucified Christ

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Pieta

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A small cherub figure

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Putto

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The common language of a group or area

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Vernacular

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Soft, gentle wind

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Zephyr

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The markings of the crucifixion

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Stigmata

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