Terms Flashcards
Define Commune
A government was organized by it’s citizens who agreed to defined it and to abide by the laws they themselves set
example : The Town of Siena and Council of the Nine
Define Republicanism
Support for a republican system of government
example : Siena’s government was governed by republic rule
Define Allegory
Symbolic representation, narrative or story, emblem
example: Famous painting of Allegories of Good and Bad Government
Define Tyranny
Cruel and oppressive government or rule
example: The Town of Siena feared tyrannical rule so they created a Council of nine. They would only serve two months and forced to live in a house with the other leaders, no one else.
Define Contract
A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law
Define Patron
A man who asked for painting he paid for and found a use for the painting
Define Pigment
The natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue
Define Ultramarine
A brilliant deep blue pigment originally obtained from lapis Lazuli
Define Fresco
A technique in which pigment ( colors ) are added to wet plaster to create a painted surface. In essence the painting becomes a part of the wall, incorporated directly into the architecture.
example: Lorenzetti used this technique in the Allegory of food and bad government, and Giotto uses it in the scrovegni chapel
Define Panel
A flat or curved component, typically rectangular that forms or are a set into the surface of a door, wall or ceiling
Who is Alberti ( Leon Battista )
He was an Italian humanist, architect, and principal initiator of Renaissance art theory. He is best known for his treatises and his architectural design’s, he is also credited with being the first to produce a self portrait.
Define Skill
The ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance
Define Linear perspective
a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon.
Define Orthogonals
vertical lines that extend to the vanishing point
Define Transversal
horizontal lines that mark the diminution of planes receding into the distance
