Terms

Question 1

Horror vacui

Answer 1

Filling the entire surface of space with detail

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Four evangelists

Matthew, mark, Luke, john

Answer 2

Four gospel accounts on the New Testament: gospel according to…

Question 3

Repousse

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Hammered into relief

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Holy relic

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Physical remains or personal artifacts from saints typically displayed in a church

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Tympanum

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Triangular or semi circle decorative wall surface above entrance. Bounded by lintel and arch. Often a sculpture

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Bassilica plan

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Rectangular floor plan nave is taller than the aisles

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Central plan

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Round floor plan shaped like a cross

Question 8

Nave

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Central aisle of the church

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Apse

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Where the alter is large nitch

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Transept

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Crosswise to the nave

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Ambulatory

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Aisle around apse to walk

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Santiago de compostela

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Capital of Spain
A leading catholic pilgrimage
Destination of St. James

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Crusades

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Military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Roman Catholic church during the high Middle Ages and late Middle Ages. Trying to restore Christian access to holy places in a near Jerusalem

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Flying buttress

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Gothic church architecture to resist the lateral forces pushing a wall out words by redirecting them to the ground

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Fresco

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A painting done on wet plaster on the wall or ceiling so the colors penetrate the plaster and becomes fixed as it dries

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Icon

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A painting of Jesus or another holy figure typically on wood

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Quatrefoil

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A ornamental design of four lobes or leaves as used in architectural tracery

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Black death

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Bubonic plague it killed one third and two thirds of the population in less than five years

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Triptych

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Three panel painting

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Polyptych

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More than three panels altarpiece with hinges

Question 21

Oil paint v. Egg tempra

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Hey pace Maebeth brown pigment and drying oil and a pigment and egg yolk

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Atmospheric perspective

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Rendering the depth or distance in a painting by modifying the tone and the Hue and distinctness of objects perceived in the Pictureplane

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On painting

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Albertis history and theories on painting

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Linear one point perspective

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Has a single vanishing point usually directly opposite the viewers eye and on the horizon line

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Terra cotta

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Clay building material

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Palazzo

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A palatial building in Italy

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Sfumato

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To tone down to evaporate like smoke what

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Piazza

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A public square Market place

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Tenebrism

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Contrast of dark and light where darkness becomes a dominating feature on the image

Question 30

Vellum

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Stretched calf skin artists used to paint on