Terms Flashcards
Horror vacui
Filling the entire surface of space with detail
Four evangelists
Matthew, mark, Luke, john
Four gospel accounts on the New Testament: gospel according to…
Repousse
Hammered into relief
Holy relic
Physical remains or personal artifacts from saints typically displayed in a church
Tympanum
Triangular or semi circle decorative wall surface above entrance. Bounded by lintel and arch. Often a sculpture
Bassilica plan
Rectangular floor plan nave is taller than the aisles
Central plan
Round floor plan shaped like a cross
Nave
Central aisle of the church
Apse
Where the alter is large nitch
Transept
Crosswise to the nave
Ambulatory
Aisle around apse to walk
Santiago de compostela
Capital of Spain
A leading catholic pilgrimage
Destination of St. James
Crusades
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
Flying buttress
Gothic church architecture to resist the lateral forces pushing a wall out words by redirecting them to the ground
Fresco
A painting done on wet plaster on the wall or ceiling so the colors penetrate the plaster and becomes fixed as it dries
Icon
A painting of Jesus or another holy figure typically on wood
Quatrefoil
A ornamental design of four lobes or leaves as used in architectural tracery
Black death
Bubonic plague it killed one third and two thirds of the population in less than five years
Triptych
Three panel painting
Polyptych
More than three panels altarpiece with hinges
Oil paint v. Egg tempra
Hey pace Maebeth brown pigment and drying oil and a pigment and egg yolk
Atmospheric perspective
Rendering the depth or distance in a painting by modifying the tone and the Hue and distinctness of objects perceived in the Pictureplane
On painting
Albertis history and theories on painting
Linear one point perspective
Has a single vanishing point usually directly opposite the viewers eye and on the horizon line
Terra cotta
Clay building material
Palazzo
A palatial building in Italy
Sfumato
To tone down to evaporate like smoke what
Piazza
A public square Market place
Tenebrism
Contrast of dark and light where darkness becomes a dominating feature on the image
Vellum
Stretched calf skin artists used to paint on