Terms Quiz #2 Flashcards
Doge
The elected head of state in Venice and Genoa.
Transversals
In a scientific perspective composition, the horizontal lines that run parallel to the picture plane and intersecct the othogonals.
Orthogonals
Lines running at right angles to the plane of the picture surface but, in a represenation using one-point perspective, converging toward a common vanishing point in the distance.
predella
The pedestal of an altarpiece, usually decorated with small narrative scenes.
Rilievo schiacciato
a flattened relief: a kind of sculpture initiated by Donatello in which distance and perspective are achieved by optical suggestion rather than sculptural projection.
di sotto in su
Italian phrase that refers to the idea of looking up from bellow. A type of illusionishm in painting achieved by means of sharp forshortening, in which the figures and architecture seem to be high apove and receding from the spectator.
sumptuary laws
these laws attempted to restrict the sumptuousness of dress in order to curb extravagance, protect fortunes, and make clear the necessary and appropriate distinctions between levels of society.
Intarsia
Inlaid cabinetwork composed of various woods.
tondo
Italian term for circular painting or relief
condottierra
Italian term meaning mercenary military leader;
mullion
a vertical colonnette or support dividing a window into two or more openings.
rustification
protruding masonry, frequently with a roughened surface
millenianism
is the belief by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming major transformation of society, after which all things will be changed, based on a one-thousand-year cycle
dynasty/dynastic
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verismo
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