Vocab Flashcards
proto-renaissance
13-14th century; precursor to the Renaissance; arrival of the gothic style/architecture in Italy and the beginnings of the Renaissance;
The Black Death
14th century; Bubonic plague from fleas’ creates futelism
Quatrefoil
a 4 lobe, 4 pointed decorative design; can be seen on the baptistry doors
Maniera Greca
Italian for “the greek style”
Tempera
egg yolk is binding agent; works best on smooth, fine-grain wood panel; surface of panel covered in gesso-soaked linen; surface is burnished (polished) painted with pigments; gold leaf applied when dry; burnished and varnished to finish
Fresco
Italian for “fresh”; rough plaster, rough drawing, final, smooth plaster, pigments applied to wet plaster, pigment/gold added to dry plaster
Buon Fresco
painting on wet plaster (true way of doing it)
Fresco Secco
painting on dry plaster; more for finishing details and gold leaf
Illuminated Manuscript
a book used in religious settings
Late Gothic
oil paintings,; a time that focused greatly on detail & more likeness in facial features
Altarpiece
a religious piece of art in a church used for worship above an alter
Diptych
two panels
triptych
three panels
polyptych
greater than three panels; seen at larger churches
Annunciation
announcement; when Gabriel tells Mary she’ll have the son of god
Intuitive Perspective
attempting perspective w/o a concrete mathematical formula
Disguised Symbolism
everyday objects that have a higher meaning
Atmospheric Perspective
the illusion of distance by the lessoning of local color toward a neutral blue and the blurring of contours as intended distance increases
Grisaille
painting looks as if it were made of stone
John Gutenberg
He invented the Printing press
Printing Press
brings renaissance about; begins mass production and sharing of knowledge/art
woodblock
relief carving that leaves printed area raised
engraving
carving into copper and other metals
donor
person who commissions a piece of art and has his portrait included in the piece
Sumptuary laws
can’t create envy (houses that were too beautiful)
contrapposto
a composition created by the greeks to show movement and asymmetrical placement of limbs around a central axis
humanism
philosophy based on the potential of the individual for great achievement; the inherent goodness of mankind; proportions applied to architecture can be applied to mankind
palazzo
a massive building; and urban palace
Orsanmichele
has sculture niches
one-point linear perspective
Brunelleschi; mathmatical system for representing 3d objects in a 2d space; vanishing point on horizon with orthogonal lines pointing to v point
guild
a professional organization; commissioned many buildings and artwork
continuous narrative
several scenes in one piece of work
condotierri
a man you hire to protect you
Federico da Montefeltro (Duke of Urbino)
a condotierri; intelligent and surrounds himself with poets and artists; took over Milan and made himself Duke
Trompe l’ oeil
to fool the eye
Sistine chapel
the pope’s private chapel; filled with biblical frescos
sacra conversazione
sacred conversation
