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High Renaissance

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Rebirth of ideas, philosophies and artistic motifs of classical cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome. 1490-1527

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sfumato

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technique by Leonardo. without line, integrates figures with background, hazy effect

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3d pyramid

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composition based on pyramid.

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one point perspective

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single vanishing point

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disegno

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drawing and design

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humanism

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emphasis on education and expanding knowledge

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neoplationism

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idea that suggests beautiful objects leads soul closer to divine

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De’Medici

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florentine banking family

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chiaroscuro

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creating 3d with light sources

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cartoon

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drawing made to transfer to painting/tapestry

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figura serpentinata

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relaxed stance/contrapposto

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orthogonal

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lines that can be traced to single vanishing point

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Terribilita

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notion of Sublime.

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Pieta

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pity and piety. Christ on Marys lap

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contrapposto

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stand against.

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Mannerism

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1520-1600. Emphasizes artifice and imagery not from nature.

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Sack of Rome

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1527 attack of Rome by Spain and France

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Allegory

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story where meaning is not clear

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ambiguous space

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composition that lacks believable space.

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arcadian

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idyllic place of rural peace and simplicity

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cassone

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large decorated chests

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diorama

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small depiction of scene using clay figurines

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colorito

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color or painted

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iconography

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study of symbolic meaning in art

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personification

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abstract idea given human form

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secular

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non religious subject matter

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velatura

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glaze with color lighter in value than underlayer

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graphic art

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etchings, engravings, wood cuts

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genre scene

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paintings realistically depicting scenes of everyday life

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protestant reformation

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1517 Luther reform of Catholicism to establish protestantism

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memento mori

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reminder of human mortality

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anamorphic image

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distorted image that must be viewed by mirror

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didactic

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to teach

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