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Quatrocento

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The cultural and artistic events of 15th century Italy; encompasses the artistic styles of the late Middle Ages (most notably International Gothic) and the early Renaissance. (1400s)

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International Gothic Style

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a phase of Gothic art which developed in Burgundy, Bohemia, France and northern Italy in the late 14th century and early 15th century; artists and portable works such as illuminated manuscripts traveled widely around the continent, creating a common aesthetic among the royalty and higher nobility and considerably reducing the variation in national styles among works produced for the courtly elites.

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Flamboyant Style

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a florid style of late Gothic architecture in France from about 1350 in France until superseded by Renaissance architecture during the early 16th century.

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Beautiful Style

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In painting and sculpture, the style is sometimes known in German as the “Schöne Stil” or “Weicher Stil” (“Beautiful style” or “Soft style”). Stylistic features are a dignified elegance, which replaces monumentality, along with rich decorative colouring, elongated figures and flowing lines.

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Donors

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a portrait in a larger painting or other work showing the person who commissioned and paid for the image, or a member of his, or (much more rarely) her, family.

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Woodcut woodblock

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type of relief print, using a gouge

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Etching engraving

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type of intaglio print using a graver

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Printmaking

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making of pictures and designs from specially prepared plates or blocks

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Movable type

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system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document

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Intalgio

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ink is pressed into the engraving to make the image

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Tapestry

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multicolored decorative weaving meant to be hung on a wall or placed on furniture

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Embroidery

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decoration of a previously existing matieral

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Bestiary books

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book that describes characteristics, uses, and meaning illustrated by moralizing tales about real and imaginary animals

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Altarpiece

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work of art usually painted on wood set above and behind an altar

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Gouge

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tool used for carpentry and sculpture

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Gravers/Burin

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tools used for intaligo

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Reliquary

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container, often made of precious materials, used as repository to protect and display sacred relics

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Secular

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not sacred or relating to religion

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Oil paint

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paint made of pigment ground in oil

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Book of Hours

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illuminated, Christian devotional book

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Crocket

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container, often made of precious materials, used as repository to protect and display sacred relics