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Fresco

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A picture painted straight up onto a wall or ceiling.This paint is applied to wet plaster.

2
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Canvas

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Cloth from which sails are made.It makes a good surface for painting when stretched tight.

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Icon

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A painting of a religious subject made as an object or worship or prayer.

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Anatomy

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The study of the human body.

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Perspective

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Adding depth to a picture.

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Renaissance

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A time when people began to take a new interest in the world of Ancient Greece and Rome.

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Sfumato

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They used tiny stroke brushes to blend areas into each other this meant that there was no hard outlines.

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Patron

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A person who pays an artist to produce a work of art