Vocabulary

Question 1

High Renaissance

Answer 1

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

Question 2

sfumato

Answer 2

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

Question 3

3d pyramid

Answer 3

composition based on pyramid.

Question 4

one point perspective

Answer 4

single vanishing point

Question 5

disegno

Answer 5

drawing and design

Question 6

humanism

Answer 6

emphasis on education and expanding knowledge

Question 7

neoplationism

Answer 7

idea that suggests beautiful objects leads soul closer to divine

Question 8

De’Medici

Answer 8

florentine banking family

Question 9

chiaroscuro

Answer 9

creating 3d with light sources

Question 10

cartoon

Answer 10

drawing made to transfer to painting/tapestry

Question 11

figura serpentinata

Answer 11

relaxed stance/contrapposto

Question 12

orthogonal

Answer 12

lines that can be traced to single vanishing point

Question 13

Terribilita

Answer 13

notion of Sublime.

Question 14

Pieta

Answer 14

pity and piety. Christ on Marys lap

Question 15

contrapposto

Answer 15

stand against.

Question 16

Mannerism

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Sack of Rome

Answer 17

1527 attack of Rome by Spain and France

Question 18

Allegory

Answer 18

story where meaning is not clear

Question 19

ambiguous space

Answer 19

composition that lacks believable space.

Question 20

arcadian

Answer 20

idyllic place of rural peace and simplicity

Question 21

cassone

Answer 21

large decorated chests

Question 22

diorama

Answer 22

small depiction of scene using clay figurines

Question 23

colorito

Answer 23

color or painted

Question 24

iconography

Answer 24

study of symbolic meaning in art

Question 25

personification

Answer 25

abstract idea given human form

Question 26

secular

Answer 26

non religious subject matter

Question 27

velatura

Answer 27

glaze with color lighter in value than underlayer

Question 28

graphic art

Answer 28

etchings, engravings, wood cuts

Question 29

genre scene

Answer 29

paintings realistically depicting scenes of everyday life

Question 30

protestant reformation

Answer 30

1517 Luther reform of Catholicism to establish protestantism

Question 31

memento mori

Answer 31

reminder of human mortality

Question 32

anamorphic image

Answer 32

distorted image that must be viewed by mirror

Question 33

didactic

Answer 33

to teach