Renaissance
rebirth
What does Renaissance mean
guidelines that artists might use to create certain effects in an artwork
What are the principles of design?
bands used in art to depict multiple events or scenes in a single work
What are registers?
a metalworking technique that involves hammering a thin sheet of metal from the back to push out a low relief sculpture
What is Repoussé?
a cross-shaped floor plan of a church
What is a Cruciform plan?
shows a naked woman
How does Botticelli's Birth of Venus demonstrate a break from medieval traditions?
a property of light and a valuable tool for many visual artists
What is color?
a system of writing developed by the Sumerians
What is Cuneiform?
the artists used linear motifs, such as diamonds and cross-hatching, to decorate their works
What is the Geometric Period?
a fast-drying paint made by mixing pigments with water and a binder, often egg yolk
What is Tempera?
he was commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel
What occurred as a result of Michelangelo sculpting David?
the component of an artwork the give the sensation of action
What is movement?
a clear symbol of power standing 204 feet high and has six steps
What is the pyramid of Djoser?
3000 to 2000 BCE
When was the Bronze Age?
manuscripts that are decorated, generally with gold and silver, produced on vellum
What are illuminated manuscripts?
more feminine than Baroque, softer looking
What are some attributes of Rococo art?
not dependent on an individual's impression or opinion
What is objective?
rhe civilization that grew in the southern part of Mesopotamia between 3500 and 2340 BCE
What is Sumer?
a technique for painting murals that uses water-based paint applied to wet plaster
What is fresco?
lacking in human forms
What is aniconic?