Architectural Terms
A roof in the form of a dome.
Cupola
Balance
French Term comes from the latin word meaning rebirth.
Renaissance
A drawing or painting of a person
Portrait
a technique that creates the illusion of spatial depth on two dimensional works by delineating a horizon lineand many imaginalry orthagonal lines which recede to meet at one point or more.
Linear Perspective or Single Point Perspective.
A triangular wall space or decorative panel on the end of a building.
Gable
The relation of size among the whole
Proportion
In art a painting of the Virgin Mary.
Madonna
a painting technique in which the pigments are applied to wet plaster.
Fresco
The point at which receding orthagonal lines seem to meet which is shown in lennear perspective.
Vanishing Point.
A triangular gable on the end of a building, usually over doors, windows or porticos.
Pediment
All parts of an image work together to be seen as a whole.
Unity or Harmony
a kind of art or literature, e.g. a portrait, a still life, etc.
Genre
the technique of blurring the edges of objects thus making them appear further away.
Sfumato
Position from which something is viewed.
Vantage Point or Point of View
Located in Florence Italy, this was designed by Fillipo Bruneschi.
Brunelleschis Dome, or Il Duomo.
A regular arrangement of alternated ot repeated elements (lines, shapes, colors) or motifs.
Pattern
painting thta portrays everyday life
Genre Painting
Italian for light to dark; the technique of using shadow to create the impression of three dimensionality.
Chiaroscuro
A line running back into represented space or a vanishing point in a picture.
Orthagonal line
Located in Vatican City, this basilica was on the slide show we saw last week.
St. Peters Basilica.
Using different elements in an image to create visual interest.
Variety
The intellectual and cultural interst during the early italian renaissance in the art and literature of antiquity.
Humanism
What portrait is the most famous example of Sfumato, and who painted it?
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
The division of EArth and sky as seen by the viewer.
Horizon Line