Terms
A space in a church containing an altar
Chapel
A place of worship in a secular place
Chapel
Surface work is painted on
Support
Applying gold or silver leaf to a surface
Gilding
Decorates the space behind an altar
altarpiece
Made of powdered chalk and animal glue, brushed in thin layers to cover support
gesso
Table for communion
Altar
Painted on wood
Panel painting
orange substance of animal glue iron oxide and clay on which gold/silver leaf is inlaid
Bole
Style
Manner of execution
Most important part of classifying art into periods
Historical conditions
revival of classic texts, revival of antiquity
Humanism
Grand, idealized literature/art produced during Greco-Roman era.
Classical
event in 1348 that killed 40-70% of the European population
Black Death
the side in which the damned are often portrayed
The Left
Buon Fresco
painted in patches of wet plaster
Fresco Secco
Painted on dried plaster. Not as durable
The artist that focuses on human form
Giotto
Meaning of Maesta
virgin in majesty
This artist has a very Byzantine style
Cimabue
One point linear perspective
All orthatogonal points meet at one vanishing point. Unified consistent depth.
The description of contrapossto
weight shift, relaxed and life like
Medici Family’s profession
Banking family
The thrust in a pointed dome
Goes down
Flattened version of a column
Pilaster