Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
What is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable
What is Neoplatonism?
100
a continuous base supporting a row of columns in classical Greek architecture.
What is stylobate?
100
A pediment as over a doorway or window having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown of apex.
What is broken pediment motif?
100
a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
What is flanders?
200
A raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals.
What is Scaffold?
200
Michelangelo's piece of art that is 7'5'' that was not concerned with the literal and visible qualities of captivity such as chains and bonds but rather the internal torment.
What is Bound Slave?
200
a railing supported by balusters, esp. an ornamental parapet on a balcony, bridge, or terrace.
What is balustrade?
200
Pictorial representation or meaning to visualize the picture image and icon.
What is pictorial construction?
200
a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an altarpiece
What is triptych?
300
a popular device Renaissance artists used to draw the viewer's attention to a figure or to give an impression of stability
What is Pyramidal Composition?
300
Michelangelo's idealized portrait of Pope Julius II with veins popping muscular intimidating gazed look pumped up with energy physically and spiritually.With his rays of light.
What is Moses?
300
A large roof that is seen on many capitol building and many roman renaissance buildings as well.
What is hemispherical dome?
300
Refered to a Venice artists who used the brightest and various of colors in his artworks that included one color in specific.
What is Titian red?
300
a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life, esp. domestic situations. Genre painting is associated particularly with 17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists.
What is genre painting?
400
the technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.
What is Sfumato?
400
The Mars Pope
What is pope Julius ii?
400
the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many leaders were Jesuits
What is counter reformation?
400
marriage chest is a rich and showy Italian type of chest, which may be inlaid or carved, prepared with gesso ground then painted and gilded.
What is Cassone?
400
a person's or animal's nature, esp. as it permanently affects their behavior.
What is Temperament?
500
A use of strong contrast between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
What is Chiaroscuro?
500
Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)
What is Michelangelo?
500
a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches.
What is Reformation?
500
Art that is poetic inspired constantly with poetry and is meant to be lyrical and sensual.
What is venetian art?
500
Deep sadness or gloom,
A still life painting of a 17th century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability.