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Fresco
pigment and plaster fused to the wall
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Altarpiece
the visual focal point for religious ceremonies during Catholic rituals
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Tempera
Pigment used with egg
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Illuminated Manuscript
Books with images
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Iconography
system of symbols in different cultures (religious in this context)
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Relief sculpture
still attached to the background
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Book of Hours
Book that says the prayers for what day of the year and what time of day. Shows status of wealth, education, and focused on impressing others.
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Calendar page
Each page shows the prosperous life of peasants and workers
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Sculpture in the round
sculpture which can be viewed on all sides
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Oil paint
Used in super thin layers and very fine details
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Diptych
set of 2 panels
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Tryptich
One center piece with 2 wings
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Polyptch
Many panels
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Vellum
animal skin paper
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Glazes
pigment with melted glass
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Grisaille
French for grey (for looking like a sculpture)
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Atmospheric perspective
illusion of depth moving back into space in a 2D artwork. Detail varies depending on the background or the foreground.
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Donor portraits
person who paid for the artwork
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Dijon Altarpiece
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Dijon altarpiece (inside)
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Les Tres Riches Heures- January page
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Merode Triptych
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Ghent Altarpiece
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Allegory
showing an abstract concept represented by a person; a system of symbols and iconography
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Hierarchival perspective
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Basilica of Santa Croce
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Madonna Enthroned
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Scrovegni Chapel
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The Entombment of Christ
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Room of Peace/the Nine
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Effects of Good Government on the City
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Effects of Bad Government on the City
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International Gothic
Associated with court culture of a group of dukes (power)
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Continuous narrative
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Naturalism
all beings and events in the universe are natural
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Illusionism
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Trompe l'oeil
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Anamorphosis
Distorted
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Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck, oil paint
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The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein
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The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymous Bosch, oil on panel 
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Bronze casting
technique for sculpture making; very sophisticated medium
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linear perspective
mathematical system for creating an illusion of real space
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vanishing point
parallel lines will converge as they go back in space
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orthogonals
he lines that converge at the vanishing point
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Vitruvius
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Sacrifice of Isaac Panel
Brunelleschi
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Sacrifice of Issac panel Ghiberti
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Holy Trinity
Masaccio, fresco
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Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci, fresco
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Vitruvian Man
Leonardo da Vinci
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David Donatello
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David, Michaelangelo
A commission for a cathedral in Florence
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Classical
Referring to Ancient Grece and Roman art style
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Impasto
Surface texture made with oil
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The Battle of Ten Nude Men, Antonio Pollaiuolo
Engraving
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Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli
Tempera on canvas
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Venus and Mars, Sandro Botticelli
Tempera and oil, commissioned by Vespucci family
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Pastoral Concert, Titian
Impasto, Greek and roman ideals about the country side; women are allegories
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Venus of Urbino, Titian
Oil; a woman who just married and needs to produce heirs
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Typology
when old Testament scenes are seen as parallels for New Testament scene, foreshadowing the coming of Christ
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Last Supper. da Vinci
oil and tempera on plaster
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Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Michaelangelo
lightly curved surface painted to look like architecture
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Creation of Adam, Michaelangelo
shows Adam as not ideal human but more muscular
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The School of Athens, Raphael
"the room of signatures"
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Amantecayotl in Mexico and Europe, Diego Huanutzin
Aztech feather painting; Europe meets the new world and sees a need to convert them to Christianity which leads to genocide
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The Discovery of America, Theodoor Galle
easy to depict the new world as cannibals
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Durer
Woodblock print
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Adam and Eve, Albrecht Durer
Engraving; animals represent the 4 biles
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Melencolia, Albrecht Durer
engraving; an artist who is smart and has many tools but is overcome with depression