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Title: art history test two
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Created: 2008-09-30
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    • Side 3
    • inverted perspective
    • large figures in the upper part of the picture while small figures are in the lower section and fuzzy
    • genre painting
    • a class of art having a characteristic form or technique
    • still life
    • a type of painting that has its subjects as inanimate objects
    • anamorphosis
    • a deformed image that appears in its true shape whne viewed in some "unconventional" way
    • Mannerism
    • intellectual, intricate subjects, highly skilled techniques and art concentrated on beauty for its own sake
    • pieta
    • a structure in which the virgin supports and mourns over the dead jesus
    • spandrels
    • the area of a wall ajoining with exterior curve of an area between its spriling and the keystone
    • lunettes
    • a semicircular wall area framed by an arch over a dome
    • nonfinito
    • not finished in italian
    • sfumato
    • smokey soft appearance used to mellow out the drawling give a hazing effect
    • chiaroscuro
    • designing the contrast of dark and light
    • cartoon
    • a full scale drawing used to create special depth
    • drum
    • the wall that supports a dome
    • volute
    • a spiral scroll
    • pilaster
    • an engaged columnar element that is rectangular
    • greek cross plan
    • any structure designed with a primary central space
    • intaglio
    • a technique in which the design is carved out of the surface of an object
    • relief
    • a sculptural artwork where the model is raised from a flattened background
    • woodcut
    • woodcut printmaking technique in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood with the printing parts remaining level.
    • engraving
    • an intaglio printmaking process of inscribing an image design or letters onto metal or wood
    • the reformation
    • martin luther 1517
    • the gutenberg bible
    • the first sustaintial book printed with movable type
    • chateau
    • is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of great nobility
    • engraving
    • means to carve a pattern onto a printing plate. apply the ink to the plate only so it remains on the engraved lines then press it onto paper