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Cloisonné Enameling
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images created on gold or copper by melting colored glass into shapes created using gold or copper wire bonded to the base metal. Used many times to simulate jeweled decoration.
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Celtic Knot
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Patterns and designs from the british islands using woven or knotted motifs. Many exhibit animal motifs.
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Celtic Cross
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Christian crosses usually seen in the british islands having box-like rectangles at each end of the cross. |
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Manuscript illumination
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A hand made illustration for a hand-written book or manuscript. In the middle ages in Europe most books were copies of the bible, thus most manuscript illuminations are christian religious images. |
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Drop Letter
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Manuscript illumination using an enlarged first letter of the writing as the decoration for the page. |
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Arabesque |
Design of a graceful curving lines similar to those lines found in Arabic writing. |
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Tessellation |
Mathematical pattern of interlocking geometric shapes used in many Islamic designs. |
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Palatine Chapel |
A private Chapel within a palace or home |
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Carolingian Architecture |
Architectural style which is very similar to the Roman early Christian style and which was used during the earliest part of the middle ages after the end of the Roman era. |
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Gallery
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A second story side aisle (or balcony) reserved as a place for women and children to worship in churches of the middle ages |
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Romanesque style
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The first international style of architecture to be used throughout Europe during the middle ages. It makes use of Roman vaulted ceilings and a latin cross floor plan. |
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Latin Cross Floor Plan |
Basilica floor plan adopted by the Romanesque style. It adds a cross nave to the traditional basilica plan making it shaped like a Christian cross/ |
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Nave |
Center two story room of a basilica |
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Side Aisle |
one story side rooms of a basilica |
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Apse
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Half domed structure at the east end of a basilica church used to house the altar |
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Ambulatory |
Curved side aisle extending around and behind the altar of a basilica church connecting the north and south side aisles into one continuous aisle. |
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Transcept
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The north and south ends of the cross nave of a latin cross basilica church |
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Crossing |
The intersection of the main nave and the cross nave and the location of the Romanesque bell tower. |
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Crossing tower |
Bell tower located at the crossing of the naves of a Latin basilica church |
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Westwork
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the west, front façade of a basilica church |
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Narthex |
The lobby area of a basilica church within the westwork structure |
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Gothic stytle |
Architectural style of the late middle ages characterized by pointed gothic arches, large stained glass windows and flying buttress construction |
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Gothic Arch
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Pointed arch used during the late middle ages |
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Renaissance
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French word meaning "rebirth" |
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Early Renaissance |
1350-1495 |
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High Renaissance |
1495-1520 |
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Late Renaissance (mannerism) |
1520-1600 |
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Example: The lamentation of Christ |
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Ghiberti revives Roman linear perspective in his relief sculptures on the "Gates of Paradise" (Bronze doors for the Florence Baptistry)
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Brunelleschi Revives Roman vaulting techniques in the construction of the Florence cathedral dome.
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Brunelleschi creates the model for future Renaissance churches in his ____________ built for the Medici family.
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Church of San Lorenzo
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Donatello revives large scaled Roman figurative sculpture in the statues of _________ and __________ (Bell Tower). Examples: St George, The Bald Saint and others.
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Or San Michelle and the Cathedral Campanile
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Donatello revives the nude figure as a subject in his statue of _________
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David |
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The use of the Roman Triumphal Equestrian Statue is revived by _________ and others
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Donatello
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The use of the Roman Triumphal Arch as a motif is revived by Brunelleschi in the porch of the _______.
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Pazzi Chapel |
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Renaissance Palaces are patterned after __________.
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Roman Insula (town houses) |
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Renaissance Palaces have: |
-A central court yard -Stores and utilitarian areas on the first level -Living spaces on the 2nd level -Bed Rooms on the 3rd level -The building is topped by a large overhanging cornice. |
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Rustication |
Applies Roman Linear perspective to the exteriors of buildings making them look taller. |
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Sculptor known for his unusual sculpture material (clay) and his use of ceramic glazes to add color. (Usually blue and white with some green and yellow.)
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Luca Della Robbia |
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________ Revives linear perspective in fresco painting. Examples: The Holy Trinity and The Tribute Money |
Masaccio
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__________ revives roman mythological subjects in his painting "The Birth of Venus"
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Sandro Botticelli
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Venetian painters like ________ paint using a golden lighting unique to venice.
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Bellini |
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The Early Renaissance is centered in ________ and promoted by the _________ family.
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Florence, Medici |
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The High Renaissance is centered in _____ and is patronized by the church.
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Rome |
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Inspiration for the new St. Peter's Basilica comes from Bramonte's _____________ chapel.
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Tempietto |
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Michelangelo finishes the design for the new St. Peter's after Bramonte's death by __________________________ |
making it larger and adding a front porch |
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Michelangelo revives classical, stoic, contrapposto sculpture in his statue of |
David |
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Michelangelo became a master sculptor with his statue ______ |
The Pieta |
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Michelangelo's very first fresco was the |
Sistine Chapel Ceiling |
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Big four of the high renaissance |
Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, and Titian
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Leonardo Da Vinci was the first ____________
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Renaissance man (a person expert in many fields of knowledge.) |
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Da Vinci was the first to elevate his social class based upon his knowledge and accoplishments. This is known as
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Cult of Genius |
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Da Vinci was good at _________, not at ____________. he finished very few works.
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Creating and planning, not at following through on commissions. |
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Da Vinci's master works are: |
Mona Lisa, and the Last Supper |
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The last supper was a failed experiment in creating a new fresco technique. It began self-destructing soon after it was complete. |
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Raphael was the personal painter to the pope, and responsible for the paintings of the Vatican palace. |
His master work is his School of Athens comparing the great minds of antiquity with the great minds of the renaissance.
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Raphael died at __ of ________ and is buried in the _____________ |
27, common cold, pantheon in rome
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Only non-roman of the Big four. He worked in Venice
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Titian
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Titian's master work is the
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Assumption of the Virgin. |