high renaissance and mannerisms vocab AP Art History

arcadian

a simple rural, rustic, setting used in venitian high renaissance paintings. Named after a district in Greece where artists have attributed to the simplicity and idyllically untroubled world

canvas

a heavy woven surface for painting, first used in Venice

Cassone (plural: cassoni)

a trunk used to store clothing for a wifes trousseau

Chiaroscuro

a gradual transition from light to dark in a painting where forms aren’t determined by outlines, but by the meeting of lighter & darker areas

cinquecento

this 1500s, 16th century, in Italian art

Entombment

a painting/sculpture depicting Christs burial after his death

Flood Story

In Genisis 7 of the Bible, Noah and his family escape a flood by building an arc with 2 of each animal aboard

Genre Painting

paintings where scenes of daily life are depicted

Glazes

thin transparent layers put over a painting to altar color and build up a sonorous effect

Ignudi

nude figures on the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Last Supper

a meal shared by Jesus and his apostles before crucifixion (death)

Sfumato

a smoke-light/ hazy effect that distances the viewer from the subject of a painting

sibyl

a Greco-Roman prophetess whom Christians saw as a prefiguring the coming of Jesus Christ

Still Life

a painting of a group of inanimate objects; ex: flowers/ fruit