Early Renaissance VOCAB

chiaroscuro

play of light and dark to model three dimentional objects

facade

front of a building

Guild

organized groups of craftsmen, merchants, or artists

relief sculpture

flat sculptures often used in architecture

bronze casting

a method of sculpture creating involving creating a mold, then filling it liquid bronze

sequential narrative

a sequence of scenes

monoscenic

one scene

continuous narrative

multiple scenes in one piece

linear perspective

invented by Brunnicelli. uses a horizon line and vanishing points

statue

a sculpture of a person

contrapposto

A pose that gave the figure an s-curve and gave an illusion of the figure about to step forward. Popular in ancient Greek art, which the Renaissance references.