SOA 2 Midterm

Duomo

house of god

basilica church

-Buildings can’t be higher than the cathedral

-DOuble shelled dome

Double shelled dome

outer dome build over inner dome w/space between them

Fresco

water based onto wall

buon Fresco

applied into wet wall (dull colors)

Giornata

amount of wall painted per day

Humanism

emphasizes the value, beauty, and dignity of human beings, often portraying people and the natural world in a realistic, balanced, and individual way. Idealistic

Tapestry

Image woven into textile

confucianism

ideal social order

meisho e style

images of famous places w/ poetic associetions

sfumato

smoky. After sunset light

Devshirme

system used by the Ottoman Empire to levy Christian boys from the Balkans, forcibly converting them to Islam and raising them to serve as soldiers, bureaucrats, and high-ranking officials

chahar bargh

foursquare garden

tenebrism

dramatic contrast in light

repoussoir

a framing device in painting that creates depth and draws the viewer's eye into the composition.

ta moko

traditional tattoo maori culture

the academy

institution to trains artist.

enlightment

philosophical movement. every human being has a right/ a saying.