early renaissance in Italy; fifteenth century art definitions

chapter house

a building next to a church used for meetings

humanism

an intellectual movement in the renaissance that emphasized the secular alongside religious. Were greatly attracted to the achievements of the classical past, and stressed the study of classical literature, history, philosophy, and art

Madonna

the virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ

Mullion

a central post or column that is a support element in a window or a door

Neoplatonism

a school of ancient Greek philosophy that was revived by Italian humanists of the renaissance

orthogonal

lines that appear to recede toward a vanishing point in a painting with linear perspective

perspective

depth and recession in a painting or a relief sculpture

linear perspective

achieve a three-dimensionality in the two dimensional world of the picture plane.

atmospheric and ariel perspective

landscaped that give the illusion of distance

Pietra serena

a dark- gray stone used for columns, arches, and trim details in renaissance buildings

pilaster

a flattened column attached to a wall with a capital, a shaft, and a base

trompe l’oel

a form of painting that attempts to represent an object as existing in three dimensions, and therefore resembles a real thing.