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chiaroscuro
an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something
Counter-Reformation
the period of Catholic revival beginning with the Council of Trent (1545-1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years’ War (1648); sometimes considered a response to the Protestant Reformation
Inquisition
an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX c. 1232 for the suppression of heresy. In 1542, the papal Inquisition was re-established to combat Protestantism, eventually becoming an organ of papal government
Mannerism
a style of art developed at the end of the High Renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective, especially the elongation of figures
Sfumato
(“to tone down” or “smoke”), developed by Verrocchio but popularized by da Vinci, to create an atmospheric effect of haze and distance