Art Hist II Section 4 Terms

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