Acadian depictions of an idyllic place of rural peace and simplicity
Balustrade a railing held up by small posts
Baroque a designation of the art of the period 1600 to 1750
Bellini adopted the technique of oil glazing and revolutionized Venetian painting. His most famous students, Giorgione and Titian adopted his glazing technique and which permitted beautiful color and rich tone which was has been unsurpassed
Bramante. Greatest architect of the high Renaissance Pope Julius, his patron, commissioned him to design the new St Peters
Counter-Reformation attempted to stop the migration of Catholics to Protestant religions by reforming the issues from within the Church.
Indulgences pardon for sins, reducing the time a person would remain in purgatory
Inquisition a Church court established specifically to deal with heretics
Jesuits this new order was the Pope’s invaluable ally in the attempt to reassert the supremacy of the Catholic church
Leonardo Da Vinci painter, sculptor, draughtsman, a universal genius who was architect, town planner, inventor scientist, writer, and musician. In his paintings he used consummate skill in feeling for the mystery of life – perfected sfumato
Mannerism a style of late Renaissance art which emphasized artifice using contrived imagery not directly from nature. The artists of this style flouted the classical rules of order, stability and symmetry caprice, fantasy, and polish
Michelangelo Florentine sculptor, painter, poet and architect, Worked for three patrons; Lorenzo Medici, Pope Julius II and Pope Leo X . His greatness was recognized so he inspired awe in his contemporaries with his creativity so they spoke of his ‘terrabilita” He lived long and at the end of his life his work was influenced by Mannerism
Nepotism the appointment of relatives to important positions
Poesia describes Venetian art which was sensual and lyrical
Protestant Reformation reformers directly challenged the papal authority
Protestantism establishment of new religions with a belief in personal faith rather than adherence to Catholic creed and practices
Raphael when young he went to Florence to study the work of Michelangelo and Leonardo. He learned his composition and dynamic power of draughtmanship from them. But his color came from the Venetians
Tintoretto Venetian painter
Trompe l-oeil means “to fool the eye,” a highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface
Di sotto in su “from below upward” extreme foreshortening of figures painted on a ceiling or other high surface so as to give the illusion that the figures are suspended in air above the viewer
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