Polson's APAH: Late Gothic
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 gesso | made from glue, gypsum, and/or chalk. used as a ground or primer for a painting on a piece of wood or canvas |
| maesta | an image of the enthroned madonna and child. maesta means "majesty" |
| tempera | A type of paint that uses pigment mixed with egg yolk, glue, or casein, also the medium itself. |
| baptistery | In Christian architecture, the building used for baptism, usually situated next to a church |
| fresco | Painting (almost always tempera) on lime plaster. The plaster may be dry (fresco secco) or wet (buon fresco) |
| buon fresco | Type of fresco painting where the pigment is applied while the plaster ground is still wet. The pigment is chemically bound to the plaster |
| chiaroscuro | In drawing or painting, the treatment and use of light and dark, especially the gradations of light that create the effect of model |
| grisaille | A monochrome painting done mainly in neutral grays to simulate sculpture |
| humanism | In the Renaissance, an emphasis on education and expanding knowledge. Also, the exlploration of individual potential, a desire to excel and a commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty |
| International Style | A style of art that was popular in the 14th and 15th century particularly among the Court of Burgundy. It was strongly influenced by the work of Simone Martini who combined elements of French Gothic art, Sienese art, and Northern European Art |
| naturalism | The style of painted or sculptured representation based on close observation of the natural world that was at the core of the classical tradition |
| perspective | A method of presenting an illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface |
| polyptich | An altarpiece composed of more than three sections |
| fresco secco | Painting on dry lime plaster |
| bubonic plague | A disease carried by fleas on rats that causes boils and death in humans |
| annunciation | When Gabriel tells Mary that she will give birth to Jesus |
| visitation | When Mary travels to visit Elizabeth |
| adoration | When the three wise men (magi) present Christ with gifts |
| deposition | When Jesus' followers took His body down from the cross |
| lamentation | The entombment of Jesus when His followers gather to bury Him |
| resurrection | When Christ raised from the dead 3 days after his death and entombment |
| ascension | When Jesus assended into heaven from Mount Olive after the ressurection |
| Florence Cathedral (Duomo) | Arnolfo do Cambio, 1296, Florence, Italian Gothic |
| Pisa Cathedral Baptistry Pulpit | Nicola Pisano, 1260, marble, Italian Gothic |
| Vigin and Child Enthroned (Cimabue) | Cimabue, 1280, Florence, tempera and gold on wood panel, 12'x7', Italian Gothic/Proto-Renaissance |
| Maesta Altarpiece | Duccio, 1308 - 1311, tempera on wood, 7'x13', Italian Gothic/Proto-Renaissance |
| Virgin and Child Enthroned (Giotto) | Giotto, 1305 - 1310, tempera and gold on wood, 10'x6', Italian Gothic/Proto-Renaissance |
| Fresco Cycle (Arena Chapel) | Gotto, 1305 - 1306, Italian Gothic/Proto-Renaissance |
| The Effects of Good and Bad Government | Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338 - 1339, Italian Gothic/Proto-Renaissance |
| Life of John the Baptist doors | Andrea Pisano, 1330 - 1336, 19"x17", Italian Gothic/Proto-Renaissance |
| Well of Moses | Claess Sluter, 1395 - 1506, International Gothic (Burgundian Court) |
| February from Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry | Limbourg Brothers, 1413 - 1416, Illumination, 8"x5", International Gothic (Burgundian Court) |
| House of Jacques Coeur (interior courtyard) | 1443 - 1451, Bourges, France, International Gothic |
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