Art History Terms Ch. 24
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Created by:
cvacpolo7 on January 26, 2012
Classes:
Corbett's Art History, Art history Corbett
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Baldacco | Italian, "silk from Baghdad." See baldacchino |
| Baldric | A sash like belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest to support a sword |
| Baroque | The traditional blanket designation for European art from 1600 to 1750. The stylistic term Baroque, which describes art that features dramatic theatricality and elaborate ornamentation in contrast to the simplicity and orderly rationality of Renaissance art, is most appropriately applied to Italian art of this period. The term derives from barroco. |
| Barroco | Portuguese, "irregularly shaped pearl." See Baroque |
| Chasing | The engraving or embossing of metal |
| Piazza | Italian, "plaza." |
| Quadro Riportato | A ceiling design in which painted scenes are arranged in panels that resemble framed pictures transferred to the surface of a shallow, curved vault |
| Scud | Italian, "shields." A coin denomination in 17th-century Italy |
| Tenebrism | Painting in the "shadowy manner," using violent contrasts of light and dark, as in the work of Caravaggio |
| Tenebroso | Italian, "shadowy" |
| Transubstantiation | The transformation of the Eucharistic bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ |
| Vita | Italian, "life." Also the title of a biography |
| proscenium | The part of a theatrical stage in front of the curtain |
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