What term describes when paintings look very realistic? Paintings meant to replicate real life.
Realism
The study of the human body and its functions started to play a larger role in Renaissance artists' paintings, and it reflected in the life like depictions in many works and sculptures. What is the study of the bodily structure of humans?
Study of the human body. Leonardo focused heavily on this, it reflected in his life like paintings of people.
What term describes an evenness in the floor plan of Renaissance sculpture or painting?
Symmetry
What is the technique which allows a sculptor to create an illusion of depth in foreground and background with carving only millimeters deep into material?
Schiacciato
What is a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries?
Fresco.
What term describes the viewer given a distinct "Point of View?" The Scene within a painting is depicted from the viewpoint of someone looking from a "Window into the Space."
Perspective
What does Proportional mean?
Everything is rational in Size.
Leonardo created a glazing effect that revolutionized the blending of tone and color. What is this term?
Sfumato
What does Chiaroscuro represent in Renaissance art?
Understanding the balance of light and shadow. Chiaroscuro, makes paintings feel more life like. Renaissance painters used this to shade.
What is the term for ceiling paintings meant to draw the gaze of viewers into a heavenly visage?
Quadratura
What is Oil Paint? Where was it commonly used?
A type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil. Commonly used in North Renaissance Paintings.
What term describes an artist's ability to develop length of their lines and brushstrokes inorder to create illusion of Depth. This creates a 3-dimensional appearance.
Foreshortening.
What term describes a technique that relies on the use of lines to render objects leading to the illusion of space and form?
Linear Perspective