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- art term that in Italian literally means "light/dark"; use of slight gradations of light and dark to create special depth and volumetric forms
- a genre of novel that narrates, in a realistic way, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social rank who is living by his wits in a corrupt society
- Baroque artist known for his revolutionary painting and public scandals including murdering a referee in a tennis match, carrying weapons illegally, throwing artichokes at a waiter, and street brawling; frequently dramatizes the moment of conversion through the use of tenebrism
- Flemish Baroque painter renowned for his pictorial approach through lifelike allegory; known for painting women with dippled flesh and fleshy folds draping across their bodies; the beauty of his female subjects rests in the sensuality of their bodies shaped by the self-indulgence and excess of the elite; his scenes are characterized by exaggerated diagonal movement
- technique that creates the illusion of greater space by making it seem as though forms are sharply receding; allows artists to make ceilings seem larger than they actually are; used to exaggerate depth
- adjective meaning "idealistic and impractical" that came into being in response to Cervantes' picaresque hero who had a penchant for "tilting at windmills" (fighting illusory battles)
- literally means "blank slate"
- exuberant style of art that arose in Italy in the last half of the 16th century; style in which the Classicizing tendencies of the High Renaissance were rejected in favor of exaggeration and distortion
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- wrote "The Way to Perfection," which describes the ascent of the soul to union with the Holy Spirit; her ecstatic union of body and spirit God is immortalized by Bernini in his famous statue housed in the Cornaro Chapel in Rome
- Brand of mystical Jewish thought that seeks to attain the perfection of Heaven while still living in this world by transcending the boundaries of time and space
- Painted five separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes, was a follower of Caravaggio, and was one of the first female artists to receive international acclaim
- Disguised as a cloud, this Roman god appeared to Io in the painting commissioned by Federico Gonzaga of Mantua
- convened by the pope in 1545 in response to the threat of the Protestant Reformation and to outline a path of reform for the Church; intended to set the proper path for pious followers; spearheaded the Catholic Counter-Reformation; forbade the selling of Church offices (simony) and religious goods; insisted on the use of religious imagery in art.
- born Domenico Theotokopulos; trained as icon painter in Crete; moved from Venice to Rome to Spain; wedded Mannerism with Byzantine iconographic style; painted to convey an intensely expressive spirituality; often utilized strong verticality to elongate figures
- Spanish Baroque group portrait that used competing focal points to demonstrate complexity-- the light focuses on the princess Infanta Margarita but the title implies that the real subjects of the work are her attendants; the mirror focuses attention on king and queen, and the artist's self-conscious inclusion in the painting makes it to some extent a self-portrait
- Spanish court painter to Philip IV; studied in Venice, Florence, and Rome; disliked the paintings of Raphael because he found their linear style cold and inexpressive; painted Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor) that elevated the portrait to a level of complexity almost unmatched in the history of art
- artistic technique used in painting that makes use of large areas of dark contrasting sharply with smaller brightly illuminated areas
- Depicting the greatest hero of the picaresque tradition in Spanish literature, this tale uses everyday speech in dialogue; creates vivid and complex portraits of the main and subordinate characters, and presents the narrative in a solemn style free from affectation
- Among the French during the 17th century, which of the arts was designed to convey the absolute power of the monarchy?
- term applied to strong centralized monarchies that exert royal power over their dominions, usually on the grounds of divine right; principle rooted in man/god kings of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
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