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Culture and Values 11-13

Terms

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Fresco
Painting done on fresh coats of plaster
Trecento
Italian for Three Hundred; generally used to refer to the 1300s, i.e., the 14th century
Duomo
Italian word for Cathedral
Ballades Ballate
Songs or ballads often written for a single voice with accompanying instruments
Pieta
Term used to describe depictions of Mary holding the head Christ in her arms
Ars Nova
New musical style, which developed in the early 14th century
Isorhym
System of musical composition whereb one voice in a pulyphonic work is given a sinle, repeating rhythm
Canzone
Song, generally with a more literary text than a ballad
Exemplum
Moral tale
Chapel
A small worship space either free standing or part of a larger church
Palio
Bareback horse-rave run in Siena twice a year
Sonnet
Short poem of fourteen lines
Patron
A person or institution who supplies the financial and more backing for artistic or literary projects
Sarcophafus
A burial container for a juma nbody typically made from some form of stone and often ornamented both on the lid and the side panels. From the Greek words for flesh (sarx) and to consume (phagein)
Great Schism
Division in the Church, with two rival popes
Courtier
A person who is attached to a royal court and who is trained to act appropriately
Talkmud
The authoritative collection of ancient Jewish learning
Pyramidal arrangement
The manner of articulating artworks, common in the Renaissance, in which minor figure form the base and the central figure the apex of the artwork
Loggia
A roofed-over gallery of a building
Guild
Medieval associations of artisans or tradesmen; precursors of modern trade unions
Neo-Platonism
Philosophical movement ultimately derived from the work of Plato and his followers, which emphasized the drive toward the ideal as a goal of transcending mere material reality
Polyshonic
Music involving several lines or "voices."which interweave with one another
Musica Ficta
The art of performing music by departing from the written notes and introducing embellishments
Fabliaux
Fables, often obscene
Allegory
In art, a genre where fictional character symbolically represent another level of Truth
Madrigal
Song for three or more voices
Canzoniere
Book of songs
Polychrome
Literally "many colors," used to describe sculpture/ceramics that are painted
Studium
Lecture halls for professors either in monasteries or civil establishments
Cameo carving
Small sculptures on shell or stone in which figures in relief are set off from the background of the shell or stone
Diptych
Painting made up of two panels
Typeface
The carved piece of letter used by printer to assemble a page for printing. The type varied according to design (e.g., Italic or Roman)
Perpendicular
Style of English architecture, which emphasized the vertical lines of the inside of a building
Entablature
In architecture, the upper part of a wall supported by a column or pillar
Uncanonical
Ant form or idea that violated the agree-on rule (cannon) of the authentic or the generally accepted

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