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memento mori - ANS ✔From Latin for "remember that you must die." An object, such as a skull
or extinguished candle, typically found in a vanitas image, symbolizing the transience of life.
grisaille - ANS ✔A style of monochromatic painting in shades of grey.
anamorphosis: - ANS ✔An optical trick of extreme perspective at a wide or laterally stretched
angle.
Tenebrism - ANS ✔intensely dramatic use of light and dark (chiaroscuro) in which darkness
dominates the composition, particularly the background.
Delectare(to delight) - ANS ✔using spectacular light effects, bright colors, rich ornamentation
Docere(to teach) - ANS ✔the artist's ability to tell a story and provide a model for good behavior
Movere(to move) - ANS ✔to inspire emotional transformation especially through visions,
ecstasies, and conversions.
Decorum - ANS ✔decency, propriety or good behavior/taste; style and subject matter
appropriately suited to the context of viewership.
vanitas - ANS ✔An image, especially popular in Europe during the seventeenth century, in which
all the objects symbolize the transience of life. usually of still lifes or genre subjects.
, Salon - ANS ✔intimate, fashionable, and intellectual gatherings, common in Parisian society in
the eighteenth century
fête galante - ANS ✔A subject in painting depicting well-dressed people at leisure in a park or
country setting.
History Painting - ANS ✔Paintings based on historical, mythological, or biblical narratives. Once
considered the noblest form of art, history paintings generally convey a high moral or
intellectual idea and are often painted in a grand pictorial style.
Genre Painting - ANS ✔A term used to loosely categorize paintings depicting scenes of everyday
life, including (among others) domestic interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes
Grand Tour - ANS ✔Popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, an extended tour
of cultural sites in France and Italy intended to finish the education of a young upper-class
person primarily from Britain or North America
Grand Manner - ANS ✔An elevated style of painting popular in the eighteenth century in which
the artist looked to the ancients and to the Renaissance for inspiration; for portraits as well as
history painting, the artist would adopt the poses, compositions, and attitudes of Renaissance
and antique models.
Isenheim Altarpiece - ANS ✔Matthias Grünewald, IsenheimAltarpiece (closed),
Crucifixion(center), Lamentation(predella), c.1510-15, oil on wood panel, 2.97 x 3.28 m (center),
2.49 x .93 m (each wing)
Isenheim Altarpiece first - ANS ✔Matthias Grünewald, IsenheimAltarpiece (closed),
Crucifixion(center), Lamentation(predella), c.1510-15, oil on wood panel, 2.97 x 3.28 m (center),
2.49 x .93 m (each wing)
Self portrait - ANS ✔Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1500, oil on wood, 66.3 x 49 cm
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memento mori - ANS ✔From Latin for "remember that you must die." An object, such as a skull
or extinguished candle, typically found in a vanitas image, symbolizing the transience of life.
grisaille - ANS ✔A style of monochromatic painting in shades of grey.
anamorphosis: - ANS ✔An optical trick of extreme perspective at a wide or laterally stretched
angle.
Tenebrism - ANS ✔intensely dramatic use of light and dark (chiaroscuro) in which darkness
dominates the composition, particularly the background.
Delectare(to delight) - ANS ✔using spectacular light effects, bright colors, rich ornamentation
Docere(to teach) - ANS ✔the artist's ability to tell a story and provide a model for good behavior
Movere(to move) - ANS ✔to inspire emotional transformation especially through visions,
ecstasies, and conversions.
Decorum - ANS ✔decency, propriety or good behavior/taste; style and subject matter
appropriately suited to the context of viewership.
vanitas - ANS ✔An image, especially popular in Europe during the seventeenth century, in which
all the objects symbolize the transience of life. usually of still lifes or genre subjects.
, Salon - ANS ✔intimate, fashionable, and intellectual gatherings, common in Parisian society in
the eighteenth century
fête galante - ANS ✔A subject in painting depicting well-dressed people at leisure in a park or
country setting.
History Painting - ANS ✔Paintings based on historical, mythological, or biblical narratives. Once
considered the noblest form of art, history paintings generally convey a high moral or
intellectual idea and are often painted in a grand pictorial style.
Genre Painting - ANS ✔A term used to loosely categorize paintings depicting scenes of everyday
life, including (among others) domestic interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes
Grand Tour - ANS ✔Popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, an extended tour
of cultural sites in France and Italy intended to finish the education of a young upper-class
person primarily from Britain or North America
Grand Manner - ANS ✔An elevated style of painting popular in the eighteenth century in which
the artist looked to the ancients and to the Renaissance for inspiration; for portraits as well as
history painting, the artist would adopt the poses, compositions, and attitudes of Renaissance
and antique models.
Isenheim Altarpiece - ANS ✔Matthias Grünewald, IsenheimAltarpiece (closed),
Crucifixion(center), Lamentation(predella), c.1510-15, oil on wood panel, 2.97 x 3.28 m (center),
2.49 x .93 m (each wing)
Isenheim Altarpiece first - ANS ✔Matthias Grünewald, IsenheimAltarpiece (closed),
Crucifixion(center), Lamentation(predella), c.1510-15, oil on wood panel, 2.97 x 3.28 m (center),
2.49 x .93 m (each wing)
Self portrait - ANS ✔Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1500, oil on wood, 66.3 x 49 cm
