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| monochrome paintings in shades of gray |
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a ground made from glue, gypsum, or chalk forming the ground of a wood panel or the priming layer of a canvas.
Provides a smooth surface for painting |
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| a private prayer book, containing a calendar, services for the canonical hours, and sometimes special prayers. |
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| a decorative knoblike element that can be found in many places, such as at the intersection of a gothic rib vault or in the button like projections of metalwork |
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| a painting technique in which water based pigments are applied to a surface of wet plaster |
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| an early roofing and arching technique in which each course of stone projects slightly beyond the previous layer until the uppermost corbels meet |
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| created by painting on dried plaster, and the color may flake off |
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| the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small scenes that are related in subject to that of the main panel |
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| a round or oval ornament resembling a rose |
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| in vault construction, a secondary rib that arcs from a springing point to the rib that runs lengthwise through the vault, called the ridge rib |
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| a metal instrument used in engraving to cut lines into the metal plate. The sharp end is trimmed to give a diamond shaped cutting point, while the other end is finished with a wooden handle that fits into the engraver's palm. |
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| a stylized leaf used as decoration along the outer angle of spires, pinnacles, gables, and around capitals in gothic architecture |
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| two panels of equal size hinged together |
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| term used for technique in which the design is carved out of the surface of an object, such as an engraved seal stone |
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| the theoretical plane corresponding with the actual surface of a painting, separating the spatial world evoked in the painting from the spatial world occupied by the viewer |
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| an altarpiece constructed from multiple panels, sometimes with hinges to allow for movable wings |
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| an artwork made up of three panels. The panels may be hinged together so the side segments fold over the central area |
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| a print made from one or more carved wooden blocks |
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| a type of print made by carving a design into a wooden block. The ink is applied to the block with a roller. |
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| in a work of art, an image that symbolizes an idea, concept, or principle, often moral or religious |
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| a segment or portion of a repeated design |
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| any line running back into the represented space of a picture perpendicular to the imagined picture plane. |
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| italian term for palace, used for any large urban dwelling |
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| a gray tuscan limestone used in florence |
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| in building, the rough, irregular and unfinished effect deliberately given to the exterior facing of a stone edifice |
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| a room for private conversation and the collection of fine books and art objects |
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| a manner of representation in which the appearance of natural space and objects is re-created with the express intention of fooling the eye of the viewer, who may be convinced that the subject actually exists as 3d reality |
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| a full- scale drawing used to transfer or guide a design onto a surface to be painted, carven, or woven |
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| an italian word designating the contrast of dark and light in a painting, drawing, or print |
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| heroic figures of nude young men |
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| a devotional subject in christian religious art |
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| "Smoky", soft, and mellow |
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