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| the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagines lines converging at a point on the horizon |
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| the converging lines that meet at the vanishing point in the system of linear perspective |
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| the point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge |
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| architectural feature that contrasts in texture with the smoothly finished, squared block masonry surfaces called ashlar |
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| “to deceive the eye”; involves realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions |
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| dark, slippery, greenish-grey Florentine stone from Fiesole used for the interior pilasters, entablatures, and architectural elements in the Pazzi Chapel and Michelangelo in the Medici Chapel |
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| a gallery or room with one more open sides |
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| form of marquetry using inlays in wood |
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| all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited |
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| unclothed female, covering her private parts with one hand |
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