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Campanile
a bell tower, especially one freestanding from the body of a church.
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Cartoon
to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
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Chiaroscuro
the distribution of light and shade in a picture.
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Commission
to give a commission or order for.
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Diptych
a hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writingon with a stylus.
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Foreshortening
to reduce or distort
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Guild
an organization of persons with related interests
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Humanism
human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
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Linear Perspective
mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects
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Narrative Painting
representing stories
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Orthogonals
pertaining to or involving rightangles or perpendiculars
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Pilaster
shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall
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Polyptych
art composed of several connected panels.
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Predella
the base of an altarpiece.
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Print
to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types
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Relievo Schiacciato
shallow relief
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Sfumato
gradation of tone and color used to blur
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Terribilita
powerful will and immense angry force
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Tondo
a round painting or relief.
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Vanishing point
a point of disappearance
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