AP art history unit 6: Renaissance

Cards (6)

  • Chiarosscuro Is the use of bold contrasts in light and shadow to crest three dimensions .
  • Sfumato: the technique of allowing tones and colours to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.
  • Da Vinci is known for sfumato
  • The pazzi chapel has a central plan.
  • Brunelleschi was known for linear perspective and designed the Pazzi chapel commissioned by the Pizzi family
  • Atmospheric perspective: blue