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| block prints | A printing technique in which the pictures and/or text of a book are carved into a block of wood. |
| Book of Hours | A private prayer book containing the devotions for the seven mystical hours of the Roman Catholic Church, liturgies for local saints, and sometimes a calendar. |
| Sandro Botticelli | 1445-1510. A Florentine Renaissance painter whose works are characterized by a strong emphasis on lines and a certain melancholic elegance. |
| Cistercians | The Cistercian ideal was a compromise between the ascetic extremes of the hermit communities and the relatively lax discipline of the Cluniac houses. |
| Leonardo da Vinci | One of the versatile figures of Italian Renaissance, whose interests encompassed a number of diverse fields such as painting, sculpture, civil and military engineering, anatomy and architecture. |
| Donatello | A Florentine sculptor, Donatello was a transitional figure between Gothic and Renaissance art. |
| engraving | The art of incising a design on metal. |
| fresco | From the Italian word for fresh, fresco is the technique of painting on wet plaster so that the pigments are absorbed by the plaster, becoming a part of the wall itself. |
| Lorenzo Ghiberti | A Florentine painter and sculptor, his work shows transition from Gothic to Renaissance. |
| keep | The innermost and strongest structure of a medieval castle, sometimes used as living quarters as well as for defense. |
| Michelangelo | 1475-1564. A Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect who was one of the foremost Renaissance artists. |
| mural | From the Latin word for walls, a mural is a large painting or decoration. |
| Jan Van Eyck | c.1390-1441. One of the leading European painters; founder of the Flemish school of painting. |
