| A | B |
|---|
| iconography | symbolic meaning of art |
| contrapposto | twisting body in different directions |
| linear perspective | all lines converge to one point |
| atmospheric perspective | diminishing color to make things seem further away |
| fresco | painting on plaster (dry or wet) |
| polyptych | altarpiece made up of more than 3 sections |
| painterly | colors blend together |
| terribilita | sublime shadowed by fear (michelangelo) |
| facade | front of the building |
| column | vertical , weight carrying architecture |
| entablature | part of builing above the columns |
| cornice | the projecting piece that frames the pediment |
| pediment | the triangluar space at the end of the building |
| post-lintel | two post that support a lintel |
| lintel | beam used to span an opening |
| pilaster | flat, rectangular, vertical member projecting from a wall in which it was part of |
| arch | a curved structure that spans an opening |
| elevation | a geometric projection of a building on a plane perpendicular to the horizon |
| section | a diagram of a building on an imaginary plane |
| nave | part of church between the entrance and the choir |
| transept | part of the church which crosses the main axis at right angles |
| crossing | part of the church formed by the crossing of the transept and the nave |
| apse | rounded structure at the end of the nave |
| vault | uninterrupted series of arches |
| coffered | depressed areas in the vault |
| colonnade | series of rows or columns usually spanned by lintels |
