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| 698089585 | Thirty Years War | 1618-1648 a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe.[10] It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history. | |
| 698089587 | Caravaggism | the style and technique that Caravaggio developed that included the use of tenebrism and common people as models for religious paintings | |
| 698089590 | naturalism | the use of common objects, clothing, behavior, people, to use in either secular or religious works | |
| 698089592 | tenebrism | very pronounced transition from light to dark | |
| 698089594 | apocryphal | hidden meaning in art | |
| 698089596 | palette | wooden board used for mixing colors of paint | |
| 698089598 | quadri riportati | transported paintings, the painting of frames into other works (Loves of the Gods) | |
| 698089600 | pastoral mood | is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage | |
| 698089602 | baldacchino | a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, which is at the centre of the crossing and directly under the dome | |
| 698089604 | cathedra petri | chair where pope's used to sit, designed by bernini | |
| 698089606 | Teresa of Avila | a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. | |
| 698089608 | bozzetti/modelli | A usually small model of an intended work, such as a sculpture or piece of architecture | |
| 698089610 | terracotta | a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic,[2] where the fired body is porous. | |
| 698089612 | bodegon | can mean "pantry", "tavern", or "wine cellar" | |
| 698089614 | Phillip IV | 16 August 1284-4 April 1305 | |
| 698089615 | Order of Santiago | founded in the 12th century, and owes its name to the national patron of Galicia and Spain, Santiago (St. James the Greater), under whose banner the Christians of Galicia and Asturias began in the 9th century to combat and drive back the Muslims | |
| 698089617 | Hapsburg Spain | (1506-1700), when Spain was ruled by the major branch of the Habsburg dynasty | |
| 698089619 | House of Orange | a branch of the European House of Nassau, has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands — and at times in Europe — especially since William I of Orange (also known as "William the Silent" and "Father of the Fatherland") organized the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War led to an independent Dutch state. | |
| 698089621 | Kunstkammer/Wunderkammer | an encyclopedic collection in Renaissance Europe of types of objects whose categorial boundaries were yet to be defined. | |
| 698089623 | still life | work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on) | |
| 698089625 | vanitas | a type of symbolic work of art especially associated with still life painting in Flanders and the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries, though also common in other places and periods. | |
| 698089626 | pronk still lifes | Dutch still lifes with symbols of luxury and wealth are called pronk still lifes, after the Dutch verb, pronk, meaning to "show off." | |
| 698089628 | genre paintings | pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes | |
| 698089629 | impasto | a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface (or the entire canvas) very thickly | |
| 698089631 | classicism | refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. | |
| 698089633 | the sun king | louis xiv | |
| 698089635 | mercantilism | the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the military security of the country | |
| 698089636 | ideal landscape | the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. | |
| 698089638 | rocaille | french word for a shell or bead | |
| 698089640 | fete galante | a French term referring to some of the celebrated pursuits of the idle, rich aristocrats in the 18th century—from 1715 until the 1770s. | |
| 698089642 | poussinists | people who believed that view that drawing appealed to the mind and was superior to color, which they believed appealed to the senses | |
| 698089644 | rubenists | believed that color, not drawing, was superior due to its being more true to nature. | |
| 698089646 | Madame de Pompadour | a member of the French court and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death. | |
| 698089648 | boudoir | a lady's private bedroom, sitting room or dressing room. | |
| 698089649 | chinoiserie | refers to a recurring theme in European artistic styles since the seventeenth century, which reflect Chinese artistic influences | |
| 698089651 | hotels | townhouse |
