Art & Architecture
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Acheiropoieta (from Ἀχειροποίητος, literally «Not Made by Hand [Human]», and in proper sense «True Image of Christ») (ACHEROPITA (DA ἈΓΕΙΡΟΣΎΝΗΣΙΣ, LETTERALMENTE « NON FATTA DA MANO [UMANA] », E IN SENSO PROPRIO « IMMAGINE NON FALSA [QUINDI VERO] DI CRISTO »))
ACHEIROPOIETA (from Ἀχειροποίητος, literally «Not Made by Hand [Human]», and in proper sense «True Image of Christ»). - Even antiquity… -
Campionese, Masters (CAMPIONESI, MAESTRI)
CAMPIONESE, MASTERS. - Sculptors, architects, stonecutters, natives of the lake of Lugano, active in northern Italy, already known in the… -
Carolingian, Art (CAROLINGIA, ARTE)
CAROLINGIAN, ART. - It comprises the art of Western Europe under the rule of the Carolingians (751-911), especially the art of the court of… -
Cosmati
COSMATI. - Under this generic denomination are included the marble-workers active in Rome, in various localities of Latium and generally of… -
Crystal in Art (CRISTALLO NELL'ARTE)
CRYSTAL IN ART. - Rock crystal (colorless transparent quartz) has been known since antiquity as a material for fashioning small objects.… -
Design (DISEGNO)
DESIGN. - It can be defined in summary as the graphic requirement of an artist, as it manifests itself both on sheets of paper (that is, in… -
Flemish, Art (FIAMMINGA, ARTE)
FLEMISH, ART. - By the term Flemish art is meant the complex of artistic manifestations proper to the southern Netherlands, that is, to the… -
Genii and Amores (GENII E AMORI)
GENII AND AMORES. - 1. In pagan art. - The concept of the Genius, so etymologically precise in the ancient Roman religion, became altered… -
Gothic, Art (GOTICA, ARTE)
GOTHIC, ART. - The designation "Gothic," more properly applied in origin to ogival architecture, but later extended to all the arts of that… -
Grisailles
GRISAILLES. - By g. is meant either a painting that imitates sculpture using only gray tones, or a first sketch in which the white of the… -
Guazzo
GUAZZO. - Gouache painting is that which uses a gum as the gluten, or vehicle, of the color instead of animal glues, wax and egg white… -
Imperial Style (IMPERO, STILE)
IMPERIAL STYLE. - Designation of the phase of Neoclassical style adopted and diffused as the official aesthetic expression of the… -
Kneeler (INGINOCCHIATOIO)
KNEELER. - A piece of furniture consisting of a step on which to kneel, a lectern and, often, one or more drawers in which to keep prayer… -
Macchiaioli
MACCHIAIOLI. - This name designates a group of painters active in Tuscany, and above all in Florence, in the second half of the 19th… -
Madonnari (MADONNERI)
MADONNARI. - This was the name given in Venice to those painters of sacred images, mostly of Cretan origin, who already in the 14th… -
Mausoleum (MAUSOLEO)
MAUSOLEUM. - Designation of the splendid monument erected at Halicarnassus by Artemisia in memory of her husband Mausolus, lord of Caria… -
Mosaic (MUSAICO)
MOSAIC. - In Latin opus musivum (opere museo, in CIL, VIII, 1323), in Greek μοῦσα, μουσάκιον, μουσόμα, in later times metallica. It is a… -
Muslim Art (MUSULMANA, ARTE)
MUSLIM ART. - The Arabs, by extending their religious and political occupation over the territories of North Africa and the Middle East,… -
Niello
NIELLO. - A name derived from the Latin nigellum, which denotes a particular kind of goldsmith's work in which a black paste composed of… -
Padéloup (Pasdeloup) (PADELOUP (PASDELOUP))
PADÉLOUP (PASDELOUP). - A family of French bookbinders active between the 17th and 18th centuries, of whom at least 12 members working… -
Photomechanical Arts (FOTOMECCANICHE, ARTI)
PHOTOMECHANICAL ARTS. - This name designates those processes that allow images to be printed by means of a matrix which, instead of being… -
Restoration (RESTAURO)
RESTORATION. - I. IN ARCHITECTURE. - This is the term used to define those direct interventions on the structures and essential decorative… -
Sacred Art (ARTE SACRA)
SACRED ART. - Manifestations of art in B. are not found before the Romanesque period. To that era belong precisely the church of St.… -
Sirens (SIRENE)
SIRENS. - From the Greek Σειρήν, Σιρήν (Latin siren, sirena), mythological monsters whose song, accompanied by musical instruments, seduced… -
Sketch (BOZZETTO)
SKETCH. - It is a model of painting or sculpture, executed in small dimensions, to summarily define the compositional lines and bring out… -
Stained Glass (VETRATA)
STAINED GLASS. — The precursors of that kind of transparent mosaic which is stained glass were the closures of basilican windows in the 4th… -
Surrealism (SURREALISMO)
SURREALISM. - French literary and artistic movement. The term "surrealist" appears for the first time as the subtitle of a play by G.… -
Vestments (RIVESTIMENTI)
VESTMENTS. - The practice of facing wall structures with marble or stucco was already widespread in classical antiquity and was immediately…