VOCABULARY UNIT 12: THE BARROQUE PERIOD (3ºESO)

UNIT 12: THE BARROQUE PERIOD

ABSOLUTE MONARCHY

A system og government in which all the authority is held by the monarch.

ALTARPIECES

Carved artwork that adorn a church altar.

BAROQUE

A dramatic and expressive style in the arts that began in 17 th century Italy.

CHIAROSCURO

Technique employed in terms of light and shade without regard to color.

DEPOSE

To force to leave.

DOME

The upper part of a building or structure shaped like a half-sphere.

DOUBT

Being unsure about something.

EMPIRICISM

An approach to science base don systematic study of all the available evidence.

ETCHINGS

The process of making designs on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid.

FAÇADE

The front face of a building.

FALLOW

Land left unploughed.

FLEETING

Lasting for a very shor time.

FORAGE

Grassy food for livestock.

FORESHORTENING

Shortened lines that create depth.

GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

A revolution in 1688 in which the English parliament and the United Dutch Provinces overthrew the Catholic monarch, James II of England.

HELIOCENTRISM

The theory that the Earth moves around the Sun.

HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR

A series of conflicts from 1137 to 1453 between England and France.

INSIGHT

A deep understanding.

MINIMISE

To consider insignificant.

NICHE

A recessed corner.

OLIVER CROMWELL

English political leader that became the first republican leader of the Commonwealth of England (1653-1658).

PEACE OF AUGSBURG

A treaty signed in 1555 that legally divided protestant kingdoms from the Holy Roman Empire.

RATIONALIM

The belief that reason is teh main tool for generating knowledge and not on your opinions or perceptions.

RENOWNED

Famous.

SIEGE

When an army surrounds a city.