cathedrals were built in this style.

2. They were, in general, small in size, poorly decorated and

dark.

3. Its walls were very wide and needed reinforcements to

hold them, called buttresses.

pointed arch.

2. Other important features are the ribbed vault, flying buttress, and windows with patterns of stone lace called tracery.

3. The cathedrals were higher and brighter. Windows were

decorated with stained glass.

2. Introduction of perspective.

3. Religious and mythological themes.

still lifes.

2. They represented heavy scenes; this was because at that

time world view of people was pessimist.

3.Another consequence of this pessimism was reflected in

their style of painting, by using the tenebrism technique

and the depiction of death motives.

2. Ointavan with stripes and dots.

3. The term, impressionism, stems from art critic Louis Leroy who described what he saw in the impressionist exhibits as being merely impressions of what was seen. He was reacting against the lack of polish he saw.