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16thc and 17c concepts
For 5th period AP Art History. Kalan Barnes
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Art History
11th Grade
03/05/2013

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Arcadian Landscape:

In Renaissance and later art, depictions of an idyllic place of rural peace and simplicity.

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Contrapposto:

The disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposition to another part, creating a counterpositioning of the body about its central axis.

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Fete Galante:
French, "amorous festival". A type of Rococo painting depicting outdoor amusements of french upper-class society.
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Genre (the everyday):

A kind of painting that realistically depicts scenes from everyday life.

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Humanism

In the renaissance, an emphasism on expanding knowledge, the exploration of individual potential and a desire to excel, and a commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty.

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Mechanical Perspective:

Drawing and painting accurate depictions of an object.

 

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Sfumato:

Italian, "smoky". A smokelike haziness that subtly softens outlines in painting.

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Stylized Figures:

represented according to some convention, rather than in a realistic or literal manner
 

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Tenebrism:
painting in the "shadowy manner", using violent contrasts of light and dark.
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Vanitas

A term describing paintings that include references to death.

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