Details Title: 19th Century Art Description: Test 2 Total Flash Cards: 44 Created: 03/25/2009 18:34:01		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art History Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term ____ took the first photograph in ______. Definition Niépce, in 1827. Term The Republican Government annnouces the invention of photography by _______ in ______. Definition Daguerre, in 1836. Term Copies were made possible by the invention of ________. Definition photographic negatives. Term ______ produces first photographic negatives in _______. Definition Talbot, in 1847-48. Term ______ introduces combination printing in ______. Definition Gustave Le Gray, in 1850. Term ______ invents the cartes de visite, or visiting card, in ______. Definition Disdéri, in 1854. Term Niépce called his process _____. Definition heliography Term Many famous French photographers of the late nineteenth century came out of the studio of _______. Definition Paul Delaroche. Term Daguerreotypes were ______ objects. Definition unique Term What is meant by the term 'unique object'? Definition Image is not reproducible. What the camera produces is the one final product. Term Gustave Le Gray Definition 1850 - He put the first negative on glass 1851 - he helped to found the Société Héliographique, the "first photographic organization in the world“ Became official photographer of Napoleon the III Term carte de visite Definition visiting card, a photograph mounted on cardboard. This enables the mass production and distribution of photographs. Term French landscape painters were in opposition to Italian schools because they... Definition rejected clear ordered space and recession. Term Millet's work is noteworthy because he... Definition shows sympathy for the poor laboring classes. Their figures are intense and focused. Term As opposed to traditional studio paintings, Corot's work showed... Definition attention to actual visual phenomena in the outdoors. Term Giuseppe Castiglione Definition Italian missionary to China first artist to introduce Western techniques of perspective and accurate depiction of figures Term The leading site for art and culture in China Definition Shanghai Term Rise of 'Shanghai-style' was led by ____. Definition Ren Xiong Term The Ten Myriads Definition Ren Xiong: mineral pigments on a ground of gold leaf each leaf has a line of calligraphy Term Zhao Zhiqian was known for... Definition incorporating elements from ancient inscriptional carvings into his paintings His bright palette peppered with brilliant oranges, greens pinks and purples Master calligraphy Term Wu Jiayou worked as... Definition an illustrator for Shanghai’s first pictorial magazine. Term Edo period Definition Emperors were largely ceremonial The real power lay in the hands of the shoguns (dictators) who ruled from Edo (Toyko). Occupation determined by birth Term Ukiyo-e Definition "Pictures of the floating world" created for and by the lower strata of society secular, unapologetically plebian, sometimes even anti-aristocratic Term nishiki-e Definition “brocade pictures” developed by Suzuki Harunobu emphasis on pattern Term Interior of a Bathhouse Definition Torii Kiyonaga, 1787 opposites brought together: awkwardness and grace, realism and stylization, naked and dressed figures, wet and dry The space is made of seemingly half hazard arrangements - "artlessness" is what gives it interest Term Hishikawa Moronobu (c. 1625-1695) Definition generally considered the founder of Ukiyo-e. Term Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Definition Was considered the greatest master of Ukiyo-e in the early nineteenth century Produced 30,000 drawings - an important historical record of the period. Term The Great Wave off Kanazawa Definition Katsushika Hokusai, 1823-39 Emphasis on pattern (very Japanese), color Hokusai's landscapes were very popular Term Utagawa Hiroshige, (1797-1858) Definition younger contemporary of Hokusai he would use natural components of the foreground to frame the background Term Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) Definition Courbet's paintings are characterized by their weight, their ability to give the beholder the impression that he can enter it, physically. Term Burial at Ornnans Definition Courbet, 1849 Shows burial in a public graveyard, not a church yard proper. Signaled a landmark Republican victory of the Clergy. Reaction was hostile. Term The Artist's Studio Definition Courbet, 1854-55. A sort of rhyming takes place between the painting within the painting and its surroundings Allegorically, a reference to political problems, historical problems and the subject matter of art. Term Aftermath of Revolution of 1830: Definition Charles X overthrown because of his restrictive politics People left leaderless A group of bourgeois by give the government to the Orleans scion Louis-Philippe, empowering the bourgeoisie. Term Philipon Definition Published La Caricature and Le Charivari, satirical journals. Term King Louis-Philippe's 'pear-image' was developed by _____. Definition Philipon Term Gargantua Definition Daumier, 1830s Gluttonous, pear-headed monarch devouring gold Term Louis Philippe area characterized by: Definition greed oppression of the poor no freedom of press Term Nadar Definition Important caricaturist, photographer, and balloonist Lent his studio to a group now known as teh Impressionists so they could have their first show. Term Why was caricature feared by those in power? Definition it could communicate political discourse to an illiterate population. It was easy to reproduce through lithography, and hard to control. Term J.J. Grandville Definition suffered enormously under the censorship of Louis-Philippe did fun engravings of animals in human occupations Term morceaux vs tableaux Definition morceaux: a "picture", something aesthetically pleasing tableaux: a literal picture with a story, such as Oath of the Horatii Term Manet Definition Beginnings of realism Studied under Couture, who Manet saw as Pompadour Term Old Musician Definition Manet, 1862 Basically a 'cut and paste' of figures taken from earlier French master works Maybe it was created to recover a specifically French tradition, against Neo-classicism? Term Olympia Definition Manet, 1865 Canvas is raw, almost dirty Sparked controversy, hostility Looked kind of like widely-circulated, private photographic porn. Manet was bringing this to the public?