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Undergraduate 1
02/09/2009

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Intaligo Print
Definition

technique in which the design is carved out of the surface of an object, such as an angraved seal stone. In the graphic arts integlio includes engraving, etching, and dry point

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Portal Sculpture

Definition

A grand entrance, door, or gate, usually to an important public building, and often decorated with sculpture

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Tenebrism

Definition
The use of strong chiaroscuro and artificially illuminated areas to create a dramatic contrast of light and dark in painting
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Iconociasm
Definition

the banning or destruction of icons and religious art, Iconoclasm, in 8th and 9th century Byzantium and 16th and 17th century Protestant territories arose from differing beliefs about the power meaning, function, and purpose of imagery in religion

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Retablo
Definition
painting typically done on a wood carving
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Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture 1648

Definition

Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. In 1661, it came under the control of Jean-Baptiste Colbert who made the arts a main part in the glorification of Louis XIV

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Impasto

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refers to a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface (or the entire canvas) very thickly, usually thickly enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture, the paint coming out of the canvas.

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Theresa of Avila in Ecstasy

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- marble

-1645-1652  11ft 6

Rome

Bernini for the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome

-  Baroque.

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St. Peter's Basilica and Square

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 Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed

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Triumph of the Name of Jesus

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     Put up by genloi in the 15th

- Vault of the Church of II Gesu, Rome

Fresco with stucco figures

- 1672-1685

italty

On celing Wall

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Baroque

Definition

features include the deliberate evocation of intense emotional responses in the viewer; the creation of dramatically lit, often theatrical compositions the use of diverse media such as bronze and marble within a single artwork

 

 

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Rococo
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is a style of 18th century French art and interior design. Rococo rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings. It was largely supplanted by the Neoclassic style.
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English Baroque
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Christopher Wren

Inigo Jones

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Inigo Jones

Definition

July 15, 1573June 21, 1652) is regarded as the first significant British architect, and the first to bring Renaissance architecture to England. He also made valuable contributions to stage design.

-          Introduces Renaissance Classism to England-          Studies Platio

 

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Christopher Wren

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1632-1723 - appointed Srveyor General for the Queen - studied in France influenced by French Classical baroque
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Rococo Artist
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Watteau

Boucher

Fragonard

Chardin

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Watteau
Definition

1684-1721

revitalized the waning Baroque idiom, which eventually became known as Rococo. He is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes: scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with an air of theatricality. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.

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Fragonard

Definition

1732-1806

was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the Ancien Régime

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 Entombment

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1603- 1604- oil on canvas

o   Vittrici chapel

o   Oil on Canvas

o   Triangular – diagonals signify drama

o   The rock jetting from the

o   Aspect of Baroque art

o   Tenebrism

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Trompe l’ oei l(trump loy)

Definition

§  Fool the eye- entails for shortening and extended space makes certain figures looks like they are coming closer 2 u

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Valezquez Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)

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Definition

1656

Oil on Canvas

-          Creates notion of space-          In the mirror u c King Philip the 4th-          Elevating his profession

Painting in which the viewer is able to participate in himself

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Rubens Henry IV Rcvng the Portrait of marie de medici

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Definition

1621-25

oil on canvas

-          The life of Marie De Medici cycle of 24 paintaings

-           13ft by 10 feet

-          1621-1625

-          Wife of Henry the 4th

-          Meant to illustrate her historical achievements

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Rembrandt van Rijin

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1606-1669

oil on canvas

1658

-          Able to establish a commercial art studio

-           Becomes famous and wealthy in his early years

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Hall of Mirrors

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-          Le Brun and Mansart, Hall of mirrors, Versailles, begun 1668-85

§  Mirros reflect natural light, makes the place look bigger than it is
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The Meeting

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Fragonard oil on canvas 1771-73

-          Commissioned by Madame Barry – -          The progression of Love-          Vegetation -          Meeting between 2 potential lovers-          Paintings were rejected by Louie 15th because by time they came about Rococo had gone away

 

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Samuel Adams

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Copley

1770-72 oil on canvas

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John Singleton Copley

Definition

1738- 1815 was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives.

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Cupid and Pysche

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Canova (Italian, 1757–1822) Plaster

The original Cupid and Psyche, commissioned in 1787 by Scottish patron John Campbell

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Antonio Canova
Definition
November 1, 1757 - October 13, 1822) was a Venetian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture.
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 Cornelia Pointing to her Children as her Teasures

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Kauffmann virginia Musem of fine Arts 1785 Oil on canvas
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Angelica Kauffmann

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1741-1807 - italian-trained Swiss artist. a leading Neoclassical history painter had been invited to Britian in 1766 by a wealthy client and by 1768 she was one of only two women artisits named among the founding members of the ryoal Academy in London in 18th Cenury
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Jefferson Monticello

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Charlottesville VA 1770-1808

 

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Oath of the Horatii

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Oil on canvas 1784-85

is a painting by Jacques-Louis David accomplished in 1784, before the French Revolution, which depicts the Roman salute. It grew to be considered as paradigm of neoclassical art. The painting increased David's fame, and allowed him to rear his own students.

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Neoclassicism
Definition
is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture (usually that of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome). These movements were dominant during the mid 18th to the end of the 19th century. This article addresses what these "neoclassicisms" have in common.
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Caravaggio
Definition

 1571 – 1610 was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610, considered the first great representative of the Baroque school of painting    Influenced artist all over the world-     Considered the evil genius of painting-   Extremely realistic in his depiction- 1606 a notary republic in a tennis match -   Becomes an outlaw and has to leave Rome running

 

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