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Art Heritage II Important Terms 2
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/21/2018

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fête galante (pron. “fett gal-ont”)
Definition
outdoor entertainment or festival
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Cythera (pron. “Sith-air-ah”)
Definition
Greek island in the Mediterranean
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Grand Manner portraiture
Definition
idealized aesthetic style derived from classical art
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Veduta painting (prov. “Veh-doo-ta”)
Definition
highly detailed large scale painting
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History painting
Definition
most praised in Salons – depict a moment in detail
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Prix de Rome (pron. “Pree”)
Definition
French scholarship for art students
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Sublime
Definition
such excellence and grandeur
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Realism
Definition
represent the subject truthfully
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Lithography
Definition
process of printing from a flat surface to repel and accept ink
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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Definition
group of English 19th century artists
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Daguerreotype
Definition
early photographic process of employing iodine-sensitive silvered plates and mercury vapor
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En plein air
Definition
open air
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Haussmannization
Definition
the creative destruction of something for the betterment of society
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Japonisme
Definition
influence of Japanese art and design in the West
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Pointillism
Definition
technique of applying paint in tiny dots of pure color
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Fin-de-siècle (pron. “Fin-de-sekl”)
Definition
relating to or characteristic of the end of a century – especially 19th
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