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Art History Midterm 2
Chapter 27-32
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
04/12/2012

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Ochre
Definition
natural pigment or colored charcoal
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Rarrk
Definition
white cross hatch design
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Melanesia
Definition
black islands;people of dark skin color
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Abelam
Definition
agricultural people in Melanesia
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New Guinea
Definition
Island tribes (Melanesia) reside
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James Cook
Definition
british explorer throughout the pacific. killed in hawaii
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Polynesia
Definition
multiple islands; triangular region: hawaii new zealend and easter island
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Kahili
Definition
feather pom poms that designate royalty
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Moko
Definition
facial tattoos
man: hips to knees and face
women: lips and chin
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Hei-Tiki
Definition
carved pendant of human figure that protects the person wearing it.
jade
embyro
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Scarification
Definition
ornamental decoration applied to the surface of the body by cutting the skin for cultural or astetic reasons
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Enlightenment
Definition
age of science that takes over religion
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Neoclassicism
Definition
neo=new classicism=greeks and romans
bringing back art of greeks and romans
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Odalisque
Definition
sex slave or sex servant
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Romanticism
Definition
reaction to the enlightenment era
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Orientalism
Definition
fascination with africa and the middle east
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Impressionism
Definition
radical movement new technique of modern art
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World Fair
Definition
throughout Europe celebrate arts,technology achievement.
effiel towel & Paris
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Impasto
Definition
broad or thick application of paint
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Expressionistic
Definition
van gough
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Cubism
Definition
picasso
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Rationalism
Definition
Piet Mondrian
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Surrealism
Definition
Dali & Kahlo
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Avant-Garde
Definition
Constantly trying to update art

Pollock
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Abstract Expressionism
Definition
Pollock
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Action Painting
Definition
Pollock
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Gesturalism
Definition
Pollock
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Pop Art
Definition
popular images in arts eye. (Maryiln Monroe)
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