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Definition
Last Supper
Leonardo
Sixteenth Century




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Definition
Mona Lisa
Leonardo
Sixteenth Century

Sfumato
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Definition
Pieta
Michelangelo
Sixteenth Century


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Definition
David
Michelangelo
Sixteenth Century
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Definition
Ceiling,Sistine Chapel/
Michelangelo/
Sixteenth Century/
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Definition
Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel/
Michelangelo/
Sixteenth Century/
Term
Definition
Deposition/
Pontormo/
Sixteenth Century/

Italian Mannerism/
Complex Composition/
The cross, and natural world is invisible/
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Definition
The Fall of Man/
Albrecht Durer/
Sixteenth Century/

idealized human figure/ox,bird,cat,rabbit symbolize the human temperaments
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Definition
Ecstasy of St. Teresa/
Bernini/
Seventeenth Century - Baroque
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Definition
Judith Slaying Holofernes/
Artemisia/
Seventeenth Century - Baroque
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Definition
The Company Frans Banning/
Rembrandt/
Seventeenth Century-Baroque/

Group portrait, complex interactions between the figures.
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Definition
David/
Bernini/
Seventeenth Century - Baroque
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Definition
Entombment/
Caravaggio/
Seventeenth Century - Baroque
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Definition
The Immaculate/
Bartolome Murillo/
Seventeenth Century/

Dressed in blue and white, hands folded into prayer form, angles surrounding her,
Term
Definition
Elevation of the Cross/
Rubens/
Seventeenth Century/

Dramatic action

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Definition
Embarkation for the Island of Cythera/
Watteau/
Rococo/

Dreamworld, not reality
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Definition
The Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
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Definition
Experiment on a Bird in the Air/
Wright/
Eighteenth Century- Baroque/

rapid technological development. Dramatic lighting underscores life and death issue of the birds fate but also suggests that science brings light into a world of darkness and ignorance.
Term
Definition
The Oath of Horatii/
Jacques-Louis David/
Neoclassicism/

The value of putting patriotic duty above family obligations. Energetic men are a powerful contrast to the swooning women
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Definition
Judith and her maid servant/
Artemisia/
Baroque
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Definition
Louis XIV, King of France/
Rigaud/
Baroque/

Commanding pose. Realism of his aging face makes him movingly human.
Term
Definition
Mother of the Gracchi/
Cornelia/
Neoclassical/

Simple, idealization of a good mother
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Definition
The Progress of Love/
Jean- Honore Fragonard/
Rococo/

Secret encounter. Spontaneous visions of lovers, bright colors, rapid brush works. Lavish.
Term
Definition
Landscape With Saint John/
Poussin/
Seventeenth Century/

Poussin did not paint the land he saw, but instead organized nature, buildings and figures into idealized compositions


Term
Definition
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps/
Jacques- Louis David/
Neoclassicism/

Idealized vision of a military campaign
Term
Definition
Women holding a balance/
Vermeer, Johannes/
Baroque/

Women in domestic settings. Dutch painting. straightforward painting. Paining in the background "last judgement" suggest empty balance in the woman's hand. Gold on the table deals with the theme of vanitas.
Term
Definition
King Charles IV of spain/
Goya/
Romanticism/

Realistic rather than flattering.
Term
Definition
Los Caprichos/
Goya, Francisco/
Romaticism/

Etching. Exhibit a bitter outlook.
Term
Definition
The Third of May/
Goya, Francisco/
Romanticism/

Shows the horrors of war.
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Definition
The Ancient of Days
William Blake
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Definition
La Grande Odalisque/
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique/
Neoclassicism/

Exotic, non western source. Distorted the figure slightly making it aesthetically compelling.


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Definition
Liberty Leading the People
eugene Delacroix
Term
Definition
Haywain/
Constable, John/
Romanticism/

Landscape should be based on observations. Represents rural life. Not idealized, because they were not from his imagination.
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Definition
The Slave Ship/
Joseph William/
Romanticism nineteenth century/

Social issues/
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Definition
Abbey in the Oak Forest/
Friedrich, Casper David/
nineteenth century- romanticism/

abandoned grave... symbolic

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Definition
Ploughing in Nivernais/
Rose Bonheur/
nineteenth century/

Focus is on animals and not on a person
Term
Definition
The Gleaners/
Jean Francois Millet/
Nineteenth Century/

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Definition
Bathing Women/
Gustave Courbet/
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Definition
The Painter's Studio
Gustave Courbet