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A pictorial technique for simulating on a flat, two-dimensional surface, or in a shallow space, the three-dimensional characteristics of volumetric forms and deep space. |
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| A stepped pyramid in Mesopotamian architecture. |
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Something conforming to a fixed or general pattern. |
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Ishtar Gate
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A process of painting on wet or dry plaster wherein the pigments are mixed with water and become one with the plaster; a medium perfected during the Italian Renaissance.
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In the pictorial art and sculpture, the casual representation of everyday life and surroundings. Also a type, style, or category of art.
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Parthenon
Elgin Marbles/Parthenon Marbles
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Usually the font of a building; also the other sides when they are emphasized architecturally.
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An emphasis in art and thought on individual creativity and capability.
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Perfect forms that exclude blemishes and shortcomings in representing the human figure.
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The belief that reason is the source for human understanding of the world.
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A plane that exists three-dimensionally as a projection from a background. Also sculpture that is not freestanding but projects from a surface of which it is a part. When the projection is relatively slight, it is called bas-relief or low relief; when the projection is very pronounced, it is called high relief.
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Greek for “imitation,” as in the imitation of nature. |
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A universal pattern or model. |
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The central portion of the entablature between the architrave and the cornice; any horizontal decorative or sculptural band.
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Altar of Zeus
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Laocoon Group
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A belief in the rights and responsibilities of the individual human being. |
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A midnineteeth-century style of painting and scuplture based on the belief that the subject matter of art and the methods of representation should be true to life without stylization or idealization. |
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Based on experiments, observation, and practical experience without regard to theoretical conjecture.
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Augustus of Prima Porta
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| http://www.bing.com/images/results.aspx?q=roman+colosseum&form=MSNH14&refig=f4acf4eaca9d488995dc2d5f625a48c3&sc=8-7&sp=2&qs=IM&sk=IM1&pq=roman+c#view=detail&id=5DCA2733A085C9CEBB2D1C742D1C8B06FB5072CD&selectedIndex=6 |
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Colosseum
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| }http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=roman+pantheon&qs=IM&form=QBIR&pq=roman+pantheon&sc=8-14&sp=1&sk=#view=detail&id=AF0084E1755F4B8766DD517B76ECFEDFC23BDD8A&selectedIndex=21 |
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| Greek for "image"; used to identify panel paintings made under Greek Orthodox influence that represent the image of a holy person--Christ, Mary, or a saint; such works often imbued with sanctity. |
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| http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Interior+of+Hagia+Sophia&Form=IQFRDR#view=detail&id=EF36EFF7B7CD0009BAFF35D2FB821FDE5C10F82D&selectedIndex=4 |
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| A form, image, sign, or subject standing for something else; in the visual arts, often a visible suggestion of something invisible. |
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| Having a spiritual meaning or reality that can be known only by intuition, insight, or similar subjective experience. |
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Bayeuz Tapestry
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Tower of London
Romanesque/
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Durham Cathedral
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| A texture created by the interweaving of two or more melodic lines heard simultaneously. Counterpoint is the technique used for composed polyphonic music. |
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Chartres Cathedral
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Chartres Cathedral
South Porch
Gothic |
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Salisbury Cathedral
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Giotto
St. Francis Renouncing His Father and Worldly Goods
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Florence Cathedral
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Italian Renaissance artist, architect, and engineer. Designed and constructed Florence Cathedral dome.
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| Wealthy and influential family of Florence that supported Renaissance art and thinking. |
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David
Donatello
Italian Renaissance |
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Masaccio
Expulsion from the Garden
Italian Renaissance |
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Boticelli
The Birth of Venus
Italian Renaissance |
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Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Italian Renaissance |
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Michelangelo
David
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| The effect of three-dimensionality made in two dimensions by basing representation on the principle of continuous decrease in size along the entire length of a form whose bulk is intended to be seen as receding in space. |
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Michelangelo:
St. Peter's Basilica
Italian Renaissance |
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Michelangelo:
Pieta
Italian Renaissance |
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Michelangelo:
Moses
Italian Renaissance |
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Michelangelo:
Last Judgment
Italian Renaissance |
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Sistine Chapel
Italian Renaissance |
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Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Italian Renaissance |
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Michelangelo:
The Creation of Adam
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Raphael:
The School of Athens
Italian Renaissance |
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Gossaert:
Portrait of a Merchant
Northern Renaissance |
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Jan van Eyck:
The Arnolfini Marriage
Northern Renaissance |
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Hieronymus Bosch:
Garden of Earthly Delights
Northern Renaissance |
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Pieter Bruegel:
The Peasants' Wedding
Northern Renaissance |
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| A painting consisting of three panels. A two-paneled painting is a diptych; a many-paneled one is a polyptych. |
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| A late Renaissance art movement characterized by exaggerated figures and confusing spatial relationships. |
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Giorgione:
The Tempest
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Caravaggio:
The Conversion of St. Paul
Baroque |
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Bernini:
St. Teresa in Ecstacy
Baroque |
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Bernini:
St. Peter's Piazza
Baroque |
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El Greco:
The Martyrdom of St. Maurice and the Theban Legion
Baroque |
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El Greco:
The Burial of Count Orgaz
Baroque |
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Velazquez:
The Maids of Honor
Baroque |
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Versailles Palace
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Hall of Mirrors,
Versailles
Baroque |
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Rubens:
Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
Baroque |
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Poussin:
Rape of the Sabine Women
Baroque |
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Wren:
St. Paul's Cathedral
Baroque |
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Rembrant: Dr. Tulp's Anatomy Lesson
Baroque |
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Rembrant:
Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq's Company of Civic Guard (The Night Watch)
Baroque |
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Vermeer:
The Art of Painting
Baroque |
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Bach:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Baroque |
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Fragonard:
The Swing
Rococo |
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Hogarth:
The Marriage Contract
Sensibility
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Mozart:
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,
First Movement
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David:
Oath of Horatii
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David:
Death of Socrates
Neoclassicism |
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Jefferson:
Rotunda, University of Virginia
Neoclassicism
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Delacroix:
Liberty Leading the People
Romantic |
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Goya:
Executions of the Third of May
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House of Parliament
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Constable:
Hay Wain
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Constable:
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden
Romantic |
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Turner:
Rain, Steam, and Speed: The Great Western Railway
Romantic |
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Turner:
Slavers Overthrowing the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On
Romantic |
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Beethoven:
5th Symphony,
First Movement
Romantic |
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Degas:
The Cotton Exchange at New Orleans
Realism |
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Rodin:
The Thinker
Realism |
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The Crystal Palace
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| A nineteenth-century art movement originating in France. Impressionist painters dwelled on the affect of light on shapes and solid forms. |
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Monet:
Giverny
Impressionism |
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Monet:
Haystacks
Impressionism |
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Monet:
Water Lilies
Impressionism |
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Renoir:
Le Moulin de la Galette
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Cassat:
At the Opera
Impressionism |
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Seurat:
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
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| A painting technique in which color is applied to the canvas in small dots, which blend when seen from a distance. |
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van Gogh:
Starry Night
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Cezanne:
Mont Sainte Victoire,
1885-1887
Post-Impressionism |
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Cezanne:
Mont Sainte Victoire,
1904-1906
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Munch:
The Scream
Expressionism |
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Picasso:
Les Demoiselles d' Avignon
Cubism |
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Duchamp:
Nude Descending a Staircase
Modernism |
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Stravinsky,
Rite of Spring
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Dali:
Persistence of Memory
Surrealism |
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Dali:
The Last Supper
Surrealism |
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Picasso:
Guernica
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Sullivan:
Wainwright Building
Modernism |
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Wright:
Fallingwater
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Chrysler Building
Art Deco |
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Chrysler Building Interior
Art Deco |
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Gropius:
Bauhaus machine shop
Modern |
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Gaudi:
Barcelona Church of the Holy Family
Modern |
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Pollock:
Lucifer
Abstract Expressionism |
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Warhol:
Green Coca-Cola Bottles
Pop Art |
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Warhol:
Marilyn Monroe
Pop Art |
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Hanson:
Supermarket Shopper
Pop Art |
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Christo:
Surrounded Islands
Earth Art |
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Wright:
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Exterior
Modern |
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Wright:
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Interior
Modern |
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Sydney Opera House
Modern |
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Pompidou Center
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Gehry:
Guggenheim Museum, Spain
Deconstructivist |
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Calatrava:
Sundial Bridge
Post Modern |
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Wood:
American Gothic
20th Century |
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Homer:
Herring Net
American |
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Rockwell:
Saying Grace
American |
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Hopper:
Nighthawks
American |
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