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Modern Art
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
01/21/2013

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Academies
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Art schools for the white middle/upper class.
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Age of Enlightenment
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A move away from faith/religion, myth, and tradition.
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Salons
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Annual arts exhibitions established by the Academies. These were created for artists to get their name out into the world.
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Art Market
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A move away from commissions--becomes more prominent in the 18th century.
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Neoclassicism
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Looking back to ancient Greek and Roman art, "New Classicism"
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Rococo Style
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All about light-heartedness, and the Aristocracy's escapism from darker times.
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Perspective
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Creating the illusion of space.
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Louvre Museum, Paris
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A huge collection of art that gave visiting artists opportunity to view and appreciate art.
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