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Natalie AHS 102
Realism - Supremastism (Use Leonardo/Mona Lisa if prompted for login)
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11/08/2010

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Term
Definition

Horse Galloping

Eadweard Muybridge

Realism

1840's-60's

Term
Definition

The Stone Breakers

Gustave Courbet

Realism

1840's-60's

Term
Definition

The Burial at Ornans

GustaveCourbet

Realism

1840's-60's

Term
Definition

The Horse Fair

Rosa Bonheur

Realism

1840's-60's

Term
Definition

The Gross Clinic

Thomas Eakins

Realism

1840's-60's

Term
Auguste Comte
Definition
Founder of Positivism
Term
Positivism
Definition
Belief/philosophy that the scientific method is the best way to uncover the unknown (shifts focus from rreligious imagery to realsim)
Term
Daguerreotype
Definition
First photograph process
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Calotype
Definition
An early form of photographic process
Term
Definition

Rouen Cathedral (Morning)

Claude Monet

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Definition

Rouen Cathedral (Sun)

Claude Monet

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Definition

Ballet Rehearsal

Edgar Degas

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Definition

A Cup of Tea

Mary Cassatt

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Definition

Portrait of Emile Zola

Edouard Manet

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Definition

Le Loge

Auguste Renoir

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Definition

In the Loge

Mary Cassatt

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Definition

Olympia

Edouard Manet

Impressionism

1860's-90's

Term
Baron Haussmann
Definition
City planner that is credited for remodling Paris
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Plein air painting
Definition
Painting "in open air", since the remodling of Paris opened up sunlight, artists began to do this.
Term
Victorine Meurent
Definition
Artist and famous model, especially for Manet
Term
Definition

Mont Sainte-Victoire

Paul Cezanne

Post Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

A Sunday on the Island of La Grande Jatte

George Seurat

Post-Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

The Circus

George Seurat

Post-Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

The Potato Eaters

Van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

Starry Night

Van Gogh

Post Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

Sunflowers

Van Gogh

Post Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

Flowering Plum Tree

Van Gogh

Post Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

The Vision After the Sermon

Paul Gauguin

Post Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Definition

We Hail Thee Mary

Paul Gauguin

Post Impressionism

1880's-1900's

Term
Impasto
Definition
Laying paint thickly to create texture, ala Starry Night
Term
Japonisme
Definition
Japanese art influencing western art
Term
Definition

The Eiffel Tower

Alexander Gustav Eiffel

Architecture of the late 19th century

Late 19th century

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Definition

Scott Building

Louis Sullivan, Carson, Pirie

Architecture of the Late 19th Century

Late 19th Century

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Definition

Van Eetvelde House

Victor Horta

Art Nouveau

1860's-1900's

Term
Definition

The Peacock Skirt

Aubrey Beardsley

Art Nouveau

1860's-1900's

Term
Definition

Lotus Table Lamp

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Art Nouveau

1860's-1900's

Term
Definition

Paris Metro Entrance

Hector Guimard

Art Nouveau

1860's-1900's

Term
Curvilinear
Definition
curving lines
Term
Definition

Harmony in Red

Henri Matisse

Expressionism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

The Blue Nude

Henri Matisse

Expressionism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

Blue Nude Cutout

Henri Matisse

Expressionism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

Street, Dresden

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Expressionism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

Saint Mary of Egypt Among Sinners

Emil Nolde

Expressionism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

Fate of the Animals

Franz Marc

Expressionism

1900's-1910's

Term
The Fauves
Definition
French group of artists during the Expressionist period who emphasized painterly aspects and color over realism.
Term
Definition

Les demoiselles des Avignon (The Women of Avignon)

Pablo Picasso

Cubism

1910's-20's

Term
Definition

The Portuguese

George Braque

(Anaylitic) Cubism

1910's-20's

Term
Definition

The Red Tower

Robert Delauney

Cubism [Orphism]

1910's-20's

Term
Definition

The Three Musicians

Pablo Picasso

(Synthetic) Cubism

1910's-20's

Term
Definition

Guernica

Pablo Picasso

Cubism

1910's-20's

Term
Analytic Cubism
Definition
Simplifying objects to geometric shapes, and using monochromatic color schemes.
Term
Synthetic Cubism
Definition
Grew out of Analytic, used more vibrant colors, different perspecitves, from the "collage" effect.
Term
Tony Shafrazi
Definition
Spray painted KILLS LIES ALL onto Picasso's Guernica
Term
Definition

Dynamism of an Autobile

Luigi Russola

Futurism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash

Giacomo Balla

Futurism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

Armored Train

Gino Severini

Futurism

1900's-1910's

Term
Definition

Black Square

Kazimir Malevich

Supermatism

1910's

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"The Ivory Tower"
Definition
Intellectuals who distance themselves from the everyday world, pursue abstract concepts, thus locking themselves away in the "ivory tower"
Term
The Russian Revolution of 1917
Definition
After such a monumental event, the idea of suprematism seemed antiquated.
Term
Russian icons
Definition
Where the idea of "The Black Box" came from.
Term
Orphism
Definition
Like a mix of Analytic and Synthetic; the shapes of Analytic with the colors of Synthetic