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Test 3 Artists to know
Paintings, Style and time period
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
04/10/2012

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Term
Albrecht Durer
(3)
Definition
renaissance in Northern Europe
Only international artist outside of Italy
Famous for his prints
1 Adam and Eve
2 The great piece of turf
3 self portrait
Term
Hieronymus Bosch
1
Definition
Renaissance in Northern Europe
The most famous Netherlandish
painter at the turn of the 16th century
1 Garden of Earthly Delights
Term
Leonardo da Vinci
5
Definition
High renaissance in italy
Known for Smulato
The true renaissance man (well studied)
1 Madonna of the rocks
2 the last supper
3 mona lisa
4 fetus and lining of the uterus
5 vitruvian man
Term
Raphael
2
Definition
High Renaissance in italy
was a synthesis of his teachers (michelangelo and leonardo) 4 years in florance
mature style epitimized the renaissance

Madonna in the meadow
the school of athens
Term
Michelangelo
4
Definition
High Renaissance in italy
perception was more clear in sculpture
Sistine chapel
was high and late renaissance
Peita
David
Unfinished slaves
Sistine chapel ceiling
Term
Michelangelo
1
Definition
Late Renaissance in italy
Sistine chapel alter wall- last judgement
Term
Caravaggio
2
Definition
italian Baroque
responsible fot the start of tenebrism
all about drama
Conversion of St. Paul
Judith and holofernes
Term
Artemisia gentaleschi
1
Definition
Italian Baroque
one of few female artists in italy which was very rare but she was famous (daddy taught her to paint)
Judith slaying holofernes
Term
Bernini
3
Definition
Italian Baroque
Architect, Tompolei, wrote operahs (drama)
baldacchino in st. peters
david
exstasy of st. teresa
Term
Rembrandt
5
Definition
Dutch Baroque
best at using light (glowing god like light), true master of art, known for religious paintings and his prints
self portrait
Night watch
syndics of the drapers guild
supper at emmaus
three crosses
Term
jan vermeer
2
Definition
dutch baroque
All about natural, everyday, light and shadows
young woman holding a balance
allegory of the art of painting
Term
Judith Leyster
1
Definition
dutch baroque
perfect detail
female artist from holland
self portrait
Term
Charles le Brun
1
Definition
French Baroque
Worked for louis the 14 as head architect for Versailles palace. best known for hall of mirrors
hall of mirrors, versailles
Term
Gericault
1
Definition
Protomodernism to modernism
french romantic painter, focused on drama visual complexity and emotional force.
Did not follow neoclassical style of the time
raft of medusa
Term
Manet
1
Definition
Post impressionism
known for the way for impressionism and his articulation of realistic principles
got rejected from the french academy for disgraceful pieces
luncheon in the grass
Term
monet
4
Definition
Impressionism
Father of impressionism and his understanding of perception was uncanny
impression sunrise
rouen cathedral
luncheon
water lilies
Term
Renoir
1
Definition
Impressionism
painter in paris (painted people in paris in the moment)
le moulin de la galette
Term
Degas
2
Definition
Impressionism
painted more leisure activities and was fascinated with motion. (dancers)
the rehearsal
the tub
Term
Cassatt
1
Definition
Impressionism
american painter that moved to europe and was befriended by degas
The Bath
Term
J.A. McNeill Whistler
Definition
Impressionism
more interested in atmospheric effects then detail
his work influenced many modern artists
Nocturne in Black and Gold
Term
Seurat
1
Definition
Post Impressionism
founder of pointism
sunday on the la grande jatte
Term
Cezanne
3
Definition
Post Impressionism
wanted to make impressionism more structured and painted nature
boy in a red vest
still life/ basket of apples
mont sainte-victoire
Term
Van Gogh
3
Definition
Post Impressionism
had a tragic life, after he died his painting sold for most expensive in history
explored color and distorted formes to convey his emotions
the night cafe
the starry night
sunflowers
Term
Gauguin
2
Definition
Post Impressionism
rejected objective representation in favor of subjective expression. colors conveyed expression.
the vision after the sermon
spirit of the dead watching
Term
August Rodin
3
Definition
Post Impressionism
leading scultper at the end of 19th century
sculptures are realistic sensibility
showed impressionistic influence (effects of light on 3D surface.

the burgers of callais
walking man
the thinker
Term
Gustave Eiffel
2
Definition
Modern architecture
inside of statue of liberty
transparent scructure blended inside and out
eiffel tower
Term
Louis Sullivan
1
Definition
Modern architecture
first modern architect
used new technology (cast iron incased in cement) to make logical buildings
prudential building
Term
Matisse
2
Definition
Fauvism
dominant figure of Fauvism
believed color could play a primary role in conveying meaning and focused his ef- forts on developing this notion
Red Room
Decorative figure in an oriental setting
Term
Vassily Kandinsky
1
Definition
Fauvism (german expressionism)
founded Der Blaue reiter (the blue rider)
liked the color blue and horses
improvisation 28
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