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Art History Final
Widener University AH102
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2014

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Term
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Definition

Rosso Fiorentino

The Descent From The Cross

1521

Mannerism

Term
[image]
Definition

Michelangelo

Laurentian Library

1523-1559

Mannerism

Term
[image]
Definition

Michelangelo

The Last Judgement

1534-1541

Late Italian Rennaissance

Term
[image]
Definition

Parmigianino

The Madonna with the Long Neck

1535

Mannerism

Term
[image]
Definition

Grunewald

Isenheim Altarpiece

1509/10-1515

Northern European Rennaissance

Term
[image]
Definition

Durer

The Four Horsemen and the Apocalypse

1498

Northern European Rennaissance

Term
[image]
Definition

Durer

Self Portrait

1500

Northern European Rennaissance

Term
[image]
Definition

Durer

Adam and Eve

1504

Northern European Rennaissance

Term
[image]
Definition

Pieter Bruegel

Peasant Wedding

1568

Northern European Rennaisance

Term
[image]
Definition

Velazquez

The Maids of Honor

1656

Spanish Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Caravaggio

The Calling of St. Matthew

1599-1600

Italian Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Borromini

Facade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontaine

1665-67

Italian Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Borromini

Dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontaine

1638-1641

Italian Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Bernini

David

1623

17th Century Italian Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Rubens

The Raising of the Cross

1610-11

Flemish Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Snyders

Still Life with Dead Game, Fruit, Vegetables

1614

Flemish Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Hals

The Jolly Toper

1628-30

Dutch Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Rembrandt

The Blinding of Samson

1636

Dutch Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Rembrandt

The Night Watch

1642

Dutch Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Ruisdael

Bleaching Grounds Near Haarlem

1670

Dutch Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Ruisdael

The Jewish Cemetery

1655-70

Dutch Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Steen

The Feast of Saint Nicholas

1660-1665

17th Century Dutch Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Poussin

The Death of Germanicus

1627-28

17th Century French Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Poussin

Lanscape with St. John on Patmos

1640

17th Century French Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

Hardouin-Mansart, Le Vau, Le Brun

Galerie des Glaces

1678

17th Century French Baroque

Term
[image]
Definition

West

The Death of General Wolfe

1770

Neoclassicism

Term
[image]
Definition

David

The Oath of the Horatii

1784

Neoclassicism

Term
[image]
Definition

Goya

The Third of May 1808

1814

Romanticism

Term
[image]
Definition

Turner

The Slave Ship

1840

Romanticism

Term
[image]
Definition

Ingres

Grande Odalisque

1814

Neoclassicism & Romanticism

Term
[image]
Definition

Gericault

The Raft of Medusa

1818-19

Romanticism

Term
[image]
Definition

Delacroix

Death of Sardanapalus

1827

Romanticism

Term
[image]
Definition

Barry and Pugin

Houses of Parliamen

1836

Romanticism

Term
[image]
Definition

Thomas Jefferson

University of Virginia

1817-28

Neo-Classicism

Term
[image]
Definition

Courbet

The Stone Breakers

1849

Realism

Term
[image]
Definition

Manet

Luncheon on the Grass

1863

Realism

Term
[image]
Definition

Degas

The Orchestra of the Paris Opera

1868-69

Realism

Term
[image]
Definition

Monet

Impession, Sunrise

1872

Impressionism

Term
[image]
Definition

Renoir

Luncheon of th Boating Party

1881

Impressionism

Term
[image]
Definition

Cezanne

Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibemus Quarry

Post-Impressionism

Term
[image]
Definition

Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

1884-86

Post-Impressionism

Term
[image]
Definition

Gauguin

Where Do We Come From? What are we? Where Are We Going?

1897

Post-Impressionism

Term
[image]
Definition

Matisse

Le Bonheur de Vivre

1905-1906

Fauvism

Term
[image]
Definition

Picasso

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

1907

Cubism

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Braque

The Portuguese

1911

Analytic Cubism

Term
[image]
Definition

Picasso

Guitar, Sheet Music, and Wine Glass

1912

Synthetic Cubism

Term
Oculus
Definition
circular opening in the apex of dome
Term
Coffers
Definition
sunken panel in dome, vault, or ceiling
Term
Narthex
Definition
transverse entrance hall to a church
Term
Allegory
Definition
representation in which figures stand for ideas beyond selves as symbols or metaphors
Term
Tenebrism
Definition
dramatic chiaroscuro, intense contrast of lights and darks
Term
Vanitas
Definition
memorial to the brevity of life
Term
Landscape painting
Definition
outdoor scene of nature is primary subject
Term
Drypoint
Definition
process of picking out metal on a plate with needle, leaving the burr to gather ink
Term
Etching
Definition
coating copperplate with resin to make acid-resistant ground to be scratched with needle and then bathed in acid and coated
Term
Still Life
Definition
art depicting inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects
Term
History Painting
Definition
narrative subjects (classical history, mythology, bible)
Term
The Sublime
Definition
anything that generated feelings of fright, terror, overwhelmed, awe, strong emotion
Term
Contemporary History Painting
Definition
contemporary events that the future would see as historically important
Term
The Enlightenment
Definition
18th century philosophical movement stressing human reasoning over blind faith or obedience
Term
Eclecticism
Definition
combining or mixing styles from different sources
Term
Painterly
Definition
brushwork suggestive or characteristic of the act of painting
Term
Orientalism
Definition
western fasciation with Muslim culture of North Africa and Near East due to Napoleon's campaigns in Near East and Egypt
Term
Monotype
Definition
printing process of painting image on one surface and pressing against wet surface to attain counter image
Term
Salon de Refuses
Definition
self-held exhibition of Napoleon Bonaparte's rejected artwork from previous Salon
Term
Modernism
Definition
shift in art toward abstraction
Term
Abstraction
Definition
art abstracts images from visible world or non-representational, autonomous art that makes no reference to outside world
Term
Picture plane
Definition
flat surface in which a picture is painted
Term
Avant-garde
Definition
notion that certain artists or ideas are strikingly radical or new for their time
Term
Plein-air
Definition
creating an entire work outside(Impressionists)
Term
Pointillism
Definition
system of painting devised by Seurat where artist separates color into component parts and then applies with dots
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