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*Holy Trinity by Masaccio, 1425

Fresco (on a wall) Orthagonals used

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The Tribute Money by Masaccio, fresco, ca. 1425 

atmospheric perspective, fresco

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The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait

Jan van Eyck, Flanders, c. 1434,

Oil on panel

note the mirror and the signature above which reads "Jan van Eyck was here"

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Samuel van Hoogstraten

View of a Corridor

1662, Oil on canvas, 8’6” x 4’5

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Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

landscape, note church as important.

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AmbrosiusBosschaert

Vase of Flowers

1618-21

Oil on panel

not all the flowers would be arounds at the same time --> contrived subject.

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GuoXi, Early Spring, ink on silk, Northern Song (1072)

hanging scroll, ~5’ 2”

large use of negative space.

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Ni TsanThe Jung-hsi Studio

Yuan, ca. 1340, ink and color on paper,

hanging scroll

perspective is suggested with the use of negative space.

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Hsia Kuei, Gazing at the Waterfall, 16thc/ Ming, album leaf

corner style

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Anon, Portrait of Shen Chou

early 16thc/Ming Dynasty 

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The Frolicking Animals, ink on paper handscroll, late 12th c

no straight lines suggests activity.

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Sesshū, Winter Landscape

Hanging scroll, ink on paper, ~18 x 11”

late 15th century (Muromachi period)

note the lines basially draw out the form of the painting

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Sōtatsu, Wind and Thunder Gods, 17th c/Edo period

Color, gold, and silver on paper, folding screens 

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KanōNaganobu, Merrymaking under the Cherry Blossoms

6-panel folding screen, ink and color on paper, ca. 1600 (Momoyama period), ~ 5’ x 11.5

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Suzuki Harunobu,

Viewing Plum Blossoms at Night

Woodblock print, ca. 1765/Edo

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THE PAINTING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CRAYON DRAWING WITH AN ALIEN IN IT
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A devotee performing puja

ca. 1520-40

Gouache on paper, ~6 x 8”

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THE ONE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE SITTING DOWN AND SHIT WITH THE ONE GUY IN THE CENTER IN YELLOW.
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Nar Singh,

Akbar Holds Discussions in His Debating Hall,

1604, Gouache on paper

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Basawan, attrib,

Madonna and Child,

ca. 1585-90, Gouache on paper

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Jahangir and Prince Khurram Feasted

by NurJahan, ca. 1617

Gouache on paper

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Nader al-Zaman (Abu’lHasan)

Shah Jahan as a Prince

Opaque watercolor/gold on paper, ca. 1617

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Unknown artist, Foreign Emperors and Kings on Horseback, early 17th century

ink & color on paper, 4 panel screen, 65 x 181”

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MULTIPLE PANNELS WITH SOME WEIRD ASS PERSPECTIVE AND SOME WEIRD ASS COMPOSITION
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Western Genre Scene (unknown artist), early 17th century, ink/color/paper 
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NambanScreens (Kano school), ink/color/gold on paper 
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ShibaKōkan, View of Mimeguri in Edo, etching (ink & hand color on paper), 1783
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ShibaKōkan, European Landscapes with Figures, oil on silk hanging scrolls, 1790s

~45 x 22” each 

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ShibaKōkan, 7 League Beach at Kamakura, two panel screen, oil on paper, 1796
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THAT ONE THAT HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS OF SOMEPLACE IN EUROPE BUT IS NOT ACTUALLY A PLACE.  THE PENIS MONUMENT IS IN THIS PICTURE/OBOLISK
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AōdōDenzen, View of a European Plaza, etching (ink on paper), 1809
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SIMILAR TO ANY ANNUNCIATION EXCEPT IN CHINESE STYLE
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Annunciation

Chinese woodcut

1619-1623 (late Ming)

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ITS A FUCKING TREE WITH A GODDAMN MOUNTAIN IN THE FUCKING BACKGROUND WITH ONE COCKSUCKER TO THE RIGHT AND THERES CUNT DRIPPINGS EVERYWHERE, I MEAN COLOR.
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Hsiang Sheng-mo, Solitary Tree, ink and color on paper, album leaf, 1649 (Qing) 
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The Ch’ien-lung Emperor in

Ceremonial Armor on Horseback

Giuseppe Castiglione

ink and color on silk, 1739 or 1758

~7.5 x 10.5’

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A Hundred Horses in a Landscape

Castiglione, ink & color on silk, 1728

~3 x 25’  

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THE CHINESE AND SYNTHESIS THAT IS INK ON SILK AND ACTUALLY HAS SOME 3D SPACE
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Night Market at Yang-ch’eng

Attr to Castiglione

ink and color on silk, 1736

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The Belvedere in the Yuan-ming-yuan(European palaces in the Imperial Gardens)

Print by a follower of Castiglione, Buildings designed by Castiglione

engraving, 1793

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Contextual Analysis
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Analyizing how a work of art shpaes the experiences, ideas, and views of the individuals and/or groups that make, use, or view the art
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Formal Analysis
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Methods and questions mostly concerning visual and physical aspects of the work.  No outside sources are needed.  In short, what the artist conveys visually. They include:

color, mass/volume, perspective, scale, line, space, composition, emphasis , shading and light.

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Visual Culture
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All of the time; it is a term to talk about not only high art but low and folk.  Basically an all encompasing term for the art of an era.  (Don't quote me on this)
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Linear Perspective
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A method of dipcition of 3d space on a 2d surface.  This si a visual construct in which parrallel lines (orthagonals) converge on a single vanishing point.
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Atmospheric perspective
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A way to create 3d space on a 2d surface w/ the use of color, light, shadow, size and focus.  Nearer objects are larger, in focus and usually lighter, while further away objects are out of focus, smaller and darker. This is a technique that tries to imitate how the eye sees depth.
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Continous Narrative
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Telling a story on a work with multiple events at once.
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Relief
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In woodblocks, the color part is raised while the rest is cut awat so only the colored part connects with the paper.
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Genre Scene
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A scene that dipicts everyday life
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Painterly/linear
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visible brush strokes to show the skill of the artist, changing strokes.  While linear hides the strokes and focuses on creating the illusion of a third dimension.
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Trompe l'oeil
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was not mentioned but is included in Ian;s study guide.....it's forced perspective.
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Realism/naturalism
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dipicting the scene how it really is.*
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Shifting/moving perspective
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a scene where certain aspects are painted from different angles.
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Breath-resonance/ideal realm
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The place the artist wants to take you to, it does nto exist but is based off an actual place.  This realm is meant to be somewhere suited for the Chinese as the center of the universe.
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Yamato-e
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style of traditional Japanese painting.
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single corner style
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a painting rooted in one corner w/ negative space. (Chinese)
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Gouache
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opaque water color that is like typical water colors but has a binding agent which makes it opaque....redundant I know.
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Iconography
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symbols and what they mean in art.
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provenance
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the history of a piece of art, who has owned it etc.
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Namban
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portugese influenced japanese art.
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Chiaroscuro
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an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted
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Rangaku
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Dutch studies: the second fore with western art in Japan, Denzen and Kokan were apart of this.
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Intaglio
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the use of a plate to press an image.  The ink rests inside the cuts on the plate and is pressed hard enough to adhear the ink to the paper.  These prints are easily id'd because it looks like they have been pressed.
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Shiba Kokan
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Not much is know about him, but he was the first of the Japanese to have success with the dutch studies style.  did itaglio and did many eastern subjects in the Western style.
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Giuseppe Castiglione (aka Lang Shining)
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A jesuit who eventually ended up painting for the chinese court.  Was know for his synthesis of eastern and Western styles and could paint horses and flowers damn good.
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Yuan-ming-yuan
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Western style in the Chinese court.

mainly just the imperial palaces but i guess it includes the paintings too.

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Emperor Qian Long's letter to King George III of England
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Take aways: The chinese emperor is not interested in the Strange things from Europe as he ahs what he needs.  The emperor will let trade at Canton happen, thats it. He doesnt give them much.
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Shiba Kokan's treatise on art.
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Thinks western art accuratley dipicts what is really there, kokan likes this. Says the ture form is captured by western artist but not by eastern.
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