Fragonard

1767

The swing

Jacques Louis David

1784

Oath of the Horatil

Jacques Louis David

1800

Bonaparte Crossing the St. Bernard Pass

Gros

1804

Napoleon in the Pesthouse at Jaffa

Ingres

1814

Grande Odalisque

Gericault

1818-1819

Raft of the Medusa

Gericault

19^th century

Muse des Beaux Arts, Lyon

Delacroix

1827-28

Louvre

Delacroix

1830

Louvre

De Goya

1814-1815

Madrid

De Goya

1820-23

Madrid, Prado

Caspar David Friedrich

1809-10

Caspar David Friedrich

1818

Courbet

1849

Claude Monet

1877

Van Gogh

1889

Kandinsky

1912

Malevich

1915

Russolo

1911

Balla

1913

Millet

1857

Edouard

Manet

1863

PNEUMATIC WALLS" 

A combination of convex and concave elements that make a wall surface appear to be "breathing".

PREDELLA

A narrow ledge on which an altarpiece rests on an altar.

ORTHOGONAL

A line receding toward a vanishing point on the horizon

QUADRO RIPORTATO

The illusion of framed pictures on the surface of a vault

FRESCO

Painting on lime plaster, either dry or wet.

DISEGNO

design. Refers to the careful composition of paintings or sculpture using a preparatory drawing to work out the overall balance of the piece as well as individual details.

COMPORTMENT

the codes for personal behavior and manners expected of people within a society. These behaviors describe, and rely upon, normative behavior. People judge a person's behavior, worth, and importance by their comportment

CHIAROSCURO

Gradations of light and dark that produce the effect of modeling

BALDACCHINO

A canopy on columns, often over an altar.


QUADRATURA

A type of painting that creates the illusion that the ceiling disappears, leaving the room open to the sky or to heavenly/mythological scenes

QUADRO RIPORTATO

The illusion of framed pictures on the surface of a vault.

TROMPE L'OEIL

A style of painting meant to "fool the eye