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Fine Arts 3
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
11/16/2009

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Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825
Definition
Leader of neo-classic movement in France
o French Neo-classic Painter
o Revolutionary- against the king
o Oath of the Horatii and The Death of Socrates were Paintings
o Marat
o Painted for Napoleon
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• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Definition
o Austrian Classical Musician
o Rd 233-235
o Child Prodigy and childhood
o Vienesse Composer
o Range
o Haydn’s Praise
o Patron Situation
o Operas (including Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute)
o 41 symphonies, including #40-G minor, #41- Jupiter
o Concerti
o Chamber and Solo Music
o Requiem mass- for the dead
o “Amadeus”

Term
SONATA-ALLEGRO FORM
Definition
• 1) Exposition- states the themes, may be repeated
• 2) Development- has a key change, provides creative thematic treatment
• 3) Recapitulation- the “return” includes some or all of the material found in the exposition, it is back in the original key.
Term
Coda 
Definition
is Italian for tail. Although a coda is not structurally part of sonata-allegro form, it is commonly present.

Term
Gianlorenzo Bernini 1595-1680
Definition
o Italian Baroque Artistic Individual
o Designed plaza of St. Peter’s
o Ecstasy of St. Theresa
o David

Term
• Franz Joseph Haydn 1732-1809
Definition
o Austrian Classical Composer
o Viennese Composer
o Patron-stuck to aristocracy..prince of Austria
o “Father of the Symphony”
o 104 symphonies
o “Father of the string quartet”
o The Creation
Term
Standard String Quartet
Definition
Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello
Term
Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770-1827
Definition


o German Composer

Romantic
o Viennese Composer
early(pianist composer), middle(romantic), late(personal)
o Went deaf
o Immortal beloved
o Wrote 9 symphonies
o Heiligenstadt Testament-1802 letter to brother
o 3rd symphony- “Eroica”
o 9th symphony- Landmark
o 32 piano sonates
o Violin Concerto
o Late string quartets
o Emperor piano concerto

Term
Hector Perlioz 1803-1869
Definition
French Composer

o Symphonic Fantastique- programatic symphony
o Fixed idea

Term
Felix Mendelsson 1809-1847
Definition
A Midsummer Night’s Dream- was only 17
o Violin Concerto in E minor

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Franz Schubert 1797-1828
Definition
Vienesse Composer
o Rd 257-258
o Ave Maria
o Wrote over 600 lieder
Term
Antoine Watteau 1684-1721
Definition
o Rococo Artist 
o Embarkation for the Island of Cythera
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Francois Boucher 1703-1770
Definition
French Court Painter
o Madame de pompadour
Term
Classic Period
Definition
1750-1800
Term
Rocco Period
Definition
1725-1775
Term
The Death of General Wolfe
Definition
Benjamin West
Term
The Raft of Medusa
Definition
Theodore Gericault
Term
Liberty Leading the People
Definition
Eugene Delacroix
Term
Dante and Virgil in Hell
Definition
eugene delacroix
Term
The Third of May
Definition
Francisco Goya
Term
Le Dejeuner sur I'Herbes
Definition
Edouard Manet
Term
The Kiss
Definition
sculpture by Auguste Rodin
Term
Banks of the Seine
Definition
Claude Monet
Term
Rouen Cathedral
Definition
Monet
Term
By the Seashore and Le Moulin de la Galette
Definition
Pierre-Auguste Renior
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