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History of Western Art
18th century to 21st century
68
Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/10/2007

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St. Peters Basilica and Square
Bernini
1656
Baroque 
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Saint Teresa of Ávila in Ecstasy
Bernini
1645
Baroque 
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Entombment
Caravaggio
1603
Baroque 
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"BAROQUE" 

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Mis-shapen Pearl
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COUNTER REFORMATION

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Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope

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COUNCIL OF TRENT

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First Counter Reformation meeting of Catholic Church officials
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COLONNADE

Definition
A row of columns supporting a straight lintel or a series of arches
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TENEBRISM

Definition
The use of strong chiaroscuro and artificially  illuminated areas to created a dramatic contrast of light and dark in painting
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HABSBURG DYNASTY

Definition
Term
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Las Meninas
Diego Velazquez
1656
Baroque 
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The Night Watch
Rembrandt
1642
Baroque 
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Woman Holding a Balance
Jan Vermeer
1664
Baroque 
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THE "GRAND TOUR"

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It was an educational rite of passage for the wealthy to expose themselves to cultural artifacts and antiquity.

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HISTORY PAINTING

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The painting of scenes from classical history, Christian history, and mythology, as well as depicting the historical events of the near past.
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Began in 1789
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Cornelia Pointing to Her Children As Her Treasures
Angelica Kauffmann
1785
Neoclassicism 
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Definition
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
1770
Neoclassicism 
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Definition
Oath of the Horatii
David
1785
Neoclassicism 
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Definition
Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard
David
1800
Neoclassicism 
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Large Odalisque
Ingres
1814
Romanticism 
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Francisco Goya
1796
Romanticism 
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Family of Charles IV
Francisco Goya
1800
Romanticism 
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Third of May, 1808
Francisco Goya
1814
Romanticism 
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CAMERA OBSCURA

Definition
Bronze plate covered in silver nitrate to produce a photograph
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DAGEURREOTYPE

 

Definition
An image made on a light-sensitive, silver-coated metallic plate.
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SECOND REPUBLIC OF FRANCE

Definition
1848-1851
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The Artist’s Studio
Daguerre
1867
Photography 
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The Open Door
Talbot
1843
Photography 
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A Burial at Ornans
Gustave Courbet
1849
Realism 
 
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The Gross Clinic
Thomas Eakins
1875
Realism 
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Eiffel Tower
Gustave Eiffel
1889
Modern architecture 
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Wainwright Buildling
Louis Sullivan
1890
Modern Architecture 
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"SALON DES REFUSE"

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"The Exhibition of Rejects"
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"PLEIN AIR" PAINTING

Definition
Is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors.
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Luncheon on the Grass
Manet
1863
Impressionism 
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Olympia
Manet
1863
Impressionism 
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Impression: Sunrise
Monet
1872
Impressionism 
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Boulevard des Capucines
Monet
1873
Impressionism 
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The Rehearsal of the Ballet on the Stage
Edgar Degas
1874
Impressionism 
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Luncheon of the Boating Party
Renoir
1881
Impressionism 
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IMPASTO

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Thick paint applied to a surface in a heavy manner
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EXPRESSIONISTIC

Definition
The tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect
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Mont Sainte-Victoire
Cezanne
1885
Post-Impressionism 
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The Starry Night
van Gogh
1889
Post-Impressionism 
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Day of the God
Paul Gauguin
1894
Post-Impressionism 
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The Scream
Edvard Munch
1893
Post-Impressionism 
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ANALYTIC CUBISM

Definition
Painting in natural forms and reduced the forms into basic geometric parts on the two-dimensional picture plane. Color almost non-existent except for the use of a monochromatic scheme that often included grey, blue and ochre. It focused on forms like the cylinder, sphere and the cone to represent the natural world.
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SYNTHETIC CUBISM

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More of a pushing of several objects together.  Has fewer planar shifts (or schematism), and less shading, creating flatter space.
Term
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Definition
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Picasso
1907
Analytic Cubism (?) 
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Definition
Ma Jolie
Picasso
1912
Analytic Cubism (?) 
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Glass and Bottle of Suze
Picasso
1912
Synthetic Cubism (?) 
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Suprematist Painting (Eight Red Rectangles)
Malevich
1915
Suprematism 
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READYMADES

Definition
Are ordinary manufactured objects that he selected then sometimes modified, as an antidote to "retinal art". By choosing the object, giving it a title and signing it, the object became the work of the artist.
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Fountain
Marcel Duchamp
1917
Dada 
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THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS

Definition
Freud 
1900
Surrealism
 
Book that inaugurated the theory of Freudian dream analysis, which Jung referred to as the "royal road to the soul" and the unconscious, but Freud called the subconscious.
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AUTOMATISM

Definition
Automatism is a surrealist technique involving spontaneous writing, drawing, or the like practiced without conscious aesthetic or moral self-censorship.
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The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dali
1931
Surrealism 
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Luncheon in Fur

Meret Oppenheim

1936

Surrealism 

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ACTION PAINTING

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Painting that gains its appearance as a result of the energetic movement of the artist as he applies paint; ntended to show the force of the artist's feelings in addition to the dynamic nature of painting itself.

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Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)

Jackson Pollock

1950

Abstract Expressionism 

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Woman I
Willem DeKooning
1950
Abstract Expressionism 
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Just What is It that Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So

Appealing?
Richard Hamilton
1956
Pop Art 
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Oh, Jeff…I Love You, Too…But…
Roy Lichtenstein
1964
Pop Art 
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Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol
1962
Pop Art 
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Spiral Jetty
Robert Smithson
1969 
Earth Art 
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Definition
The Dinner Party
Judy Chicago
1974
Feminist Art 
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The Liberation of Aunt Jemima
Betye Saar
1972
Activist Art 
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