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05/07/2012

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Plein air
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French expression means “in the open air” and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors.
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The Sublime
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Related to romanticism. Mix of awe, terror and pleasurable feeling.
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Orientalism
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Depicting harem girls, sheikhs and middle-eastern scenery
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Action painting
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Composition consists of what appear simple dripping and spilling of paint onto huge canvases, which was placed on the floor to work with. Conveys tremendous energy.
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Genre painting
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Presents mundane objects as worthy of portrayal, exploring their shape, texture, color, and relationship to one another and the surrounding space.
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History painting
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I think it relates to neoclassicism paintings. Depicts historical accuracy.
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Avant-garde
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Vanguard or intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts, especially in the arts. These concepts and works are usually unconventional, daring, obscure, controversial, or highly personable.
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Japonisme
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describes influence of Japanese artistic and stylistic themes in Western art. Showed in French impressionist and Viennese art nouveau
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