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| Biographical details of the person who paid for the artwork |
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| When a painter uses symbolism to aid the viewer in identifying subjects |
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| A category of pictoral subjects |
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| Materials from which an artwork is made |
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| How pieces in a particular artwork are arranged |
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| May actually outline a form, define shape, or direct the eye around the piece |
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| Can be used to accent an important area, create form, or present mood |
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| Can be used to draw the viewer's attention to an important area, create form, present mood |
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| A technique used to create the illusion of depth and three dimensional space on a two dimensional surface |
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| An attempt to make the viewer feel the materials of a work |
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| The relationship (in terms of size) between the individual forms inside and outside the work |
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| What does the work depict? |
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| Involves knowing relevant biographical details of the artist |
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| Involves knowing relevant biographical information about the person who paid for the work |
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| What was the intended location? |
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| Where was the work meant to be ideally depicted? |
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| Involves knowing the historical events, attitudes, and philosophies of the culture in which the artwork was made |
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| What is the medium or materials through which the art was made? |
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| Pilgrimage to Cythera, Rococo |
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| Satyr Crowning a Bacchante, Rococo |
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| The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture |
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| Established in 1648 by Louis XIV, it provided support and instruction to artists, and a place to display their work. It defined the ideal in art and culture and established good taste. |
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| Since the world is imperfect and decaying, it is the artist's role to bring beauty to the ugliness |
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| Color is more important in a painting |
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| Line and composition are more important in a painting |
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| Held in the palace of the Louvre three weeks a year every two years, giving artists of the Academy a place to display their work. Everyone was welcome, which universalized the experience of art in France and gave rise to the "art critic." |
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| Emphasized a portrayal of the carefree lifestyle of the aristocracy rather than the grand heroes of the past or pious martyrs. Swirling lines and bright pastel colors, highly favored the rich women of the court. |
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| Well dressed people at leisure in a park or country like setting |
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| A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery |
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Also called the age of reason, the name applied to an intellectual movement which developed in western europe during the 17th and 18th century.
Based on the scientific method, it focused on an unwavering faith in human reason, stating that only this could forth peace and happiness. Championed by Rousseau, Voltaire, and Goethe.
A return "the natural man." |
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| Knowledge through experience |
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| Traveling to the cultural centers of europe to increase your knowledge about the humanities |
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| Art that presents people as they are, or should be, without the artificialities of contemporary european society |
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| Art that depicts individual personalities while conveying nobility, grace, and refinement |
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| Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures |
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| An example of model or virtue |
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| The moment in a story of maximum dramatic impact |
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| Raising the status of someone to a divine level |
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