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Survey of Western Art - Exam 2
Exam 2
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
03/07/2010

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Bernini, Saint Theresa of Avila in Ecstasy, Rome, marble, 1645-52.

 

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Bernini, Saint Peter’s Basilica and Square, Vatican, Rome, c.1656-57.

 

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Gaulli, The Triumph of the Name of Jesus…, fresco with stucco figures, Church of Il Gesu, Rome, 1672-85.

 

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Caravaggio, Entombment, oil on canvas, 1603-4.

 

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Velasquez, Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), oil on canvas, 1656.

 

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Rubens, Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, oil on canvas, 1621-25.

 

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Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, 1658.

 

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Mansart and Lebrun, Palais de Versailles, Hall of Mirrors, France, 1668-85.

 

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Fragonard, The Meeting, oil on canvas, 1771-73.

 

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Copley, Samuel Adams, oil on canvas, c.1770-72.

 

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17-2 Canova, Cupid and Psyche. Marble, 1787-1793.

 

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17-7 Kauffmann, Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, oil on canvas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1785.

 

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17-10 Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1770-1808.

 

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17-12 David, Oath of the Horatii, oil on canvas, 1784-85.

 

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Tenebrism
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the dramatic contrast between light and dark like in caravaggio's painting "entombment of christ"; use of strong chiaroscuro
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Iconoclasm
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The banning or destruction of icons and religious art. 16th and 17th century Protestantism; differing views about the imagery and power of religion
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trompe l’oeil
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A manner of representation in which the appearance of natural space and objects is re-created with the express intention of fooling the eye of the viewer, who may be convinced that the subject actually exists as three-dimensional reality.
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The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture,1648
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impasto
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A technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface (or the entire canvas) very thickly, usually thickly enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible.
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portal sculpture
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A sculpture which decorates the entrance, door, or gate to an important public building.
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retablo
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atrium cross
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ultra-Baroque
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intaglio print (etching, engraving)
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Term used for a technique in which the design is carved out of the surface of an object, such as engraved seal stone. Includes: Etching, engraving and drypoint - all processes in which ink transfers to paper from incised , ink-filled lines cut into a metal plate
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