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Art History Final
Key Eras/Styles
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
03/18/2011

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Term
Neoclassicism
Definition
Sources from ancient Greece and Rome
Moralizing content
Rejection of sexual content
Term
Romanticism
Definition
Less interest in science and reason, more emotion
3 Key Elements
-Looser Brushwork
-Rich, Deep Colors
-Complex compositions, lots of diagonals.
There was French Romanticism and Spanish
Term
British Landscape
Definition
Focused on naturalistic scenes.
Term
Invention of Photography
Definition
Talbot created photographic negatives, turned then into positive prints.
Term
Realism
Definition
World becoming more industrial/urban.
More Political rights and freedoms.
Term
Enlightenment
Definition
Emphasis on reason
Scientific discoveries of ancient ruins.
Term
Impressionism
Definition
4 Key Characteristics:
-Visible, loose brushwork
-Pure, unmixed color
-Artists painted outdoors
-Depicted new modern life.
Term
Post-Impressionism
Definition
More structure and expressive elements.
Bright colors.
More geometric, angular qualities.
Pointilism
Synthetism.
Thick paint, wide brushstrokes.
Term
Symbolism
Definition
Depicts modern alientation
Term
Late 19th century sculpture
Definition
More emphasis on expressive qualities
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Fauves
Definition
Expression in France for extreme artists. Name means wild beast. Arbitrary color.
Term
German Expressionism
Definition
Die Brucke: Tensions in urban life.
Der Blaue Reiter: Spiritual Expression
Term
Cubism
Definition
Angular Geometric Shapes
Flattens out space
Multiple vantage points
Term
Futurism
Definition
Pro war. Manifestos
Term
Rayonism
Definition
Abstract art.
Term
Dada
Definition
A response to WWI
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Surrealism
Definition
Popular technique: automatism. Recognizable obejcts with impossible properties.
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Mexican modernism, Frida
Definition
Frida often seen as a surrealist, but did not agree.
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