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Art History, Exam 2
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Mannerism
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An anti-Classical movement in which artificiality, grace, and elegance took priority over the ordered balance and lifelike references of the High Renaissiance
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Baroque
Definition
Dramatically lit, evokes emotion, theatrical compositions
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Rococo
Definition
Combination of baracco and rocaille to describe the refined and faciful style that became fashionable in parts of Europe during the eighteenth century
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Neo-Classicism
Definition
Revival of the Classical Style
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Engraving
Definition
Cutting a design into a plate or block of metal or wood, ink is rubbed into the grooves
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Etching
Definition
Print made from a plate that has ink rubbed on it, then rubbed away from certain areas using a cloth
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Drypoint
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A technique of engraving, usually on copper, using a sharp needle to produce furrows that are often fuzzy afterward
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The Pastoral
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Celebrating the country and country life
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Vanitas
Definition
Still lifes that included some reference to mortality
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Memento Mori
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Artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death
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Fete Galante
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Painting style that had elegantly dressed groups at play or in a park-like setting
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Tenebrism
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The use of extreme contrasts between dark and light to heighten dramatic effect
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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Art produced by a synthesis of various art forms
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Enlightenment
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Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
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Still Life
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Work of art depicting mostly inanimate objects
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Genre Painting
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Characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter
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Mannerism in Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
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Bronzino. Allegory with Venus and Cupid. Mid 1540s
Cellini. Perseus. Florence, Italy. 1545-1553.
Guilo Romano. Palazzo del Te. Mantua. 1527-1534
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High Renaissance Painting and Architecture in Venice and the Veneto
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Titian. "Venus" of Urbino. Italy. 1538.
Palladio. Villa Rotunda. Vicenza, Italy. Begun 1560s
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16th Century Netherlandish Painting
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Hieronymous Bosch. Garden of Earthly Delights. 1505-1515. Netherlands.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder. Peasant's Dance. 1568.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder. Return of the Hunters. 1565.
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16th Century Art in Germany
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Matthias Grunewald. Isenheim Altarpiece. Community of St. Anthony, Isenheim, Alsace, France. 1510-1515.
Albrecht Durer. Four Apostles. 1526. Germany.
Albrecht Durer. Adam and Eve. Germany. Engraving.
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17th Century Baroque Art in Italy and Spain
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Francesco Borromini. Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Rome, Italy. 1638-1667.
Gianlorenzo Bernini. David. 1623. Rome, Italy. Marble. 5'7"
Gianlorenzo Bernini. Cornaro Chapel: The Ecstasy of St. Teresa. Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. 1642-1652.
Caravaggio. The Enchantment og Christ. Roe Santa Maria in Vallicella. 1602-1603.
Artemesia Gentileschi. Judith and Holofernes. Rome. 1614-1620
Diego Velazquez. Las Meninas. Madrid, Spain. 1656.
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17th Century Baroque Painting in the Netherlands
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Rembrandt van Rijn. The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch). 1642.
Rembrandt van Rijn. Self-Portrait. 1658
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17th Century Baroque Painting in Flanders
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Peter Paul Rubens. Raising of the Cross. Church of St. Walpurga, Antwerp, Belgium. 1610-1611.
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17th Century Baroque Painting and Architecture in France
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Nicholas Poussin. Et in Arcadio Ego. French. 1637-1638
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18th Century Rococo in France
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Germain Boffrand. Hotel de Soubise. Paris. 1704-1740. (Salon de la Princesse. 1732).
Jean-Antoine Watteau. Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera. 1717.
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18th Century Neo-Classicism in France and England
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Jacques-Louis David. Oath of the Horatii. French. 1784-1785
Jacques-Germain Soufflot. Church of Sainte Genevieve (Pantheon). Paris, France. 1755-1792
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