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ARTH 106: Test 3 Terms
Test 3 Terms
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
05/02/2013

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Philosophe
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An Enlightenment thinker; someone who promotes Enlightenment ideas. Believes in democracy, that humans are basically good, and in science.
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The Salon
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The annual or biannual exhibition of art organized by the French academy. Named for a room in the Louvre.
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Sublime
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Aesthetic concept defined by the pleasure of seeing overpowering, awe-inspiring images. I.e. Turner's "The Slave Ship"
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Caprichos
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Goya's series of didactic prints, which he produced in the 1790s. They were Enlightenment prints meant to educate the public in reason. Censored for being anti-Inquisition.
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Barbizon School
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A group of naturalists and realists who lived in or near the town of Barbizon in the middle of the 19th century. Rousseau and Millet were influential in this school.
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Revolution of 1848
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A workers' revolution in Paris that briefly established a socialist government. Much socialist art came out of this time.
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Generation of 1848
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Includes the Barbizon artists, Daumier, and Courbet. The artists who emerged around this time who focused on work, lower class, and country.
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Generation of 1870
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Includes artists such as Caillebotte, Manet, and the Impressionists. Focused on city, upper class, and leisure.
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Pointillism
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The method Seurat used of tiny brushstrokes so that the color would mix in the eye and not on the palate. This didn't work, but it was a scientific study of color.
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Expressionism
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The alteration or manipulation of the formal elements of art to convey something about the artist. Tells how the artist is feeling about the subject.
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Formalism
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1910-1970; The careful arrangement of the formal elements (i.e. shape, color, texture) of art for aesthetic purpose.
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