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Creative Arts
Ch. 13
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Art History
9th Grade
11/25/2012

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Romanesque

 

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architecture that features massive size, solid heavy walls, and many sculptural decorations
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Byzantine

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used rich colors and figures that were flat and stiff
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Gothic

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architectural style features churches that soared upwards

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Mannerism

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 artistic style featured highly emotional scenes
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Baroque

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 art style that emphasized dramatic lighting, movement, and emotional intensity

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Renaissance

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 period of rebirth, or awakening, at the end of the Middle Ages

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Rococo

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art style that stressed free graceful movements, playful use of line, and delicate color.

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Neoclassicism

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 art that borrowed subject matter and formal design from the art of Greece and Rome

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Impressionism

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art style that captured everyday subjects and emphasized the momentary effects of light on color

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Post—Impressionism

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 style of art that was a more individual approach to painting, unique to each artists working at this time- Van Gogh was a well-known artists of this time period.

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Romanticism

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art style that found its subjects in the world of the dramatic and emphasized rich color and high emotion

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Cubism

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art style that emphasized structure and design

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Surrealism

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art style in which dreams, fantasy, and subconscious served as inspirations for artists

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Regionalists

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American artists that painted farmlands and cities of America in an optimistic way

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Expressionism

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art movement in which artists emphasized the expression of their innermost feelings

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