Art 101-150 Flashcards

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1
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name three advancements in technology since the renaissance that have improved painting

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paint tubes, color theory, acrylic paint, and the use of synthetic material in paintbrushes.

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when did artists begin to use canvas instead of wood panels for painting

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artists began switching to canvas during the late renaissance. In fact, titian was one of the first to do this

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who was the author of on the law of simultaneous colour contrast and the arrangement of coloured objects, written in 1839

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eugene chevreul

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4
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what is print making

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the process of producing multiple exact copies of an original design

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5
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what are the four main types of printmaking processes

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relief, intaglio, lithography, and screen painting

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4 powerful european rulers in the 17th and 18th centuries

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empress maria theresa, peter the great, catherine the great, and louis XIV

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jean jacques rousseau

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enlightenment philosopher who protested the low standards of living of the peasantry

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baroque

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rich color and ornamentation in artworks from the baroque period

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caravaggio

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italian baroque painter renowned for use of chiaroscuro and naturalism

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10
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artemisia gentileschi

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painter notable for her adaptation of caravaggios techniques

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gianlorenzo bernini

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17th century baroque sculptor, architect, painter, and draftsman known for the ecstasy of saint teresa

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peter paul rubens

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early 15th century painter known for his influential energetic and colorful works

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francois boucher

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18th century french painter influenced by jean antoine watteau depicting elegantly dressed nobles in the countryside

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14
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style that violated artistic subject-matter conventions

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pop art

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15
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pop art icon whose work mocked the art world

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Andy Warhol

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16
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pop artist who used comic book style illustration

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Roy Lichenstein

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17
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pop artist who used industrial stencils in his art

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Robert Indiana

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18
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artistic style that reduced art to bare essentials

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Minimalism

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19
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acrylic paint and the airbrush

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TWO innovations that enabled Minimalist “hard-edge painting”

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20
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Minimalist painter known for large, non-objective works

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Frank Stella

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21
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David Smith and Don Flavin

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TWO sculptors who created large abstract minimalist works

22
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artistic style where subjects are depicted in sharp focus

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Photorealism

23
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TWO photorealist artists who revived Gustave Courbet’s Realism

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Chuck Close and Duanne Hanson

24
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two artists who “packaged” landscapes with fabric and plastic

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude

25
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Cristo, Jeanne-Claude, Michael Heizer, and Robert Smithson

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four artists associated with Earthworks

26
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style combining theatre and art where artists themselves become the work

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Performance Art

27
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20th-century artistic style reintroducing traditional elements o exaggerating Modernist ones

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Postmodernist

28
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the Great Wall

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the most famous work of Ancient Chinese art

29
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Chines emperor whose tomb contains a lifesized clay army

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Qin

30
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period of Chinese history often referred to as a “golden age”

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Tang dynasty

31
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number of languages and dialects spoken in INdia

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over 1600

32
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TWO religions with strong influences on Indian art

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Buddhism and Hinduism

33
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religion with strong influence on Japanese art

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Buddhism

34
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African nation containing some of the oldest examples of cave painting

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Namibia

35
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Civilization that arose in Nigeria around 500 BCE influenced the Yoruba

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Nok

36
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Nigerian civilization that produced cast bronze portrait heads and other ceremonial objects

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Benin Kingdom

37
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ceremonial African and Oceania art pieces intended for use in performances

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masks

38
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islands composing Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia

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Oceania

39
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important expression of social structure in Polynesia

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tatoos

40
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cultural group in Melanesia who produced carved wooden shields

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Asmat

41
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location where Islam emerged

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Arabian Peninsula

42
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the holy book of Islam

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the Quaran

43
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formal analysis

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analysis of the visual qualities of an artwork

44
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What basic assumption informs formal analysis of art?

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The artist makes decisions on the visual aspects of artwork that can reveal meaning of the piece.

45
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What two skills are necessary for formal analysis?

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observation and description

46
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contextual analysis

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looking outside of the artwork itself to determine its meaning

47
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What four historical facts does contextual analysis examine?

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cultural, social, religious, and economic context of an artwork

48
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the Second New Deal

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New Deal policies enacted in 1935 and later

49
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THREE new deal agencies still in existence today

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federal deposit insurance company, securities and exchange commission, and the social security system

50
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political system that many people claimed FDR’s policies would lead to

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communism

51
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the Red Scare

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fear of communism in the US post- russian revolution