Art Flashcards
Leonard da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo were all artists from this period.
High Renaissance
The period from 1520-1600 in which artists sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High Renaissance.
Mannerism
The artists El Greco, Jacobs Tintoretto, and Antoine Caron were all artists during this period.
Mannerism
What did the name “El Greco” mean and what was one of his most well known piece?
The Greek
“The Assumption”
Developed in 1907 by Pablo Picasso and his contemporaries, this artistic style replaced the artistic tendencies of previous generation with fragmented three dimensional images designed to appeal to the human intellect.
Cubism
A piece of artwork composed of three-hinged panels.
Triptych
Artwork composed of two separate, connected parts
Diptych
The art of painting on wet plaster, which required great speed and skill to complete the painting before the plaster dried.
Fresco
Large painting that spans an entire wall.
Mural
Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter and architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician; best known for grandiose frescoes using the technique of quadratura to create an illusion of 3-dimensional space on a flat surface.
Andrea Pozza
Illusionist painting (tromp l’oie) in which the painted architectural elements on a wall or ceiling appear to be part of the structure.
Quadratura
Distribution of light and darkness in a painting.
Chiaroscuro
Name two well-known artists who are known for employing light and dark techniques?
Correggio and Caravaggio
Tall, Ancient Greek or Roman jar/vase with 2 handles and a narrow neck.
Amphora
The world’s smallest nation which housed extensive art and manuscript archives.
The Vatican
French sculptor (1840-1917) generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. He possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. Famous works included “The Thinker” “The Kiss” and “The Gate of Hell”.
Auguste Rodin
His work marked the beginning of the High Renaissance painted “Creation of Man” and “The Last Judgement”.
Michelangelo
Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His “Last Supper” (1495–98) and “Mona Lisa” (c. 1503–19) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time.
Leonardo de Vinci
20th century art using innovative means of expression.
Modernism
Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol are examples of artist in what period?
Modernist
What artistic period were these artists: Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Amedeo Modigliani
Post - Impressionist
Artistic period from the 1870’s to 1880’s, which was a rejection of emotional response to Romanticism. Artists used loose brush strokes of paint to quickly capture the essence of the subject. Impressionist artists were not concerned with details.
Impressionism
Give some examples of impressionist era artists?
Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley, and Bazille.
French Baroque painting who painted the “ideal” landscape.
Claude Lorrain
Mannerism painting designed Old Testament scenes and many sculptures for the Sienna Cathedral such as “Nativity of the Virgin” “Descent Into Limbo” and “St. Michael”
Dominick Beccafumil
This artistic period which lasted from 1916-1922 and originated from disenchantment created by WWI; employed absurdity and unpredictability; works were largely collages. The ultimate aim of the movement was to shock people out of complacency.
Dadaism
Marchel Duchamp and Hugo Ball were examples of artists during which art period?
Dada Movement
Art movement founded in 1960’s in which objects are reduced to their barest forms; focuses on color and simplicity.
Minimalism
Ellsworth Kelly, Barnett Newman, and Clifford Singer were all painters in the _______ movement.
Minimalist
Art period characterized by the 18th century regeneration interest in Greek and Roman history, spurred by the discovery of Pompeii.
Neoclassicism
Giovanni Panini, Jacques Louis David, and Rudolf Ernest were all painters in the _______ period
Neoclassic
Known for his paintings “The Oath of the Horatii” and “Death of Socrates” (1748-1825)
Jacques-Louis David
A major realism artist known for works, “New York Movie”, “A Horse Fair”, “Lighthouse at Town Lights” and “Approaching a City
Edward Hopper
Lasting from WWI, the art movement was created in protest to the preceding emphasis on historical subjects. The style mostly encompasses jewelry and book illustrations and was fraught with symbolism.
Art Nouveau
Two major Art Nouveau artists
Gustav Klimt and Theopile Stimlin
This art encompassed African-Americans in 1920’s; developed in NY City largely by Southerners moving to the north.
Harlem Renaissance
Originally from SC, this artist joined in forming the Harlem Renaissance movement.
William H. Johnson
An art period characterized by vibrant, visual imagery based on the imagination instead of reality; its images stir thought but couldn’t logically exist.
Surrealism
Salvatore Dali and Rene Magritte were artists of what period?
Surrealism
A type of art created with thousands of tiny dots of color which merge into an image from far away.
Pointillism
A painting that was inspired by the 1920 trials of 2 Italian anarchists.
“The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti” by Ben Shan’s
In Christian art, what symbol represented St. John and why?
A bird because he looked upon the sun.
What symbols were called Ezekial’s cherubs?
Eagle
Ox
Man
In Christian art, what symbol represents St. Mark?
Lion
In Christian art, what symbol represents St. Matthew and why?
Winged human because he begins his gospel with the story of humanity.
The work of art called “Discoboles” is known as what and sculpted by what artist?
Discus Thrower sculpted by Myron
“The Dying Slave” and “David” are sculptures by whom?
Michelangelo
“Kiss” and “Bird in Space” were sculpted by what artist? He abandoned the use of love models early on and adapted a simplified, streamlined style.
Constantin Brancusi
Traditional Japanese painting methods were developed during the _____ period.
Nara (710-784)
A Japanese hanging scroll that could be uncrolled to display an illustrative narrative.
Make mono
A Japanese scroll after it has been unrolled to display.
Emakimono
This form of art focused on subjects with Japanese style.
Yamato-e
The Yamato-e form of painting was characteristic of what period in Japan?
Fujisawa
The Edo period in Japan introduced a new form of wood block art know as what?
Ukiyo-e
This artist painted “Christina’s World”.
Andrew Wyeth
This artist’s works included “Venus and Adonis” “Helena Fourment” and “Four Studies of a Head of a Moor/Negro”
Peter Paul Rubens
This artist’s works included “The Milkmaid” and “Girl With a Pearl Earring”.
Jan Vermeer
This French painter and sculptor (1834-1917) whose works were a blend of classical art and Impressionism; created “Women with Chrysanthemums” and “Absinthe”
Edgar Degas
Neo-impressionist artist (1859-1891) who developed pointillism or divisionism technique.
George Seurat
English black & white illustrator (1872-1898) whose black ink drawings influenced by Japanese wood cuts and emphasized the grotesque, the decadent and the erotic; most controversial art of the Art Nouveau. His works included “The Peacock Skirt” “Salome”
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
American painter (1861-1909), painted over 2700 pieces of writing and art in his lifetime, mostly revolving around life in the developing west, paintings of cowboys, Indians, horses, drawn from his real life experience as a Hearst correspondent during the Spanish-American war.
Frederic Remington
Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Spain. His works were a combination of cubism and surrealism, with striking, pure colors. HIs works included “Dog Barking at the Moon”, “The Farm” and sculptures “Moonbird” and “Personnage” “Woman & Bird”
Joan Miro’
A surrealist painter (1898-1967) whose paintings included “The Red Model” and “The Son of Man”
Rene’ Margrette
A highly decorated container for religious relics
Reliquary
__________ depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the body of her dead son, Jesus.
Pitta
An opaque watercolor
Gouache
An extremely realistic method of painting
Trompe L’oeil
Depicting subjects as true to their natural appearance; Examples of artist who use this method.
Verism
This artistic style was from 20 BC to 20 AD, from the illusion of depth and realism to fantasy; works included fantasies depicted against a monochromatic background.
Third Style
A round work of art, including paintings and sculptures. Michaelangelo had the most famous piece.
Tondo
“Dark Tondo”
An American artist active during the Gilded Age. His works included a painting he called his mother.
James Whistler
This artist painted “Washington Crossing the Delaware”
Emanuel Lentze
REnaissance painter who painted “The Birth of Venus’
Sandro Botticelli
Swiss/German artist who was influenced by cubism, expressionism, and surrealism. HIs works included “Red Balloon” “Senecio”
Paul Klee
Belgian painter (1860-1949) whose subjects were carnivals, masks, skeletons, & puppets
James Ensor
Spanish painter during the “Spanish Enlightenment” whose works included “Saturn Devouring HIs Son” and “Witches Sabbath”
Francisco Goya
French artist (1885-1941) who, along with his wife and others co-founded Orphism art movement; his works include “Endless Rhythm” and “Tour Eiffel”. He moved from a neo-impressionist to cubism, then developed orphism.
Robert Delaunay
This artistic movement, started in 1912, was noted for its use of strong colors and geometric shapes.
Orphism
This artist retired from farm work and started painting when she was 78. She began painting scenes of farm life in the style of primitivism.
Grandma Moses
This artistic type emulated the style of children’s art and of primitive cultures.
Primitivism
Quaker artist whose works include “The Peaceable Kingdom” “Noah’s Ark”
Edward Hicks
English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. His works include “The Hay Wain” “Wivenhoe Park” “Dedham Vale” “View on the Sour”
John Constable
English Romantic landscape painter connected French and English landscapes artists. His works include “Coast of Picardy” “The Grand Canal” and “Normandy”
Richard Bonington
Golden age of Buddhist art in India.
Gupta
3D protrusion from a flat surface
Relief
Relief sculpture that is carved inwards instead of outwards; more common in jewelry than large scale art.
Intaglio
One who is interested in viewing the fine arts, but not participating
Dilettante
An art period at the start of the 20th century. Artists presented the world under a subjective perspective, violently distorting it to obtain an emotional effect and transmit personal moods and ideas. It’s goals were to impose the artist’s own sensibility to the world’s representation.
Expressionism
Some of example of Expressionist artists are
Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh
A short-lived movement of art in which the paintings were characterized by intensely vivid, non-naturalistic and exuberant colors while the subject matter had a high degree of simplification and abstraction.
Fauvism
Leaders of the Fauvism movement
Henri Matisse and Andre Derain
Art without a recognizable subject, one which doesn’t try to “look like” something. Instead the color and the form (and often the materials and support) are the subject to this type of painting. It’s completely non-objective and non-representational.
Abstract art
An American art movement which emerged in New York City in the 1940’s and flourished in the 1950’s. Color took precedence over form and tried to make a visual effect. This movement is marked by its use of brushstrokes and texture, the embracing of chance and the frequently massive canvases, all employed to convey powerful emotions through the glorification of the act of painting itself.
Abstract Expressionism
Some of the key figures of the Abstract Expressionism movement were
Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning
An art movement that emerged in the mid 1950’s in Britain and late 1950’s in America. This movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture celebrating everyday objects such as soup cans, washing powder, comic strips, and soda pop bottles, turning them into icons.
Pop Art
Who are some of the leading pop art artists?
Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns
To which period did Rembrandt belong?
Impressionist
A 19th century artist who was influenced by Japanese prints and is known as both a painter and a printmaker
Mary Cassatt
