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Art Academic Decathlon Flashcards

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New Stone Age; megaliths

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rings/rows of large stones (in western europe)

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Mesopotamian Art; ziggurats

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stepped pyramids. (Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians)

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Edouard Manet

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referred to as the first impressionist

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Gustave Courbet

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French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes. (represented this movement)

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Raphael Sanzio

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influential painter during the High
Renaissance

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Giotto di Bondone—-

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Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style. (known for his frescoes; mix of gothic and renaissance)

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

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“gates of paradise”, winner of the north doors competition for the Baptistery of Florence cited as the beginning of Renaissance Art

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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credited with linear (single vanishing point) perspective. (aerial perspective as well)

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Donatello

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Florentine artist; his statues expressed an appreciation of the incredible variety of human nature. (founder of modern sculpture)

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Tintoretto

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Mannerism; distortion of certain elements

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Reformation

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corruption of the catholic church & called for it’s purification (too much lavish stuff)

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Middle Stone Age

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used rock shelters, animals, human figures

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Old Stone Age

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exaggerated female bodies, animals, human hands using red ochre and charcoal.

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contextual analysis

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use of surrounding information in art to determine its meaning. (looking outside)

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formal analysis

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analysis of the form or visual appearance of a work of art.

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art critisism

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the explanation of current art events to the general public via the press

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art history

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an academic discipline dedicated to the reconstruction of the social, cultural, and economic contexts in which an artwork was created

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Romanticism

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19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason (imaginative; dreamlike

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Jacques-Louis David

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French painter known for his classicism and his commitment to the ideals of the French Revolution. (republican neoclassicism

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Neoclassicism

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was characterized by the utilization of themes and styles from ancient Greece and Rome.

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Jean-Antoine Watteau

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This French Rococo artist was responsible for the creation of the fête galante genre (nobility paintings)

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Rococo

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very highly ornamented; celebrations at the palace; romance

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Rococo

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very highly ornamented; celebrations at the palace; romance

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salon

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system of choosing and supporting an artist

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Gianlorenzo Bernini

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most influential figure of the Roman Baroque whose sculpture emphasizes drama and incites the viewer to respond to it rather than sit and observe; also influential in architecture

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Caravaggio

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known for use of light and dark; caravaggesque

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Chiaroscuro

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the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting (exaggerated; theatrical)

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Counter Reformation

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more lavish stuff and dramatic and emotional nature.

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Baroque

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An artistic style of the late 16th century to 18th century characterized by complex forms, bold ornamentation, and contrasting elements. (more movement and energy)

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Johann Joachim Winckelmann

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a German scholar who shifted away from Vasari’s biographical emphasis to a rigorous study of stylistic development as related to historical context. (Enlightenment philosophy)

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Claude Monet

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a French painter who used a impressionism called “super-realism,” capture overall impression of the thing they were painting (his painting inspired the name of impressionism)

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Leonardo De Caprio

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used sfumato (smoke; use of mellowed colors and blurred outline

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