Art History

Question 1

was famous for its advanced techniques in oll painting, realistic. expressive altarpiece art, wooden panel hinties, woodcuts and printmaking.

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance

Question 2

popular artist during this period: Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Dürer, Bruegel, Bosch,
Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance

Question 3

Art that breaks the rules; artifice over nature

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Mannerism (1527-1580)

Question 4

in __ paintings and compositions can have no focal point and space can be ambiguous. The figures can be presented by an athletic bending and twisting with distortions, exaggerations, elongation of the limbs, bizarre posturing on one hand, graceful posturing on the other hand, and a rendering of the heads as uniformly small and oval

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Mannerism

Question 5

is characterized by exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music.

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Baroque style

Question 6

is a trait of Baroque art. This technique refers to the interplay between light and dark, often used in paintings with dimly lit scenes to produce a very high-contrast, dramatic atmosphere

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Chiaroscuro technique

Question 7

The most important events of the Baroque era were the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation

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baroque

Question 8

Art that recaptures Greco-Roman grace and grandeur

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Neoclassical (1750-1850)

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significant historical events: Enlightenment (18th century); Industrial Revolution (1760-1850)

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Neoclassical (1750-1850)

Question 10

___ ___and sculpture involved an emphasis on austere linear design in the depiction of classical events, characters and themes, using historically correct settings and costumes,

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Neoclassical painting

Question 11

Napoleon at St. Bernard Pass and Cupid and Psyche are from ___ period

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Neoclassical

Question 13

The triumph of imagination and individuality

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Romanticism

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American Revolution (1775-1783); French Revolution (1789-1799):
Napoleon crowned emperor of France (1803)

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Significant Historical Events

Question 15

___ may also be characterized by what it stood against.

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romanticism

Question 16

Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting

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Realism (1848-1900)

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Significant Historical Events : European democratic revolutions of 1848

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Realism

Question 18

rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the late 18th century. They had enough of the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism of the movement.

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realist

Question 19

The Gleaners Artist: Millet
Passanti in una via di Parigi
Artisti Daumier

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realism