Art History 2 Flashcards
Salon
a large room for entertaining guests; a periodic social or intellectual gathering, often of prominent people; a hall or gallery for exhibiting works of art
Putti
A plump, naked little boy, often winged. In Classical art, called a cupid; in Christian art, a cherub
Momento Mori
From Latin for “remember that you must die.” An object such as a skull or extinguished candle, symbolizing the transience of life
Fete Galente
a subject in painting depicting well-dressed people at leisure in a park or country setting
Drame Bourgeois
the middle-class drama; moralizing plays that communicated moral and civic lessons, through simple, clear stories of ordinary lfe
Picturesque
the interesting but ordinary domestique landscape
Sublime
a state of greatness or vastness; something awe-inspiring
Daguerreotype
An early photographic process that makes a positive print on a light-sensitized copper plate; invented and marketed in 1839 by Louis Jacques-Mande Daguerre
Avant-Garde
Artists or concepts of a strikingly new, experimental, or radical nature for their time
Positivism
The idea that one must insist on verifiable facts and not on wishful thinking
Industrialization
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
Haussmannization
The renovation of the city of Paris from narrow streets to wide boulevards
Alienation
Close physical proximity coupled with great psychological distance
En plein air
The act of painting outdoors
Complementary color
The primary and secondary colors across from one another on the color wheel. When juxtaposed, the intensity of both colors increases
Pointillism/Divisionism
The technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image
Optical mixture of colors
Creating paint colors not by mixing them on the palette, but through knowledge of color theory and how the eye perceives colors that abut and overlay each other.
Primitivism
The borrowing of subjects or forms usually from non-European or prehistoric sources by Western artists. Originally practiced by Western artists in an attempt to infuse their work with the naturalistic and expressive qualities attributed to other cultures, especially colonized cultures
Impasto
Thick applications of pigment that give a painting a palpable surface texture
Synthetism
The synthesis of the artist’s observations of the subject in nature with the artist’s feelings about that subject
Fauve
Wild Beast
Synesthete
Someone who “hears” colors and “sees” sound
Tonal Center
A home base or place of repose in a musical composition
Readymade
An object from popular or material culture presented without further manipulation as an artwork by the artist
Dynamic equilibrium
Balance of opposites
Automatism
A technique in which artists abandon the usual intellectual control over their brushes or pencils to allow the subconscious to create the artwork without rational interference
Frottage
A design produced by laying a piece of paper over a textured surface and rubbing with charcoal or other soft medium
Grattage
A pattern created by scraping off layers of paint from a canvas laid over a textured surface
Biomorphic
Denoting the biologically or organically inspired shapes and forms that were routinely included in abstracted Modern art in the early twentieth century
Formalism
An approach to the understanding, appreciation, and valuation of art based almost solely on consideration of form
Romanticism
Term in use by the early nineteenth century to describe the movement in art and literature distinguished by a new interest in human psychology, expression of personal feeling and interest in the natural world.
Neoclassicism
Return to reason, teaches you something.
Naturalism
Paints alienation/realistic view.
Impressionism
Different approach to the modern day life of oatmoternization. Interested in painting specific seasons and light of day and how it changes.
Dadaism
A movement after the First World War which is a rejection of logic and reason.
Cubism
No expression of emotions, Just fracturing of the painting and planes. No depth, No in front or behind. No sense of space in cubism. Form and color is completely gone.
Expressionists
large scale, color and distortion. Expressionism is faithfulness to emotional response to a subject is more important than the appearance of art.
Post Impressionism
Cast shadows and involved pointillism of dots on the picture plane that blend on the retina. Technique: pointillism, and paints stillness. Impressionists do not paint still, they paint quickness.
Rococo
A style that provides pleasure and loose brushwork and bold colors like the Reuben’s.
