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Abstract

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Latin term “drawn away” - departure from lifelike depiction of reality; not representative

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Academies of note

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art academy- teaches fundamentals of painting and sculpture vs prior apprenticeship of guilds;
Royal Academy Paris 1648 casts/ sculptures

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chiaroscuro

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part of drawing, line and chiaroscuro (treatment of light and shading) Creates 3D look, creates drama or mystery

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Academic

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artist trained at academy - following the principles taught - depict scenes from Bible, ancient history, or mythology. Crisp outlines and smooth paint surfaces

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Aesthetics

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philosophy focusing on question of beauty and ugliness

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Allegory

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~parable, story that illustrates a moral truth; figures - female personification of liberty, justice, truth, vanity - often contained in objects they hold or dress - justice=blindfold, truth=nude, vanity=mirror

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Anxiety of influence

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uneasiness of being confronted with famous earlier works - may be assoc with rebellious interpretations

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Arabesque

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geometric patterns

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Assumption

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Virgin Mary into heaven

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Attribute

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identifying object carried by figure (ex keys of st peter, apple of venus…)

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Avante Garde-

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term in 1910 artistic forefront - ahead of their contemporaries

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Beau-Arts Architecture

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late 19th, early 20th century - formal planning, Classical elements and abundant decoration

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Cameo

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image in relief on stone or glass with effect from layers in different colors

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complementary

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red - green, yellow- purple, blue - orange for optimum color contrast

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conversation piece

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portrait full length of group in conversation or activity like a game or music making

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Decorative

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decus = adorns, or beautifies. often negative ring - suggesting devoid of meaning, but more recently positive meaning - aesthetic enhancement

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Divisionism

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term from neo impressionist painter Paul Signac - paint applied in small patches, lines or dotes (pointillism) to create optical mixture

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Eclecticism

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selecting the best of various doctrines applied to architecture and arts

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Ecole des Beaux arts -

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school of fine arts - france 1793; Rome prize from juries of salons, influence declined in 1800s

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Emblem

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form used as identifying mark ex flour de lis -> french royals, bee -> napolean

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Envoi

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work sent yearly to French Academy to show progress

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Eros

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winged male = cupid spirit of love

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Exemplum virtutis

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example of virtue - neoclassical art goal to educate the public showing virtuous deeds of historic role models

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Facture

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french term referring to brushwork

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Fascis

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bundle of rods tied together with traps carried by ancient roman attendants - signify authority or unity

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Friendship picture

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gift from one artist to another as token of admiration

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Genre painting

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painting of a scene of daily life

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Gesamtkunstwerk

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term from R Wagner - using several art forms to achieve totalizing effect, single idea

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Grande Machine

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“big contraption” - slang term for large history painting intended for the Salon

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Hierarchy of genres

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history painting> landscape, portrait, genre painting (daily life) > still life

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Horror Vacui

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latin “fear of emptiness” = excessively crowded composition

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Hue

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addition of white (no white= saturated, highest intensity)

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Icon

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greek “image” - image of holy figure unmoving, expressionless, non-narrative

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idealism

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improving reality to peferction that does not exist

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Illusionistic

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form of representation creating strong illusion of reality

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Impasto

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heavy application of oil paint - marks of brush or knife

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Leitmotiv

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“leading motif” - what recurs in an artists work

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Naturalism

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art representing figures an objects c/w their appearance in reality; 19th century photograph like appearance

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Oeuvre

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french for work - collective work of artist

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Ruskin (1856) term for displaying parallels between state of mind of figures an conditions of nature esp in Romantic art (angry storm, sad rain..)

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Pendant

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work forming a pair - ex husband and wife portraits

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Phrygian bonnet -

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soft red cap with rounded peak work by freed slaves in and rome - symbol of freedom in french rev (bonnet rouge)

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Plein air painting

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working outside

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Putto

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naked infant boy representing a pagan spirit or angel

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Relief

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low or high 3D figure out of surrounding flat surface

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Repoussoir

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landscape painters - use of foreground elements to frame the composition and suggest depth/distance

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Ruckenfigure

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figure seen form the back (Caspar David Friedrich d 1840 - used a lot)

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Satire

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human follies for ridicule - often in prints

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Scatology

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bodily function theme -

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Sfumato

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from italian sfumare - to blur - forms have fuzzy blurred contour

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vanitas stil life

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still life objects that symbolize death

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Symbolic Realism -

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pre-Raphaelites - realism and symbolism were inseparable - every detail considered meaningful

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Tableau

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french for painting - esp for exhibition

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Tempera

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pint - pigments mixed with water with binder such as egg yolk, gum or wax - used in middle ages to early Renaissance replaced in 1400s with oil

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Tonal painting

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color is subordinated to tone - gray or brown predominate - light and dark more than local colors (natural color) esp Hague/ Netherlands school

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Verisimilitude

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appearance of being real

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Zeitgeist -

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spirit of time from Hegel d1831; transition from one style to the next reflects larger historical transformation

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art phases

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classical
Rococo
neoclassical - recalling classical antiquity
romantic - intimacy, spiral, color, aspiration (but often inspired by the past, bible etc)
realists - (Courbet - no angels because he hadn’t seen one)
abstract/nonobjective (Manet) -

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Long hair

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symbol of sexual allure - (esp Edvard Munch); Picasso Nude with mirror

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July Monarchy (1830-1848) - 3 landscape themes

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landscapes sought at time of urbanization; 1) historical (academy -Corot), 2)picturesque (castles etc, from England reflected desire to travel), 3) Naturalism-Barbizon School (faithful depiction light and atmosphere - Constable inspired, Rousseau leading)

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Realism

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1848 revolution - Louis Napoleon III in 2nd republic; ordinary common life - Gustave Courbet - Burial at Organs c1850 criticized for depicting the ordinary

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Salon - & its demise

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3rd republic and the demise of the state sponsored salon: issues display of best or market? large/grand or small marketable? academician judges or people? >7k admissions 1873; In 1880 - Salons per Society of French Artists, state run triennial exhibitions - but too large/ too many -

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Naturalism

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Naturalism c1870-1890 salons; revised Realism observational wo political overtones & devoid of references to past art & with detail and finish typically peasant life; followed technical academic painting procedure; ex Bassein-Lepage

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Impressionism

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world as seen rather than as known; between realism and abstraction. new viewpoints, unfinished looking - sketch/etude- like. after Monets Sunrise-Impression. First private exhibition 1874.
Include Bazille, Caillebotte, Cassatt, Degas, Monet, Berthe-Morisot, pissarro, Renoir, Sisley.

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Neo-impressionism

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Seurat- going beyond impressionists - turning choppy brushwork into systematic pointillism. Signal followed, and Pissarro with similar technique; A Sunday at la Grande Jate 1884

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