art history test one

Question 1

Wunderkammer

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is literally translated from German as a ‘room of wonder’. In English it is usually referred to as a ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’.

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Salon

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Officially sanctioned exhibition of artists working within the Académie royale des peinture et de sculpture

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Academy

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a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field. Or a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.

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Classical Tradition

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refers to artwork that draws inspiration from ancient Roman or ancient Greek culture, architecture, literature, and art.

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Renaissance

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Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth.” It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom.

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Johann Winckelmann

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German archaeologist and art historian whose writings directed popular taste toward classical art

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Humanism

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seeing life and human nature as it actually was. It stressed the study of nature and human beings and focused on human thought, reason, culture, and the human experience
Medici

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Rustication

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masonry with a rough outer surface

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Lost wax method

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how metal copper sculptures were made

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Contrapposto

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an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with, while balancing, those of the hips and legs.

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McMillan Plan

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the plan for the Washington thing

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Pointillism

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applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they blend together

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Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles):

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collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens

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Neo-Platonism

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The idea that art could represent ideal beauty

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Erwin Panofsky

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his groundbreaking work for this academic discipline as on his ability to popularize his research via public lectures and eloquent studies

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Iconography

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the visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.

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Iconology

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the study of visual imagery and its symbolism and interpretation, especially in social or political terms.

Question 18

Venus pudica

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modest Venus”) is a classical stance where a nude female raises her right hand in an attempt to conceal her breast while her left hand tries to hide her pubic area.

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Grotesque

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fanciful mural or sculptural decoration involving mixed animal, human, and plant forms. Also known as gross

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Cyclorama

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designed to give viewers standing in the middle of the cylinder a 360° view, and also a building designed to show a panoramic image

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Roland Barthes

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French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.

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Signifier

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the concept or thing the representation stands in for. The signifier is the representation.

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Signified

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the concept or thing the representation stands in for

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Appropriation

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Blatant borrowing of imagery

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oil paint

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uses ground pigments and oil, takes forever to dry.

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Altarpiece

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work of art that decorates the space above and behind the altar in a Christian church

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diptych

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two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book.

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Triptych:

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work of art that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together

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Donor

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pays artist to create artwork

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Samuel Morse, Gallery of the Louvre, 1831-33 (Romanticism)

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women studying the arts while sitting in a chair look at the walls that are covered in art

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Charles Wilson Peale, Artist in His Museum, 1822 (Romanticism)

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A self portrait of Charles lifting up the curtains to show his colection

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Johan Zoffany, The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771-72 (Neo-Classical)

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Lots of men, with wigs, crowed into a room with a few naked males posing so the crowd can study and create art.

Question 33

Jacques Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784 (Neo-Classical)

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Man holding three sords, three men reaching for the sords, and three women in the back laying down dramatically.

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Bartolomeo, Palazzo de Medici, 1444-84 – Florence (Renaissance)

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The fetching square building that is ugly on the out side but beautiful on the inside

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Donatello, David, c. 1440s (Renaissance)

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The coper David, very young looking boy with one foot on goliath.

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Michelangelo, David, 1501-04 (Renaissance)

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The very famous David that is 18 Ft tall and is standing heroically.

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Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and her Maidservant, 1613 (Baroque)

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Two women, the servant is holding a head in a basket and Judith is holding the sord.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, David, 1623-24 (Baroque)

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David in motion of fighting goliath. his penis is hidden

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Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1792 (Neo-Classical)

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George looking normal and chilling

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Horatio Greenough, George Washington, 1840 (Neo-Classical/Romantic)

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George who looks like a god. no one was happy about it.

Question 41

Georges Seurat, Sunday on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-86 (Neo-Impressionism)

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the picture that is made entirely out of dots.

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Auguste Rodin, Adam, c. 1880 (Symbolism)

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Black statue, the dude looks like he is about to put a finger up his butt.

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Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, 1477-82 (Renaissance)

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The picture that has the one girl who was rapped by a god which then made her a goddess, also has the other god who is pusing clouds away.

Question 44

Antonio Canova, Paolina Borghese as Venus Vixtrix, 1804 (Neo-Classical)

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The statue of Venus laying on a couch, but her head is Borghese’s head.

Question 45

Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, between 1482 and 1485 (Renaissance)

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Venus on a clam, hiding her lady bits with her long ass hair

Question 46

Kara Walker, Gone…, 1994 (Contemporary)

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The siloet artwork that has the black man with a huge cock, like as big as him. My man is hanged like a horse.

Question 47

Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972 (Contemporary)

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the creepy doll of the black lady named aunt Jemima, she has a gun in her hand.

Question 48

Faith Ringgold, #20: Die, 1967 (Contemporary)

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everyone is killing each other, there is two kids holding each other in fear in the middle.

Question 49

Jan van Eyck and Workshop, The Last Judgment, c. 1440-41 (Northern Renaissance)

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A two panel art work of hell.

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Hubert and Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, c. 1430-32 (Northern Renaissance)

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Brah its like the last judgment art work but not of hell and has like seven panels.

Question 51

Workshop of Roger Campin, Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), c. 1427-32 (Northern
Renaissance)

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Three panel, Gaberal is in the middle one with not peacock wings.