art history test one Flashcards
Wunderkammer
is literally translated from German as a ‘room of wonder’. In English it is usually referred to as a ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’.
Salon
Officially sanctioned exhibition of artists working within the Académie royale des peinture et de sculpture
Academy
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.
Classical Tradition
refers to artwork that draws inspiration from ancient Roman or ancient Greek culture, architecture, literature, and art.
Renaissance
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.
Johann Winckelmann
German archaeologist and art historian whose writings directed popular taste toward classical art
Humanism
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
Rustication
masonry with a rough outer surface
Lost wax method
how metal copper sculptures were made
Contrapposto
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.
McMillan Plan
the plan for the Washington thing
Pointillism
applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they blend together
Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles):
collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens
Neo-Platonism
The idea that art could represent ideal beauty
Erwin Panofsky
his groundbreaking work for this academic discipline as on his ability to popularize his research via public lectures and eloquent studies
Iconography
the visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.
Iconology
the study of visual imagery and its symbolism and interpretation, especially in social or political terms.
Venus pudica
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.
Grotesque
fanciful mural or sculptural decoration involving mixed animal, human, and plant forms. Also known as gross
Cyclorama
designed to give viewers standing in the middle of the cylinder a 360° view, and also a building designed to show a panoramic image
Roland Barthes
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.
Signifier
the concept or thing the representation stands in for. The signifier is the representation.
Signified
the concept or thing the representation stands in for
Appropriation
Blatant borrowing of imagery
oil paint
uses ground pigments and oil, takes forever to dry.
Altarpiece
work of art that decorates the space above and behind the altar in a Christian church
diptych
two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book.
Triptych:
work of art that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together
Donor
pays artist to create artwork
Samuel Morse, Gallery of the Louvre, 1831-33 (Romanticism)
women studying the arts while sitting in a chair look at the walls that are covered in art
Charles Wilson Peale, Artist in His Museum, 1822 (Romanticism)
A self portrait of Charles lifting up the curtains to show his colection
Johan Zoffany, The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771-72 (Neo-Classical)
Lots of men, with wigs, crowed into a room with a few naked males posing so the crowd can study and create art.
Jacques Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784 (Neo-Classical)
Man holding three sords, three men reaching for the sords, and three women in the back laying down dramatically.
Bartolomeo, Palazzo de Medici, 1444-84 – Florence (Renaissance)
The fetching square building that is ugly on the out side but beautiful on the inside
Donatello, David, c. 1440s (Renaissance)
The coper David, very young looking boy with one foot on goliath.
Michelangelo, David, 1501-04 (Renaissance)
The very famous David that is 18 Ft tall and is standing heroically.
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and her Maidservant, 1613 (Baroque)
Two women, the servant is holding a head in a basket and Judith is holding the sord.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, David, 1623-24 (Baroque)
David in motion of fighting goliath. his penis is hidden
Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1792 (Neo-Classical)
George looking normal and chilling
Horatio Greenough, George Washington, 1840 (Neo-Classical/Romantic)
George who looks like a god. no one was happy about it.
Georges Seurat, Sunday on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-86 (Neo-Impressionism)
the picture that is made entirely out of dots.
Auguste Rodin, Adam, c. 1880 (Symbolism)
Black statue, the dude looks like he is about to put a finger up his butt.
Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, 1477-82 (Renaissance)
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.
Antonio Canova, Paolina Borghese as Venus Vixtrix, 1804 (Neo-Classical)
The statue of Venus laying on a couch, but her head is Borghese’s head.
Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, between 1482 and 1485 (Renaissance)
Venus on a clam, hiding her lady bits with her long ass hair
Kara Walker, Gone…, 1994 (Contemporary)
The siloet artwork that has the black man with a huge cock, like as big as him. My man is hanged like a horse.
Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972 (Contemporary)
the creepy doll of the black lady named aunt Jemima, she has a gun in her hand.
Faith Ringgold, #20: Die, 1967 (Contemporary)
everyone is killing each other, there is two kids holding each other in fear in the middle.
Jan van Eyck and Workshop, The Last Judgment, c. 1440-41 (Northern Renaissance)
A two panel art work of hell.
Hubert and Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, c. 1430-32 (Northern Renaissance)
Brah its like the last judgment art work but not of hell and has like seven panels.
Workshop of Roger Campin, Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), c. 1427-32 (Northern
Renaissance)
Three panel, Gaberal is in the middle one with not peacock wings.
