Barron's: Chapter 20 - Romanticism

Question 1

Time Period

Answer 1

• 1789-1848

Question 2

Essential Knowledge

Answer 2

• The late eighteenth century is known as the Enlightenment, a period of scientific advance. it is followed by the revolutionary principals of the Romantic period
• new philosophies, particularly those by Marx and Darwin, spread throughout the world. These views were supplemented by a new understanding of worldwide cultures
• modern movement include Neoclassicism and Romanticism
• artists belong to academies and show their work in salons
• architecture is characterized by a series of revivals
• the salons of Paris grow in importance
• Artists work less in the service of religion, more for corporations

Question 3

Palace of Westminster (The Houses of Parliament)

Answer 3

• Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin
• 1840-1870
• limestone, masonry, and glass
• London
• Romanticism
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Government Centers
  
  • Nan Madol
  • Versailles
  • Forbidden City

Question 4

And There’s Nothing to Be Done (Y no hai remedio)

Answer 4

• Francisco de Goya
• from the Disasters of War
• 1810-1823
• drypoint etching
• Romanticism

Question 5

La Grand Odalisque (The Grand Odalisque)

Answer 5

• Jean-Auguste Ingres
• 1814
• oil on canvas
• Louvre, Paris
• Romanticism
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Female Figure
  
  • Tlatilco Female Figure
  • Neshat, Rebellious Silence
  • Pwo Mask

Question 6

Liberty Leading the People

Answer 6

• Eugene Delacroix
• 1830
• oil on canvas
• Louvre, Paris
• Romanticism
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: National Symbols
  
  • Menkaura and His Queen
  • Chairman Mao En Route to Anyuan
  • Golden Stool

Question 7

Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)

Answer 7

• Joseph Turner
• 1840
• oil on canvas
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Romanticism

Question 8

The Oxbow

Answer 8

• Thomas Cole
• 1836
• oil on canvas
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Romanticism
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Nature
  
  • Korin, White and Red Plum Blossoms
  • Su-nam, Summer Trees
  • Ryoan-ji

Question 9

Still Life in Studio

Answer 9

• Louis Daguerre
• 1837
• daguerreotype
• French Photographic Society, Paris
• Romanticism
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Still Lifes
  
  • Ruysch, Fruits and Insects
  • Matisse, Goldfish

Question 10

calotype

Answer 10

• a type of earl photograph, developed by William H. F. Talbot that is characterized by its grainy quality. it is considered the forefather of all photography because it produces both a positive and a negative image

Question 11

camera obscura

Answer 11

• means dark room in Latin

- a bow with a lens which captures light and casts and image of the opposite side

Question 12

caprics

Answer 12

• usually a work of art that is an architectural fantasy; more broadly any work that has a fantasy element

Question 13

daguerreotype

Answer 13

• a type of photograph developed by Louis Daguerre that is characterized by a shiny surface, meticulous finish, and clarity of detail. they are unique photographs; they have no negative

Question 14

odalisque

Answer 14

• a woman slave in a harem

Question 15

photogram

Answer 15

• an image made by placing objects on photosensitive paper and exposing them to light to produce a silhouette

Question 16

school

Answer 16

• a group of artists who share the same philosophy, work around the same time, but are not necessarily together

Question 17

the sublime

Answer 17

• any cathartic experience form the catastrophic to the intellectual that causes the viewer to marvel in awe, wonder, and passion