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ch 3: how do i study art?: reading art Flashcards

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The history of art is immense, the earliest cave paintings pre-date writing by almost 27,000 years. If you are interested in art history, the first thing you should do is to take at these tables which briefly outlines the artists, traits, works, and events that make up major art periods and how art evolved to present day:

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Cave painting

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Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)

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fertility goddesses

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Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)

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megalithic structures

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Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)

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Stone Age characteristics

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  • Cave painting,
  • fertility goddesses,
  • megalithic structures
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Lascaux Cave Painting

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)

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Woman of Willendorf

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)

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Stonehenge

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)

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Warrior art

Characteristics

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Mesopotamian (3,500 b.c.– 539 b.c.)

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narration in stone relief

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Mesopotamian (3,500 b.c.– 539 b.c.)

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Standard of Ur

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mesopotamian (3,500 b.c.– 539 b.c.)

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Gate of Ishtar

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mesopotamian (3,500 b.c.– 539 b.c.)

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Stele of Hammurabi’s Code

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mesopotamian (3,500 b.c.– 539 b.c.)

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Art with an afterlife focus

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Egyptian (3,100 b.c.– 30 b.c.)

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pyramids

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Egyptian (3,100 b.c.– 30 b.c.)

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tomb painting

Characteristics

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Egyptian (3,100 b.c.– 30 b.c.)

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Imhotep

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Egyptian (3,100 b.c.– 30 b.c.)

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Step Pyramid

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Egyptian (3,100 b.c.– 30 b.c.)

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Great Pyramids

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Egyptian (3,100 b.c.– 30 b.c.)

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Bust of Nefertiti

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Egyptian (3,100 b.c.– 30 b.c.)

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Greek idealism

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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balance

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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perfect proportions

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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architectural orders (Doric,
Ionic, Corinthian)

Characteristics

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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architectural orders

(enumerate)

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  • Doric,
  • Ionic,
  • Corinthian
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Parthenon

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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Myron

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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Phidias

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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Polykleitos

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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Praxiteles

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.– 31 b.c.)

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Roman realism

Characteristics

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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practical

Characteristics

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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down to earth

Characteristics

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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the arc

Characteristics

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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Augustus of Primaporta

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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Colosseum

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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Trajan’s Column

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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Pantheon

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

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Serene

Characteristics

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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meditative art

Characteristics

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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Arts of the Floating World

Characteristics

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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Gu Kaizhi

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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Li Cheng

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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Guo Xi

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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Hokusai

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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Hiroshige

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.– a.d. 1900)

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Celtic art

Characteristics

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Carolingian

Characteristics

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Renaissance

Characteristics

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Gothic

Characteristics

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Romanesque

Characteristics

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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St. Sernin

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Durham Cathedral

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Notre Dame

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Chartres

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Cimabue

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Duccio

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Giotto

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Middle Ages (500 - 1400)

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Rebirth of classical culture

Characteristics

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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Ghiberti’s Doors

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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Brunnelleschi

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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Donatello

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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Botticelli

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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Leonardo

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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Michelangelo

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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Raphael

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550)

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the Low Countries Poland, Germany and England

Characteristics

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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The Renaissance spreads north-ward to France

Characteristics

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Bellini

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Giorgione

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Titian

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Dṻrer

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Bruegel

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Bosch

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Jan van Eyck

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Rogier van der Weyden

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550)

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Art that breaks the rules

Characteristics

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Mannerism (1527 - 1580)

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artifice over nature

Characteristics

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Mannerism (1527 - 1580)

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Tintoretto

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mannerism (1527 - 1580)

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Pontormo

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mannerism (1527 - 1580)

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El Greco

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mannerism (1527 - 1580)

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Cellini

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mannerism (1527 - 1580)

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Bronzino

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Mannerism (1527 - 1580)

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Splendor

Characteristics

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Baroque (1600 - 1750)

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flourish for God

Characteristics

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Baroque (1600 - 1750)

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Reubens

Characteristics

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Baroque (1600 - 1750)

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art as a weapon in the religious wars

Characteristics

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Baroque (1600 - 1750)

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Palace of Versailles

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Baroque (1600 - 1750)

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Rembrandt

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Baroque (1600 - 1750)

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Caravaggio

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Baroque (1600 - 1750)

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Art that recaptures Greco-Roman (Greek and Roman)

Characteristics

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Neoclassical (1750 - 1850)

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grace and grandeur

Characteristics

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Neoclassical (1750 - 1850)

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David

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Neoclassical (1750 - 1850)

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Ingres

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Neoclassical (1750 - 1850)

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Greuze

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Neoclassical (1750 - 1850)

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Canova

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Neoclassical (1750 - 1850)

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The triumph of imagination and individuality

Characteristics

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Romanticism (1780 - 1850)

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Caspar Friedrich

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Romanticism (1780 - 1850)

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Gericault

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Romanticism (1780 - 1850)

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Delacroix

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Romanticism (1780 - 1850)

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Turner

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Romanticism (1780 - 1850)

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Benjamin West

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Romanticism (1780 - 1850)

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en plein air (outside)

Characteristics

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Realism (1848 - 1900)

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rustic painting

Characteristics

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Realism (1848 - 1900)

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Corot

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Realism (1848 - 1900)

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Courbet

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Realism (1848 - 1900)

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Daumier

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Realism (1848 - 1900)

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Millet

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Realism (1848 - 1900)

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Celebrating working class and peasants;

Characteristics

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Realism (1848 - 1900)

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Capturing fleeting effects of natural light

Characteristics

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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Monet

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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Manet

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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Renoir

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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Morisot

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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Pissarro

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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Degas

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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Cassatt

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Impressionism (1865 - 1885)

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A soft revolt against impressionism

Characteristics

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Post-Impressionism (1885 - 1910)

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Van Gogh

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Post-Impressionism (1885 - 1910)

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Gauguin

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Post-Impressionism (1885 - 1910)

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Harsh colors and flat surfaces

Characteristics

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Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 - 1935)

(Fauvism)

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Cézanne

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Post-Impressionism (1885 - 1910)

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Seurat

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Post-Impressionism (1885 - 1910)

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emotion distorting form

Characteristics

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Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 - 1935)

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Matisse

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 - 1935)

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Kirchner

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 - 1935)

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Kandinsky

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 - 1935)

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Marc

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 - 1935)

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Pre- and Post- World War I art experiments

Characteristics

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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new forms to express modern life

Characteristics

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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Picasso

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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Braque

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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Leger

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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Boccioni

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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Malevich

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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Severini

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Cubism, Futurism, Supermatism, Constructivism, De Stijl (The Style - Dutch) (1905 - 1920)

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Ridiculous art

Characteristics

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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painting dreams

Characteristics

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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exploring the unconscious

Characteristics

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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Duchamp

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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Dali

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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Ernst

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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Magritte

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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de Chirico

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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Kahlo

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950)

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Post-World War II

Characteristics

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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Pure Abstraction

Characteristics

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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expression without form

Characteristics

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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popular art

Characteristics

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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absorbs consumerism

Characteristics

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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Gorky

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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Pollock

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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Warhol

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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de Kooning

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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Rothko

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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Lichtenstein

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Abstract Expressionism (1940’s - 1950’s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

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Art without a center

Characteristics

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

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reworking

Characteristics

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

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mixing past styles

Characteristics

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

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Gerhard Richter

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

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Anselm Kiefer

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

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Cindy Sherman

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

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Frank Gehry

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

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Zaha Hadid

Chief Artists and Major Works

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Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- present)

artapp (sir migs) (4 decks)

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