classical era Flashcards
CLASSICAL PERIOD is also called as
CLASSICISM
introduced a host of elements into European culture, including the application of Mathematics and empiricism into art, humanism and literary.
CLASSICISM
During this period, the introduction of Polytheism or paganism was made.
CLASSICISM
took on more overtones of orderliness, the use of geometry and grids, the importance of discipline and pedagogy and the formation of schools of art and music.
CLASSICISM
This period sought the revival of classical art forms, including Greek drama and music.
CLASSICISM
stressed the importance of symmetry and form in the arts.
CLASSICISM
The Classical period has been called the _____ because it was at this time that the major forms of Classical music–the symphony, concerto, sonata, and string quartet–were fully developed.
“Golden Age of Music”
it had been called the “Golden Age of Music” because it was at this time that the major forms of Classical music–the symphony, concerto, sonata, and string quartet–were fully developed.
Classical period
most important musical form of the Classical period.
Sonata
influenced the development of all areas of orchestral and chamber music.
Sonata
three sections of sonata:
exposition, development, and recapitulation
the leading composer of the pre-Classical period.
C.P.E. Bach
German composer, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Italian composer and cellist who influenced the development of the string quartet as a musical form
Luigi Boccherini
composed the first music for a quintet for strings, as well as a quintet with strings and piano.
Luigi Boccherini
German classical composer, best known for his operas.
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Austrian composer who was one of the most important figures in the development of the Classical style in music during the 18th century.
Joseph Haydn
helped establish the forms for the string quartet and the symphony.
Joseph Haydn
German novelist, short-story writer, and music critic.
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composer in the history of Western music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
German composer, writer and music critic
Johann Friedrich Reichardt
Classicism in the theatre was developed around 17th century by the ______
French playwriters.
term that refers to artistic works produced from the 19th century to the 20th century.
MODERN ART
The movement (Early Modern Art) was led by_____,
Gustave Courbet
Modern painting is often traced to
realism
dominant trend in Modern painting
distortionism
Socially conscious realist art is referred to as
social realism.
one of the first 19th century artists to approach modern-life subjects
Edouard Manet
a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Edouard Manet
greatest impressionist & the father of Modern Art
Paul Cezanne
includes many treatments of the lily-pond outside the home to which he retired.
water-lilies series
An art movement which took its name from one particular painting by Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise of 1872.
IMPRESSIONISM
one of the great masters of impressionism who worked most often directly from nature and used new modes of representation.
Claude Monet
painting by Claude Monet where impressionism took its name
Impression: Sunrise of 1872.
In the period ca. 1900-WWI, distortionism was pushed to its very limits, resulting in the birth of abstract art.
Late Modern Painting
Late Modern Painting year
1900-WWI
The next step in geometric distortion was_____, in which
cubism
the world is severely flattened, simplified, and fragmented, and multiple views of an object are simultaneously depicted.
cubism
Its foremost practitioner (and co-inventor) wasPablo Picasso, a Spanish-born French artist.
cubism
foremost practitioner (and co-inventor) of cubism
Pablo Picasso
(father of expressionism)
Vincent Van Gogh
used bright, pure colors mixed on the palette but applied to the canvas in small dots or strokes replying on the beholder’s eyes to see them together
Expressionism
Criticized the impressionists for their shallowness and lack of emotional commitment
VINCENT VAN GOGH
The leading master of fluid distortion
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Cafe Terrace at Night
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Starry Night
VINCENT VAN GOGH
replaced rational conception of nature or life with one based on non-rational & emotional concepts
expressionists
free distortion of form and color through which the painter gives visual form to inner sensations or emotions
expressionism
Expressionistic literature was influenced by the plays of _____, a brilliant but erotic Swedish dramatist, whose fantastic and perverted “dream plays” were popular in Germany
August Strindberg
used it to mock traditional values and notions of meaning/purpose in life,
Dada artists
argued that absurd images could be used to explore new depths of artistic expression.
surrealists
pioneered the technique ofautomatism, in which an artist lets go of conscious thought and paints whatever images come to mind “automatically”.
surrealists
surrealists pioneered the technique of
automatism
artist lets go of conscious thought and paints whatever images come to mind “automatically”.
technique ofautomatism
foremost surrealist painter is
Salvador Dalí
depicts everyday objects and aspects of popular culture (e.g. advertisements, comic strips), thrived in America and Britain.
Pop art
The most famous pop artist is
Andy Warhol.
a characteristic of modern art.
ABSTRACTION
2 SCHOOLS:
Neo-classical schools
Romantic-Realistic Schools
depicted perfect human anatomy endowed with a calm, reflective look
Neo-classical schools
– depicted realistic figures with psychological attitudes of the French Revolution
Romantic-Realistic Schools
emphasized values of the imagination
- Romanticism
(Father of Abstract sculpture)
Pablo Picasso
advocated a regeneration of plastic shapes through geometric organization of the human body
Julio Gonzalez
French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most well-known of all the French Romantic writers
VICTOR HUGO
a historical tragedy whose theme is the conflict between love and honor
Hernani
Hugo’s greatest legacy
Lyric poetry
an epic story written by Hugo about social injustice.
Les Misérables (1862),
“Poet of the Piano”
FREDERIC CHOPIN
His music speaks out of the solitude & loneliness of his soul
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The modern piano became his only means of self-expression
FREDERIC CHOPIN
FREDERIC CHOPIN’S only means of self-expression
modern piano
Poet and language professor WHO Glorified nature & the simple joys & sorrows of ordinary upright folk
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
His paintings not only communicated ideas, they are masterpieces of design, form, receding advancing planes, & underlying rhythmic pattern
HONORE DAUMIER
His religious music was designed to “lead man back to God”
FRANZ LISZT
Defined “humanistic music” as dramatic and church life
FRANZ LISZT
Was torn between affection and bitterness toward America
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
