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1
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Enlightenment

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Age of Reason. The intellectual (History/Politics/Philosophy) equivalent of Neoclassism

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Rococo

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fantasy style that preceded the neoclassical

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Pompeii, Herculaneum

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Roman ruins discovered in the 1700s

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Mt Vesuvius

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Erupted to ruin Pompeii and Herculaneum

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5
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American Revolution

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1776

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French Revolution

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1789

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French Academy of Art

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premier art institution in France

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Prix de Rome

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Rome Prize

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Alba

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village near Rome that had a conflict portrayed in painting by David

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10
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Curatii

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members of the Curatius family

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11
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Charlotte Corday

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killed Marat

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12
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Laurel wreath

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symbol of roman emperor

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13
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contrapposto

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human figure standing with most weight on one leg

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14
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Fasces

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bundle of rods that was a symbol of power in Rome

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15
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Maison Carree, Nimes

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ancient Roman temple in Niemes, Fr that inspired Jefferson’s VA State Capitol

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16
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Column + entablature + pediment

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columns hold up the entablature upon which rests the pediment, classical order of architecture

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17
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Ionic Capitals

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Roman vs Greek, Romans used smooth columns

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18
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Cast Iron

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possible w invention of coke. enabled prefabrication

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19
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prefabrication and on-site assembly

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hall mark of industrial revolution

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20
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Iron/steel cage framing

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made skyscrapers possible

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21
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veneer construction

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made skyscrapers possible

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22
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Elisha Otis

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Otis Elevator Co, 1853; essential technology for using tall buildings

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23
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Etching

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printing technique used for Los Caprichos

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24
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Los Caprichos

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90 etchings made by Goya in late 1700s

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25
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Lynx

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cat in etching that can see through darkness

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26
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French Occupation of Spain

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1807-1814

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27
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Painterly

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sketchy free form, opposite of David’s style

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28
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The Black Paintings

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Casa del Sordo, Madrid

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29
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Saturn

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Cronos

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30
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Incubus

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male

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31
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Sucubus

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female

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Mare

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Bacchus

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roman god of wine

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Bacchantes

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a follower of Bacchus

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Dante

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Middle Ages, Italian poet

36
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The Divine Comedy

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Dante work depicting afterlife

37
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Virgil

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great roman poet

38
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Salon exhibition

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annual (give or take) French art shows

39
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The July Revolution

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July, 1830 revolt in streets of Paris that led to more power for the parliment

40
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Tricolor Flag

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French glad is an example, it is in the painting of liberty leading the people

41
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Winged Victory

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sculpture in the Lourve, inspiration for Liberty

42
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The Sublime

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“the strongest emotion which the mind is capable of feeling” “delightful horror” “beauty heightened by awe” “beauty charms; the Sublime moves. Day is beauty; the night, Sublime.”

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Burke

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advanced concept of sublime

44
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Kant

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advanced concept of sublime

45
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Rousseau

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would go for walks because of the way it settled mood. Delight of being part of nature

46
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Transcendence

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being part of something bigger, related to the sublime

47
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Pantheism

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God’s presence in nature

48
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The Wanderer

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literary concept applied to romantic landscape paintings

49
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The Times of Day series

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Runge’s project that he never finished

50
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gesamtkunstwerk

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a total integration of the arts with painting, architecture, music, poetry

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aurora

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Roman goddess of dawn

52
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impasto

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applying paint in really thick layers

53
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oil glazes

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outdoor painting

55
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The Nazarenes

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Italian namer for monastic German painters in Rome. The called themselves the Brotherhood of St Luke

56
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Art Academy vs Guild of St. Luke

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school vs apprenticeship

57
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Gothic and early Renaissance (before Raphael)

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inspiration for both Romantics and Nazarenes

58
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David

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Neoclassical, The Oath of the Horatii, Portrait of Madame Recamier, Death of Marat

59
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Ingres

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Neoclassical, Napoleon on his Imperial Throne

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Canova

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Neoclassical, Cupid and Psyche

61
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Houdon

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Neoclassical, George Washington

62
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Jefferson

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Neoclassical, Virginia State Capitol

63
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De Loutherbourg

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Industrial Revolution, Coalbrookdale by Night

64
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Paxton

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Industrial Revolution, Crystal Palace

65
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Sullivan

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Industrial Revolution, Guaranty Building

66
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Goya

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Romanticism, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, May 3, 1808, Saturn Devouring one of His Children

67
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Fuseli

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Romanticism, The Nightmare

68
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Stubbs

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Romanticism, Lion Attacking a Horse

69
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Preault

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Romanticism, Slaughter

70
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Carpeaux

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Romanticism The Dance

71
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Garicault

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Romanticism, The Raft of the Medusa, Portrait of an Insane Man (Suffering Delusions of Military Rank)

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Delacroix

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Romanticism, Dante and Virgil, Liberty Leading the People

73
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Friedrich

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Romanticism, Wanderer Above the Mists, Monk by the Sea, Woman Before Rising Sun

74
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Runge

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Romanticism, Morning

75
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Turner

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Romanticism, The Slave Ship, Snow Storm at Sea

76
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Constable

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Romanticism, Cloud Study

77
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Church

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Romanticism, Twilight in the Wilderness

78
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Overbeck

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The Nazarenes, Italy & Germany, Portrait of Franz Pforr

Art 511 Nineteenth Century European Art (6 decks)

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