exam 2 Flashcards
the spirit of transformation spanish colonial art.
cambios
The Child born of the union of a European and a Native American.
Mestizo
System of multiple rows of columns that could be expanded in any directionas the population of the congregation grew.
hypostyle
Through meditation and self-denial, he is believed to have reached a comprehension of the universe that Buddhists call nirvana.
Nirvana
__________was a movement that developed in France around midcentury against the backdrop of an increasing emphasis on science.
Realism
________ Promoted science as the mind’s highest achievment and advocated a purely empirical approach to nature and society.
Positivist
I contrast to earlier painting tequniques in which the artist applied to either a raised or incised surface, in _______(Greek, “stone writing”) the printing and nonprinting areas of the plate are on the same plane.
Lithography
The subject matter of ____________ was inspired by the French Revolution and designed to highten moral standards.
Neoclassicism
Napoleon III allowed them to exhibit their work in what was known as the Salon des Refuses, or Salon of the Rejected Painters. It was one of the most important gatherings of avant-garde painters in the century.
Avant-garde
Striving artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries would go abbroad for extended pelgrimages to study the old masters and mingle with the avant-garde. In some cases, they immigrated to europe permanently. These artists, among them Marry Cassatt and James Abbott Mc Neill Whistler, are called the American _______.
Expatriate
The word_______suggests a lack of realism, and realistic representation was the standard of the day.
Impressionisn
Seurat’s technique has also been called _______, after his application of pigment in small dabs, or points, of pure color.
Pointillism
Gauguin developed a theory of art called ________, in which he advocated the use of broad areas of unnaturalistic color and primitive or symbolic subject matter.
Synthetism
existing or happening during the same time period
Contemporaneous
covered with decorations : covered with fancy patterns and shapes
Ornate
