final Flashcards
Artist
Title
Location
Date
Style
Gianlorenzo Bernini
- Baldacchino*
- St. Peter’s Basilica*
1624-1633
Italian Baroque
Baldachin: canopy that sits over a relgious altar, lavish decorations
Artist
Title
Location
Date
Style
Caravaggio
The Calling of St. Matthew
in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
1599-1600
Italian Baroque
Tenebrism: unknown source of light shined on the scene
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Rembrandt van Rijn
Three Crosses
1653
Dutch Baroque
Drypoint: italgio technique where image was scratched into a metal plate using a needle
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Hyacinthe Rigaud
Louis XIV
1701
French Baroque
Oil Painting: oil on canvas makes for smooth brushstrokes
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera
1717
Rococo
Fête Galante: elegant outdoor entertainment
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Theodore Gericault
The Raft of the Medusa
1818-1819
Romanticism
History Painting: large multi dimensional work that depicts a specific moment in history
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Honore Daumier
Rue Transnonain, Le 15 Avril 1834
1834
Realism
Lithography: image is drawn onto a stone with a greasy crayon, much easier style of engraving
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe
1770
Neoclassicism
History Painting: large multidimensional painting depicts a true event in history
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Gustave Courbet
The Stone Breakers
1849
Realism
Avant-Garde: image that had never been seen before, these painters thought up new ideas of depicting everday life
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Claude Monet
Impression: Sunrise
1872
Impressionism
En Plein Air: painting away from the studio
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Vincent van Gogh
The Starry Night
1889
Post- Impressionism
Impasto: artist applies heavy pigment to an image to give it a different look (the sky)
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Auguste Rodin
The Burghers of Calais
1884-1889
Modern
Historicism: work pays specific attention to historic details of the time; they are depicted very run down which shows their desperation as they surrender to the king
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Pablo Picasso
Bottle of Suze
1912
Synthetic Cubism
Collage: compiling different materials into one work; the newspapers in the background
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Marcel Duchamp
Fountain
1917
Dada
Readymade: taking objects from real world and making them into art, the act of taking the fountain and making it art
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Meret Oppenheim
Object (Luncheon in Fur)
1936
Surrealism
Biomorphic: takes an organic object and makes it into an inorganic object
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Jackson Pollock
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)
1950
Abstract Impressionism
Action Painting: dripped and threw paint in an unconventional way
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Mark Rothko
Lavender and Mulberry
1959
Abstract Expressionism
Color Field Painting: huge flat areas of color that were supposed to form deeper thoughts
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Robert Rauschenburg
Canyon
1959
Contemporary
Assemblage: process where two and three dimensional objects are manipulated to make art
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Judy Chicago
The Dinner Party
1974-1979
Feminist Art
Installation: art created for a specific area in a controlled enviornment, she could sit every “member” actually at the table (art itself)
Artist
Title
Date
Style
Robert Smithson
Spiral Jetty
1969-1970
Contemporary
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