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El Greco, Jacopo Tintoretto, and Antoine Caron all developed works in the style of _________.

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Mannerism

• 1520-1600, sought to go against the strict proportionality of the High a Renaissance

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Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael were both artist from the _____ _________.

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High Renaissance

• Michelangelo was also an artist from this time period.

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The real name of painter _____ ________ (1541-1614) was Domenicos Theotocopoulos. His greatest work was titled Assumption.

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El Greco

• Painted many works of devoted ascetics.

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An arrangement of colored tiles to form a decorative surface is a ________.

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Mosaic

• They can be formed using glass, marble, or wood. Each piece is combined to form geometric patterns or small things. Hagia Sophia, considered the greatest example of Byzantine architecture in existence, is decorated in glittering Eastern mosaics.

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Developed in 1907 by Pablo Picasso and his contemporaries, ________ replaced the artistic tendencies of previous generations with fragmented three-dimensional images.

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Cubism

• Abstract cubist forms were designed to appeal to the human intelligent.

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A(n) _______ is a piece of artwork composed of three hinged panels.

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Triptych

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Artwork composed of two separate, connected parts is called a(n) ________.

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Diptych

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_______ is the art of painting plaster.

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Fresco

• Technique requires great speed and skill, as a large area must be completed before the plaster hardens.

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As opposed to true form of the technique, ____ ______ is the painting of dried plaster.

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Dry fresco

• Dry fresco allows for much greater detail, and is almost exclusively used in dry climates where the paints is unlikely to wash away.

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A large painting that spans an entire wall is a ________.

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Mural

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In paintings, parallel lines appear to join at the ________ _____.

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Vanishing point

• Andrea dal Pozzo was known for his converging perspective.

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The distribution of light and darkness in a painting is called _________.

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Chiaroscuro

• Meaning “light and dark” in Italian. Antonio Correggio and Caravaggio were well known for employing this technique.

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In Greece, they used vases called ________.

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Amphora

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The ceiling of the ______ ________ in the Vatican was painted by Michelangelo.

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Sistine Chapel

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The world’s smallest nation, ________ houses extensive art and manuscripts archives.

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The Vatican

• Ruled by the Pope

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_________ created the Gate of Hell, a collection of bronze sculptures adorning a large door.

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Auguste Rodin

• A French sculptor, Rodin (1840-1917) never finished Gate of Hell, which was inspired by Dante’s Inferno.

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Born in 1475, _________’s work marked the High Renaissance period, his greatest masterpiece being The Last Judgement (1534).

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Michelangelo

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__________ (1452-1519) painted Mona Lisa (1503).

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Leonardo de Vinci

• A symbol of the Renaissance era, his subjects included everything from caricatures to serious academic anatomical studies.

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__________ refers to twentieth-century art using innovative means of expression.

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Modernism

• Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol are two well-known modernists.

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Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, and Amedeo Modigliani are examples of _____-_________.

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Post-Impressionist

• Were mostly unified by their rejection of Impressionism.

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Brilliant, luminous paintings of nature of the 19th was known as _________.

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Impressionism

• Founded by Monet, Renior, Sisley and Bazille, Impressionism was a rejection of the emotional response to romanticism. Instead of imagination, they focused on the reality of natural scenes for their subject matter.

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Baroque painter ________ made sea point.

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Claude Lorrain

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Mannerism painter _________ (1486-1551) designed Old Testament scenes and many sculptures for the Siena Cathedral.

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Domenico Beccafumi

• Among his Siena sculptures are Nativity of the Virgin, Descent into Limbo, and St. Michael.

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Lasting from 1916 to 1922, _________ originated from the disenchantment created by World War I.

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Dadaism

Employing absurdity and unpredictability, Dada works were largely collages.

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Ellsworth Kelly, Barnett Newman, and Clfford Singer were all _________ painters.

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Minimalist

• Founded in the 1960s, Minimalism reduces objects to their barest forms, focusing on color and simplicity.

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Giovanni Panini, Jacques-Louis David, and Rudolf Ernest were all painters from the ___________ era.

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Neoclassicism

• Neoclassicism was characterized by the 18th regeneration in interest in Greek and a Roman history, spurred by the discovery of Pompeii.

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__________ (1748-1825) painted The Oath of the Horatii and Death of Socrates.

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Jacques-Louis David

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Edward Hopper was a major ________ artist, with works like New York Movie and a Horse Fair.

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Realism

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__________ was the artist of Lighthouse at Town Lights and Approaching a City.

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Edward Hopper

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Lasting from World War I, the _____ ________ art movement was created in protest to the preceding emphasis on historical subjects.

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Art Nouveau

• Major players were Gustav Klimt and Theophile Stimlin. The style mostly compasses jewelry and book illustrations, and was fraught with symbolism.

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The _______ _________ movement encompassed African-American in the 1920s.

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Harlem Renaissance

• Developed in New York City, largely by Southerns moving to the North.

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______ was the artist of Cafe and Street Musicians.

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William H. Johnson

• Originally from South Carolina, Johnson joined in forming the Harlem Renaissance movement after moving to New York.

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Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte were _______ painters.

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Surrealist

• Characterized by vibrant visual imagery base on the imagination instead of reality, its images stir thought but could not logically exist.

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How can Pointillism can described?

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Works are created with thousands of tiny dots of color that merge into an image from far-away.

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The highest horizontal slab on a Greek column is a(n) ________.

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Abacus

• Forming the top of the column’s capital, the abacus is a flat square stone.

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Ben Shahn’s painting The _______ of Sacco and Vanzetti was inspired by the 1920 trial of two Italian anarchists.

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Passion

• Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed for the murder of two men—a crime most believed they did not commit.

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In Christian art, St. Luke the Evangelist is known by the symbol, of the ______.

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Ox

• In Christian art, the Evangelists were usually represented by a symbol, instead of being drawn directly. The ox is the symbol of priesthood, and St. Luke begins his gospel with the story of a priest.

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In Christian art, St. John the Evangelist is known by the symbol of the ________.

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Eagle

• He was known for this symbol because, like a bird, he looked upon the sun. Among the other three Evangelist’s symbols—the ox, man, and lion—this makes up Ezekiel’s cherub.

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In Christian art, St. Mark the Evangelist is known by the symbol of the ________.

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Lion

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In Christian art, St. Matthew the Evangelist is known by the symbol of the ________ ______.

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Winged human

• Man is Matthew’s Symbol because he begins his gospel with a story of humanity.

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The artist Myron created the Greek sculpture known as ___________.

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Discobolos

• Famous Greek statue of a discus-thrower.

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The Dying Slave, and David are sculptures by ________.

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Michelangelo

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The two works—Kiss and Bird in Space—were sculptured by ________.

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Constantin Brancusi

• Romanian-born sculptor, he abandoned the use of love models early on, and adapted a simplified, streamlined style.

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Traditional Japanese painting methods were developed during the __________ period (710-784).

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Nara

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The Japanese hanging scroll known as a ________ could be unrolled to display an illustrated narrative.

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Kakemono

• Once unrolled, the scroll itself is known as an emakimono

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The Yamato-e form of painting was characteristic of the _______ period (898-1185) in Japan.

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Fujiwara

• The Yamato-e form focused on subjects with Japanese, not Chinese style, as previous had done.

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The Edo Period in Japan introduced a new form of wood-block art known as _______-____.

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Ukiyo-e

• There pictures of the “fleeing” world gained international renown during the Edo Period (1615-1867).

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______ was the artist of Christina’s World (1948).

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Andrew Wyeth

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Created of Four Negro Heads, _________ also made Venus and Adonis and Helen Fourment and Her Children.

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Peter Paul Rubens

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The creator of The Milkmaid (1658), _______ is most well-known for his Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665).

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Jan Vermeer

• The Dutch artist mainly focused on women, with yellow and blue tones.

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French artist ________ (1834-1917) created such pieces as Women with Chrysanthemums and Absinthe.

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Edger Degas

• Both painter and sculptor, his work was a blend of classical art and Impressionism.

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A neo-Impressionist, ________ (1859-1891) developed the pointillism, or divisionism, technique.

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Georges Seurat

• Some of his greatest works include Un Diamanche a la Grande Jatte

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Black-and-white illustrator _________ (1872-1898) contributed to such works as Wilde’s Salome (1894), and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (1896), Pope’s Rape of the Lock (1896).

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Aubrey Beardsley

• He died at the age of 25 from tuberculosis

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American painter ________ (1861-1909) completed over 2,700 piece of writing and art during his lifetime, most revolving around life in the developing west.

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Frederic Remington

• His paintings of cowboys, Indians, and horses were drawn from real-life experiences as a Hearst war correspondent during the Spanish-American War.

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________ is an artist of Dog Barking at the Moon and Blue II.

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Joan Miro

• His works are a combination of cubism and surrealism, with striking, pure colors.

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__________ is the artist of The Res Model (1934) and The Son of Man.

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Rene Magritte

• A Surrealist, Magritte’s (1898-1967) paintings are real and largely ironic.

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A highly decorated container for religious relics is known as _________.

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Reliquary

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A(n) _________ depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the body of her dead son.

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Pieta

• Derives from the word piety, meaning familiar love, Michelangelo created one of the most famous pietas in Saint Peter’s Bascilica in the Vatican.

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An opaque watercolor work is known as a(n) ________.

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Gouache

• Also refers to the process by which such an artwork is created.

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A Trompe L’oeil is often confused for a(n) _______ instead of a painting.

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Photograph

• Meaning “deception of the eye,” the term is used to refer to extremely realistic works.

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Depicting subjects as true to their natural appearance is _______.

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Verism

• Salvador Dali and Yves Tanguy were both vernist. It is lately found in Renaissance pieces.

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In Roman mural painting, ______ _______ works included fantasies depicted against a monochromatic background.

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Third Style

• From 20 B.C. to 20 A.D., the movement was from the illusion of depth and realism to fantasy.

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A round work of art, including painting and sculpture, is known as _______.

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Tondo

• The most famous is Michelangelo’s Donk Tondo (1504).

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________’s most famous piece was a portrait of his mother.

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James Whistler

• Actually titled Agreement in Grey and Black Number 1, the portrait is known as Whistler’s Mother.

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_________ painted Washington Crossing the Delaware.

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Emanuel Leutze

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20th century American artist ________ painted American Gothic.

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Grant Wood

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Renaissance painter __________ made the birth of Venus.

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Sandro Botticelli

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Swiss artist ________ created The Twittering Machine and the Viaducts Break Rank.

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Paul Klee

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_________ created this piece, Strange Mask, and opened the door for he surrealism movement.

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James Ensor

• A Belgian painter, Ensor (1860-1949) was an original avant-grade artist.

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________ is said to have painted Saturn Devouring His Children, Witches’ Sabbath, The Dog and The Three Fates.

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Goya

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________ was the artist of Colored Circles and L’equipe de Cardiff.

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Robert Delaunay

• Moved from being a neo-impressionist to cubism, eventually developing the orphism movement.

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Started in 1912, the _______ movement described lyrical, shimmering chromatic effects in paintings.

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Orphism. Though short-lived, it’s major players included Robert Delaunay, Frank Kupka, and Roger de la Fresnaye.

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Twentieth-century _________ _______ did not begin painting until she was well in her seventies.

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Grandma Moses

• Once retired from her farm work, Grandma Moses (1860-1961) began painting scenes of farm life in the style of primitivism.

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________ attempt to recreate the style of children’s art.

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Primitivism

• Also emulating the style of primitive cultures, its main players included Grandma Moses and Henri Rousseau.

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The Peaceable Kingdom was paints by _______.

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Edward Hicks

• A Quaker, the majority of Hicks’ works were on signposts and carriages.

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English painter _________ was well-known for his landscape scenes, including View on the Sour (1819) and The Hay Wain (1821).

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John Constable

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English painter ________ connected French and English landscape artists, rapidly painting watercolor like Coast of Picardy.

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Richard Bonington

• Though he produced few works in his short life, his watercolors and lithographs are celebrated at the Louvre and other art museums.

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The golden age of Buddhist art in India was the ______ period.

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Gupta

• Attention to detail become more important during this period

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Three-dimensional protrusions from a flat surface is known as ________ sculpture.

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Relief

• Greeks and other nations used relief sculptures to decorate door and window frames, as well as walls, alters, and other areas.

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A relief sculpture that is carved inwards instead of outwards is known as __________.

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Intaglio

• More common in jewelry than large-scale art, it is the opposite of relief sculpture

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One who is interested in viewing the fine arts, but not participating is known as a __________.

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Dilettante

• The term can be more broadly applied to anyone who dabbles in many different subjects without seriously committing to one.

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Increasing loudness in a musical score is known as a(n) _________.

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Crescendo

• Generally, the term is used to refer to the loudest section, or climax, of a piece.

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_________ is the national anthem of France.

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The Marseillaise

• Written during the French Revolution, it was given its name for first being sung by soldiers of Marseilles when they entered Paris.

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The lifestyle of artist is often stereotypically described as ________.

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Bohemian

• The term describes a lifestyle giving preference to art over material goods, and money in general. Bohemians are generally thought of as unclean, unkempt, and somewhat immoral.

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A musical section within a larger work that has its own unique tempo is known as a(n) ___________.

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Movement

• Each movement is recognized by its own number in the sequence of the piece. An undivided musical piece is one movement.

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The direction to perform a musical piece very softly is _________.

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Pianissimo

• The opposite of Pianissimo is fortissimo, or playing a musical piece very loudly.

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________ wrote the song “This Land Is Your Land.”

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Woody Guthrie

• A 1930s songwriter and folk singer, he also wrote “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh.” Most of his work is about difficulties living during the Great Depression.

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________ glass created by an artisan in the 19th and early 20th centuries, is worth substantial amount of money today.

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Tiffany

• Created by Louis Tiffany, the glass forms are of an nouveau style, with iridescent colors. Another term for the work is ra rile glass. The style has been extremely limited over time.

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The American patriotic song “________ ______ of the Republic” shares the same tune as John Brown’s Body.

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Battle Hymn

• Julia Ward Howe wrote the song after visiting Union Soldiers

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A(n) _______ sponsors a ballet, opera, or symphony.

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Impresario

• The term can also apply to a producer of such works.

90
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The _________ performances by Pablo Casals at the United Nations in 1958 and White House in 1962 were very well-received.

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Cello

• Spanish cellist Casals is particularly known for his solo cello interpretations of Bach.

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Expensive-looking artwork that is shoddily done is known as _________.

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Kitsch

• The term can also apply to furniture. Plaster reproductions of famous busts and cheap Mona Lisa imitations qualify as Kitsch.

92
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_________ performed “Hound Dog” and “All Shook Up.”

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Elvis Presley

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The Star-Spangled Banner was written by ________.

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Francis Scott Key

• He wrote it while held prisoner on a British ship during the War of 1812, and it later became the American National Anthem.

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A _________ is a recurring melody associated with a certain person, place, or event, used in opera.

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Leitmotif

• The term is from a German for “leading theme,” and is most common in Wagner’s works.

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_________ wrote Camptown Races.

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Stephen Foster

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A(n) _________ is a particularly slow tempo.

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Adagio

• It is slower than andante, and faster than Larghetto.

97
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A(n) _____ _________ is a black and white flag with a skull-and-crossbones.

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Jolly Roger

• It is most frequently seen hanging on pirate ships.

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The _______ school in Germany was founded by Walter Gropius and contemporaries to bring together architects, technologists, and traditional artist so that they might learn from one another.

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Bauhaus (1910)

• The school was eventually shut down by Nazi control, though its members continued to spread their ideas.

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_________ was a form of architecture designed to anticipate future needs of a structure.

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Functionalism

• Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe were among those who frequently used these principles in their work.

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_______ music was jazz-style pieces written primarily for the piano at the beginning of the 1900s.

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Ragtime

• Scott Joplin and Irving Berling were two well-known ragtime artist.

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The male singing voice can be broken down into three ranges: bass (loudest), ________ (middle), and tenor (highest).

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Baritone

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The female signing voice can be broken down into alto (lowest), _______-_______ (middle), and soprano (highest).

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Mezzo-soprano

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