Test #2: Between Renaissance and Modern Flashcards
Baroque (around 1650-1740)
Key Characteristics:
1) Dramatic lighting effects
2) Heavy contrast between light and dark
3) Dynamic compositions with movement
4) Influence of the Counterreformation
5) Ornate architecture with twisted columns and gold encrustations
Baroque (around 1650-1740)
Key Artists and Works:
1) Caravaggio
2) Rembrandt
1) Caravaggio
1) Known for dramatic, high-contrast paintings
2) Notable works: “The Calling of Saint Matthew,” “The Conversion of Saint Paul”
2) Rembrandt
1) Dutch Baroque painter
2) Renowned for his use of light and shadow
3) Notable works: “The Night Watch,” “Self-Portrait with Two Circles”
Example Artworks of Baroque
1) “The Calling of Saint Matthew” by Caravaggio
2) “The Night Watch” by Rembrandt
3) Baroque architecture with twisted columns and elaborate decorations
Rococo (mid-1700s)
Key Characteristics:
1) Excessive ornamentation and detail
2) Soft, pastel color palette
3) Asymmetrical designs breaking away from symmetry
4) Depictions of luxurious, whimsical scenes
5) Influence of wealthy patrons, particularly women
Rococo (mid-1700s)
Key Artists and Works
1) Fragonard
2) Boucher
1) Fragonard
1) Known for whimsical, frolicking paintings
2) Notable work: “The Swing”
2) Boucher
1) Prominent Rococo painter
2) Notable works: “Diana Bathing,” “The Toilette of Venus”
Example Artworks of Rococo
1) “The Swing” by Fragonard
2) Elaborate Rococo candlesticks and furniture
Romanticism
Key Characteristics:
1) Celebration of emotion, intuition, and imagination
2) Reaction against the Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment ideals
3) Depiction of fantastical and symbolic elements
4) Exploration of the sublime and the supernatural
5) Emphasis on individualism and freedom
Romanticism (1800s) (late 18th century)
Key Artists and Works
1) Goya
2) Delacroix
1) Goya
1) Known for his critique of reason and enlightenment
2) Notable works: “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters,” “The Third of May 1808”
2) Delacroix
1) Leading Romantic painter
2) Notable works: “Liberty Leading the People,” “The Death of Sardanapalus”
Example Artworks of Romanticism
1) “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” by Goya
2) “Liberty Leading the People” by Delacroix
3) “Wanderer above a Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich
Realism (1840s)
Key Characteristics:
1) Focus on depicting everyday life and ordinary people
2) Rejection of idealism and romanticism
3) Use of muted colors and gritty realism
4) Emphasis on depicting social issues and realities
5) Influence of photography on composition and subject matter
Realism (1840s)
Key Artists and Works
1) Courbet
2) Millet
1) Courbet
1) Pioneer of the Realist movement
2) Notable works: “The Stone Breakers,” “A Burial at Ornans”
2) Millet
1) Known for his portrayals of rural life and laborers
2) Notable works: “The Gleaners,” “The Angelus”
Example Artworks of Realism
1) “The Stone Breakers” by Courbet
2) “The Gleaners” by Millet
Realist sculptures like the Pieta, portraying scenes with raw emotional realism
Breakdown of a color wheel with 12 different sections, including the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors:
1) Red
2) Red-orange
3) Orange
4) Yellow-orange
5) Yellow
6) Yellow-green
7) Green
8) Blue-green
9) Blue
10) Blue-violet
11) Violet
12) Red-violet
Additive color has to do with:
Combining different wavelengths of light
Subtractive color has to do with:
Absorbing certain wavelengths of light
The primary colors are:
Red, green, and blue
The secondary colors are:
Purple (violet), orange, and green.
The tertiary colors are the ones between:
The primary and secondary colors
Tint is when you
Add white to a color
How do you achieve a shade?
By adding black to a color.
The fire truck is red. The jacket is red. She has red hair. The rose is red. They are not exactly the same. They are all called red. This is what we mean when we say:
They share the same hue
Add black and white at the same time (i.e. gray) to a color and you will get a:
Tone
A color’s opposite color is the color that is across from it on the wheel. It is called the:
Complementary color
The fullest, most vibrant version of a color will be:
Its purest form or its saturation
Add white, black or an opposite color, and you will:
Alter the color’s value
Bernini’s sculpture exemplifies the Baroque style through its
1) Dramatic movement
2) Emotional intensity
3) Dynamic composition
Martin Luther was a central figure in
The Protestant Reformation
After many Northern Europeans embraced Protestantism following figures like:
Luther, and the Roman Catholic Church responded with the Counter-Reformation
The subject matter of many Rococo paintings often revolves around themes of
1) Love
2) Romance
3) Leisure
5) Aristocratic life.
The design detail to the left is characteristic of Rococo art, known for
Elaborate and ornate style.
The Romantic period is associated with
Artists expressing their own emotions and interests through their work
Renaissance
Ideal
Baroque
Dramatic
Rococo
Over-the-top garish, opulent, and complicated
Realism
Conveying sorrow, difficulties of life, and also beauty that just happens if you just look for it
Romanticism and Realism are often associated with
A response against the Industrial Revolution
Neoclassicism coincided with the
Enlightenment, evident in its emphasis on rationality, order, and classical themes in art
Romanticists reacted against the Enlightenment by
Embracing emotion, individualism, and the sublime in their art, rejecting the Enlightenment’s emphasis on reason and rationality.
