Vocab (exam 3)

Question 1

Baroque

Answer 1

means 17th century; dynamic, asymmetrical compositions; comes from the word for irregularly shaped pearl

Question 2

Baldacchino

Answer 2

a canopy built over an altar

Question 3

Plastic/Plasticity

Answer 3

malleable; sense of movement in architecture; concave/convex

Question 4

Pastoral Landscape

Answer 4

made of of four elements: humanity on a small scale; improvement on nature (architecture); zig-zag pathways, and time of day is golden hour/dusk

Question 5

Tenebrism

Answer 5

the contrast of light and dark; the violent or intense spotlight on the main characters surrounded by darkness; shadow is this

Question 6

Italian Baroque

Answer 6

art movement; dramatic; asymmetrical compositions; dynamic; realistic (veritism); counter reformation

Question 7

Flanders-Spanish Baroque

Answer 7

Southern section of old Belgium; Under spanish control; catholic (counter-reformation)

Question 8

Dutch Republic/Holland

Answer 8

Protestant (calvinism); believed that materialism was wrong and that everything was temporary; art patronage was from the middle class; art needed to be small, realistic, and portray some aspect of everyday life

Question 9

Etching

Answer 9

Plate covered in asphaltum, then carved, dipped in acid bath, and then filled with ink and pressed

Question 10

Louis XIV

Answer 10

King of France; known as the “Sun King” due to narcissism; most art of that time focused on him instead of religion; loved symmetry, order, and rule

Question 11

Absolutism

Answer 11

a form of government where the monarch has free rule, with no laws or opposition

Question 12

Fleur-de-lis

Answer 12

a stylized lily; symbol of france; three petals represent those who prey, work ,and fight

Question 13

Grand Manner

Answer 13

approach artist is given at the french academy; a formulaic approach to art begun by Poussin; subject matter must be historical, there must be though, structure, and style; disegno, symmetrical, and no personal style

Question 14

French Academy

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Established by France under Louis XVI; disegno focus on art; began the duration of artists including drawing, classics, biblical stories, anatomy, etc; annual exhibition of contemporary art known as the “French Salon”; focus of at for the next 300 years

Question 15

Hôtel

Answer 15

french Townhouse

Question 16

Salon

Answer 16

where intellectuals would meet and discuss

Question 17

Enlightenment

Answer 17

reason, facts, proof; logical, disgeno; time of reason and intellect

Question 18

Voltaire

Answer 18

philosopher; opposed to monarchy; attacked ancien regime; desired freedom of expression and thought; writing led to french revolution; disegno, understanding, logic

Question 19

Rousseau

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philosopher; natural man; nature must be our guide; emotions are the most important element of mankind; society has corrupted mankind; colore

Question 20

Neoclassicism

Answer 20

age of enlightenment and reason; everything brought into question; ancient regime, old order, king , aristocracy, church; religion no longer main focus

Question 21

Propaganda

Answer 21

persuasion; trying to get others to believe your idea, opinion, movement

Question 22

Royal Academy

Answer 22

British Academy; Reynolds; designo, historical paintings and portraits