Week 9: Art of Europe and America: Rococo to Romantism Flashcards
Abstract
an artwork the form of which is simplified, distorted, or exaggerated in appearance (See Chapter 3.7, page 499)
Arches
structures, usually curved, that span an opening (See Chapter 3.7, page 494)
Asymmetry
a type of design in which balance is achieved by elements that contrast and complement one another without being the same on either side of an axis (See Chapter 3.7, page 497)
Baroque
European artistic and architectural style of the late sixteenth to early eighteenth century, characterized by extravagance and emotional intensity (See Chapter 3.7, page 487)
Classical
ancient Greek and Roman; art that conforms to Greek and Roman models, or is based on rational construction and emotional equilibrium (See Chapter 3.7, page 491)
Dome
an evenly curved vault forming the ceiling or roof of a building (See Chapter 3.7, page 494)
Engraving
a printmaking technique where the artist gouges or scratches the image into the surface of the printing plate (See Chapter 3.7, page 489)
Genre
category of artistic subject matter, often with a strongly influential history and tradition (See Chapter 3.7, page 493)
Grand Tour
a trip for the cultured and wealthy to study Classical and Renaissance artworks and culture found mostly in Italy (See Chapter 3.7, page 491)
Idealized
represented as perfect in form or character, corresponding to an ideal (See Chapter 3.7, page 498)
Implied line
a line not actually drawn but suggested by elements in the work (See Chapter 3.7, page 497)
Linear perspective
a system using converging imaginary sight lines to create the illusion of depth (See Chapter 3.7, page 493)
Narrative
an artwork that tells a story (See Chapter 3.7, page 489)
Neoclassicism
European style that flourished during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, characterized by an extreme interest in the Classical world, strictly ordered scenes, and heroic subjects (See Chapter 3.7, page 491)
Oculus
a round opening at the center of a dome (See Chapter 3.7, page 494)
Organic
having irregular forms and shapes, as though derived from living organisms (See Chapter 3.7, page 487)
Orthogonals
in perspective systems, imaginary sightlines extending from forms to the vanishing point (See Chapter 3.7, page 493)
Patron
an organization or individual who sponsors the creation of works of art (See Chapter 3.7, page 487)
Pediment
the triangular space, situated above the row of columns, on the facade of a building in the Classical style (See Chapter 3.7, page 494)
Personification
representation of a thing, and idea, or an abstract quality, such as “freedom,” as a person or in human form (See Chapter 3.7, page 497)
a picture reproduced on paper, often in multiple copies (See Chapter 3.7, page 489)
Renaissance
a period of culture and artistic change in Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century (See Chapter 3.7, page 491)
Rhythm
the regular or ordered repetition of elements in the work (See Chapter 3.7, page 497)
Rococo
an eighteenth-century style in France characterized by organic forms, ornate extravagance, and whimsy (See Chapter 3.7, page 487)
Romantic/Romanticism
movement in nineteenth-century European culture, concerned with the power of the imagination and greatly valuing intense feeling (See Chapter 3.7, page 497)
Salon
an official annual exhibition of French painting, first held in 1667 (See Chapter 3.7, page 493)
Subject matter, subject
the person, object, or space depicted in a work of art (See Chapter 3.7, page 487)
Sublime
feeling of awe or terror, provoked by the experience of limitless nature and the awareness of the smallness of an individual (See Chapter 3.7, page 499)
