ARH 151: 3.7 VOCAB
Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann, _________.
- inspired by ancient Greece and Rome - convey a moral message - place an emphasis on civic duty - are serious in tone
Fin de siècle
- refers to the end of the 19th century to the start of WWI - great social change in Europe
Thomas Cole's The Oxbow:
- shows Connecticut river - sublime - includes himself
Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700-1865?
-revolutions in France and America - the Age of Reason - industrialization - the Enlightenment
Romanticism
19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason ex. Liberty Leading the People
Realism
A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be ex. Stonebreakers, Gustave Courbet
Genre
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Post-Impressionism
A late nineteenth-century style that relies on the Impressionist use of color and spontaneous brushwork but that employs these elements as expressive devices. ex. Starry Night, Van Gogh
patron
an organization or individual who sponsors the creation of works of art
Neoclassicism
A style of art and architecture that emerged in the later 18th century. Part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures, Neoclassicism was characterized by the utilization of themes and styles from ancient Greece and Rome. ex. The Oath of the Horatii
Impressionism
An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel, or impression, of the piece they were drawing ex. Impression Sunrise, Claude Monet
Baroque
An artistic style of the seventeenth century characterized by complex forms, bold ornamentation, and contrasting elements ex. Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versallies
Neoclassicism recalls subject matter and imagery from which culture?
Ancient Greece and Rome
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
English art movement formed in 1848 by painters who rejected the academic rules of art, and often painted medieval subjects in a naïve style
Hudson River School
Founded by Thomas Cole, first native school of landscape painting in the U.S.; attracted artists rebelling against the neoclassical tradition, painted many scenes of New York's Hudson River
Which artist shocked the French by creating a painting of poor workers on large-sized canvas?
Gustave Courbet
In the French Academy, which type of painting was considered to be the finest in the hierarchy of genres?
Historical or mythological
Late nineteenth-century painters whose style conveys the sensations of the modern city and the effects of light are called:
Impressionists.
Balthasar Neumann's Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen is an __________ artwork exemplifying:
Rococo
The nineteenth-century European art movement that is concerned with the power of the imagination and that greatly valued intense feelings is called:
Romanticism.
Where is the Hall of Mirrors?
Versallies
Rococo
Very elaborate and ornate (in decorating or metaphorically, as in speech and writing); relating to a highly ornate style of art and architecture in 18th-century France ex. The Swing, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
What inspired Joseph Mallord William Turner to paint Slave Ship?
a book
In William Hogarth's engraving The Lady's Death from the series Marriage à-la-Mode, a dog is depicted as emaciated and devouring another dog to symbolize:
a failed marriage.
Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted:
in an asylum.
Symbolism
movement in European art and literature that conveyed meaning by the use of powerful yet ambiguous symbols
Impasto
paint applied in thick layers
Salons, such as the one depicted in Pietro Martini's print of 1785, were visited by:
public, painters, and critics
People of all ages were included in Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People in order to:
show the sacrifice made by people of all social classes.
The Hudson River School painted _____.
still life
The subject of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People is _____ .
the July Revolution of 1830 in France
Sublime
the feeling of awe or terror, provoked by the experience of limitless nature and the awareness of smallness of an individual ex. The Oxbow, Thomas Cole
Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii is about:
the sacrifices of an ancient Roman family
Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii depicts:
three brothers who vow to fight for Rome.
The Swiss-Austrian artist Angelica Kauffmann was one of only how many female founding members of the British Royal Academy of the Arts?
two
Artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by works from _____.
classical Greece and Rome
