Art History U5
aristocracy
After 1715, the _____ made a surge into the societal and political realms.
Pompeii
Another reason for the big interest in the Classical style of art was the big excavations of Herculaneum (started in 1738) and _____________ (1748).
Renaissance
Charles Willson Peale certainly could be considered a _______ man; he was a painter, a naturalist, a soldier, a museum curator, and had interest in several other areas.
Neoclassicism
During the late 1700s and much of the 1800s, there were three big "isms" that overlapped each other and competed for the attention: ________, Romanticism, and Realism.
barbarians
Ingres defended vehemently against having these Romantic "______________," as he called them, affect the classic qualities of Neoclassicism.
humble
Kauffmann takes the ________________ and sweet message that Greuze and his companions shared and placed it in an ancient setting.
portrait
Kneller took ____ painting to an industrial level.
scientific
Newton's theories and experiments took the ___ revolution to a whole new level.
Marie Antoinette
One of Vigée-Lebrun's most loyal patrons was ____________.
The Grand Style
Reynolds was well known for his portrait paintings where he emphasized what was called "____________" which paradoxically brought perfection to imperfect traits.
natural
Rousseau's views were known and widely read, and many think it was because of his influence that the taste of the art world went from the flashy Rococo to a more simplistic and _____ style.
indulgent
The Enlightenment was occurring and people began to question the Rococo whimsical, ____ style of art.
obelisk
The design Mills came up with for the Washington Monument did not escape controversy when he sent in a design that was a(n) ______-shaped monument and very elaborate statues.
Locke
What Newton did for mathematics and science, a man named ____ did for political and social philosophy.
Trumbull
With a little help from the famous Thomas Jefferson, ________ began his work on Declaration of Independence.
industrialism
With the science movement spurred on by The Enlightenment that also brought about ______________, people were trying to catch up with all the exciting and unpredictable progress.
politically
Women were holding higher positions ______.
Canaletto
_____'s ability to paint detailed scenes became quite popular with tourists who were traveling Europe on their "Grand Tour."
Paris
______ was the social capital of the time.
Madame de Pompadour
_______ the famous and quite powerful mistress of Louis XV, took Boucher as her painter and commissioned several pieces from him.