Art 2100 Midterm

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romanticism

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characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical. At its peak from 1800 -1850

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baroque

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a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century following the Renaissance

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neoclassical

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art and literature of the 18thand early 19thcentury that embraces rational Enlightenment Era values and looks to the ancient classical eras of Greece and Rome for its content

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medium

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what the work is made of or discipline

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Kinetic Art

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moves or appears to move; sculptural

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Trompe L’oeil

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to fool the eye

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Assisted Ready Mades

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combinations of one or more remade objects with little to any alterations

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abstract

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stylized, expressive, generalized, essence

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non-objective

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art that does not depict a recognizable subject, attempts to take nothing from reality

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Chiaroscuro

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the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition

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rococo

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Highly decorative movement of art and architecture favored by European aristocracy from about 1730 to 1780. Favors asymmetry, pastel colors and expensive materials.

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ochre

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are colored minerals often found in clays and come in many different shades. Some of the earlier binders to hold the pigment for drawing would have been saliva or animal fat.

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Escaustic

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One of the oldest known painting techniques. Pigments are encased in a hot beeswax binder

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Pointillism

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techniques of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image

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optical mixing

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a basis for impressionist painting that involved putting dabs of colors next to each other so that the eye mixes them

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binder

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a substance that makes pigments adhere to a surface

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Der Blaue Reiter

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“The Blue Rider”, a German expressionist group began by Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky in 1911 ending in 1914 at the outset of WWI.

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De Stijl

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Translates to “the style”, The Netherlands-based movement embraced an abstract, pared-down aesthetic centered in basic visual elements such as geometric forms and primary colors

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Aesthetics

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a set of principles concerned with 
the nature and appreciation 
of beauty, especially in art. 
A branch of philosophy that 
deals with the principles of 
beauty and artistic taste

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horizon

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the distant point at which sky and ground appear to meet, eye level

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tint

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Adding white to a color

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shade

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Adding black to a color

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`folk art

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encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring trades people. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic.

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assemblage

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sculpture comprised of found objects and other, mixed-media. Similar to collage

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Il Braghettone

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“the breeches maker”, nickname given to Daniele da Volterra for painting cloths over the Last Judgement

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economy

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few subjects are present but the work feels unified

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emphasis

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centrally placed and dominate much of the composition

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Provenance

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French term for the history of ownership of a valuable object.

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condition

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damage?

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authenticity

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original artist

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exposure

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popularity of a work or artist

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quality

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how good is the work?