classical era Flashcards

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CLASSICAL PERIOD is also called as

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CLASSICISM

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introduced a host of elements into European culture, including the application of Mathematics and empiricism into art, humanism and literary.

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CLASSICISM

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During this period, the introduction of Polytheism or paganism was made.

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CLASSICISM

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took on more overtones of orderliness, the use of geometry and grids, the importance of discipline and pedagogy and the formation of schools of art and music.

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CLASSICISM

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This period sought the revival of classical art forms, including Greek drama and music.

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CLASSICISM

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stressed the importance of symmetry and form in the arts.

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CLASSICISM

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The Classical period has been called the _____ because it was at this time that the major forms of Classical music–the symphony, concerto, sonata, and string quartet–were fully developed.

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“Golden Age of Music”

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it had been called the “Golden Age of Music” because it was at this time that the major forms of Classical music–the symphony, concerto, sonata, and string quartet–were fully developed.

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Classical period

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most important musical form of the Classical period.

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Sonata

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influenced the development of all areas of orchestral and chamber music.

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Sonata

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three sections of sonata:

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exposition, development, and recapitulation

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the leading composer of the pre-Classical period.

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C.P.E. Bach

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German composer, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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Italian composer and cellist who influenced the development of the string quartet as a musical form

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Luigi Boccherini

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composed the first music for a quintet for strings, as well as a quintet with strings and piano.

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Luigi Boccherini

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German classical composer, best known for his operas.

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Christoph Willibald Gluck

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Austrian composer who was one of the most important figures in the development of the Classical style in music during the 18th century.

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Joseph Haydn

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helped establish the forms for the string quartet and the symphony.

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Joseph Haydn

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German novelist, short-story writer, and music critic.

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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

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Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composer in the history of Western music.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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German composer, writer and music critic

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Johann Friedrich Reichardt

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Classicism in the theatre was developed around 17th century by the ______

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French playwriters.

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term that refers to artistic works produced from the 19th century to the 20th century.

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MODERN ART

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The movement (Early Modern Art) was led by_____,

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Gustave Courbet

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Modern painting is often traced to 
realism
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dominant trend in Modern painting
distortionism
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Socially conscious realist art is referred to as 
social realism.
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one of the first 19th century artists to approach modern-life subjects
Edouard Manet
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a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Edouard Manet
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greatest impressionist & the father of Modern Art
Paul Cezanne
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includes many treatments of the lily-pond outside the home to which he retired.
water-lilies series
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An art movement which took its name from one particular painting by Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise of 1872.
IMPRESSIONISM
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one of the great masters of impressionism who worked most often directly from nature and used new modes of representation.
Claude Monet
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painting by Claude Monet where impressionism took its name
Impression: Sunrise of 1872.
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In the period ca. 1900-WWI, distortionism was pushed to its very limits, resulting in the birth of abstract art.
Late Modern Painting
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Late Modern Painting year
1900-WWI
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The next step in geometric distortion was _____, in which
cubism
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the world is severely flattened, simplified, and fragmented, and multiple views of an object are simultaneously depicted.
cubism
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Its foremost practitioner (and co-inventor) was Pablo Picasso, a Spanish-born French artist.
cubism
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foremost practitioner (and co-inventor) of cubism
Pablo Picasso
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(father of expressionism)
Vincent Van Gogh
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used bright, pure colors mixed on the palette but applied to the canvas in small dots or strokes replying on the beholder’s eyes to see them together
Expressionism
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Criticized the impressionists for their shallowness and lack of emotional commitment
VINCENT VAN GOGH
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The leading master of fluid distortion
VINCENT VAN GOGH
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Cafe Terrace at Night
VINCENT VAN GOGH
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Starry Night 
VINCENT VAN GOGH
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replaced rational conception of nature or life with one based on non-rational & emotional concepts
expressionists
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free distortion of form and color through which the painter gives visual form to inner sensations or emotions
expressionism
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Expressionistic literature was influenced by the plays of _____, a brilliant but erotic Swedish dramatist, whose fantastic and perverted “dream plays” were popular in Germany
August Strindberg
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used it to mock traditional values and notions of meaning/purpose in life,
Dada artists
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argued that absurd images could be used to explore new depths of artistic expression.
surrealists
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pioneered the technique of automatism, in which an artist lets go of conscious thought and paints whatever images come to mind "automatically".
surrealists
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surrealists pioneered the technique of 
automatism
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artist lets go of conscious thought and paints whatever images come to mind "automatically".
technique of automatism
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foremost surrealist painter is 
Salvador Dalí
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depicts everyday objects and aspects of popular culture (e.g. advertisements, comic strips), thrived in America and Britain.
Pop art
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The most famous pop artist is 
Andy Warhol.
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a characteristic of modern art.
ABSTRACTION
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2 SCHOOLS:
Neo-classical schools | Romantic-Realistic Schools
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depicted perfect human anatomy endowed with a calm, reflective look
Neo-classical schools
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– depicted realistic figures with psychological attitudes of the French Revolution
Romantic-Realistic Schools
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emphasized values of the imagination
* Romanticism
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(Father of Abstract sculpture)
Pablo Picasso
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advocated a regeneration of plastic shapes through geometric organization of the human body
Julio Gonzalez
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French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most well-known of all the French Romantic writers
VICTOR HUGO
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a historical tragedy whose theme is the conflict between love and honor
Hernani
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Hugo's greatest legacy
Lyric poetry
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an epic story written by Hugo about social injustice.
Les Misérables (1862),
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“Poet of the Piano”
FREDERIC CHOPIN
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His music speaks out of the solitude & loneliness of his soul
FREDERIC CHOPIN
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The modern piano became his only means of self-expression
FREDERIC CHOPIN
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FREDERIC CHOPIN'S only means of self-expression
modern piano
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Poet and language professor WHO Glorified nature & the simple joys & sorrows of ordinary upright folk
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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His paintings not only communicated ideas, they are masterpieces of design, form, receding advancing planes, & underlying rhythmic pattern
HONORE DAUMIER
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His religious music was designed to “lead man back to God”
FRANZ LISZT
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Defined “humanistic music” as dramatic and church life
FRANZ LISZT
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Was torn between affection and bitterness toward America
SHERWOOD ANDERSON