GE M3 L2 Flashcards
(40 cards)
A philosophical movement in 17th- and 18th-century Europe
Enlightenment
A movement in the arts in which the artist does not depict objective reality,
Expressionism
meaning “story painting
History painting
is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms
Primitivism
A type of still life painting
Vanitas
Storm and Stress”
Sturm and drang
refers to the interplay between light and dark
Chiaroscuro technique
was characterized by new explorations of form
Baroque architecture
is a period of artistic style that started around 1600 in Rome,
Baroque
is characterized by exaggerated motion
Baroque style
Massacre of the Innocents (1611–12) by
Peter paul rubens
was the master of Baroque architecture in Rome;
Gian Lorenzo bernini
was also the most important Italian sculptor
Gian Lorenzo bernini
refers to movements in the arts that draw inspiration from the “classical” art
Neoclassicism
is a 19th century movement known for its paintings
Impressionism
was the dominant artistic style of the Enlightenment
Neoclassicism
Et in Arcadia Ergo (1630s) by
Nicholas pussin
is characterized by elaborate ornamentation,
Rococo style
is an embellished repetition of Antoine Watteau’s earlier painting
Pilgrimage to Cythera
is considered to be the first great Rococo painter
Antoine watteau
The subject is taken from the Roman poet Ovid’s tale of Pygmalion.
Pygmalion and Galatea
was also influenced by Sturm und Drang,
Romanticism
This painting remains the
greatest achievement of the Romantic history painting, which in its day had a powerful antigovernment message.
The raft of medusa
were leaders of French romantic painting, and both produced iconic history paintings.
Gericault and Delacroix