Time Flashcards
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Baroque
A period of art history, approximately 1600-1750. Important historical events of the period included scientific discoveries by Galileo and Isaac Newton, the growth of the Protestant religion, and ordinary citizens becoming patrons of the arts, particularly in the Netherlands. Baroque paintings usually are formal, show tiny details of scenery and costume, have a great sense of energy and movement, and often include sharp contrasts between light and dark areas of the paintings.
Modern
A period of art history, approximately 1750-1900. Important historical events included democratic political revolutions in France and the American colonies and the Industrial Revolution in science and technology. Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Impressionism, and Pointillism were among the art styles hat developed during the Modern period of art history.
Renaissance
A period of art history, approximately 1400-1600. Artist studied the styles of Ancient Greece and Rome. It was an age of exploration and discovery in science, philosophy, and art. Techniques of showing perspective and methods of painting with oil-based paint were developed. The Catholic Church continued to be an important patron of the arts, but the rise of a wealthy middle class led to new interest in non religious paintings. Renaissance art is remarkable for bright, pure colors, it’s use of symbols, and it’s very formal approach to subject matter and to composition.
Twentieth century
A period of art history, approximately 1900-2000. Twentieth century art includes many styles, but is different from other periods of art history in the freedom artist felt to move away from the physical world as their subjects and paint what they felt or imagined, whether it was recognizable to viewers or not. The period includes Fauvism Cubism, and many other styles of semi-abstract and abstract art. But many twentieth-century artists also continued to paint in the more traditional, realistic styles that have been popular throughout the history of Western art.
