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Arth 120 exam 3
Term | Definition |
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Baroque | caraviggio and Bernini |
Rococo | rocaille “pebble/shell work” |
Neoclassical | crystalline forms, tight compositions, shallow low space of ancient relief sculpture |
Romantic | Emotion, horror, violence Inward individualistic focus (imagination) Catharsis: soul cleansing Emphasis on natural behavior (sexuality) Nostalgia, exoticism England: Gothic Revival: nostalgia Gothic revival: associated with spiritual, communal idea |
scroll buttress | any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall. |
pilaster | A rectangular column with a capital and base, projecting only slightly from a wall as an ornamental motif |
pediment | triangles |
giant order | columns or pilasters span two or more stories |
Solomonic column | twisted columns |
realism | extreme naturalism, ordinariness |
counter-Reformation | the movement for reform within the Roman Catholic Church that followed the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. |
council of Trent | 1545-1563 art was to be direct and compelling in its narrative presentation |
Tenebrism | “dark style”, dramatic light-dark contrast (spotlighting) |
classical landscape | idealized landscape |
Rubeniste | followers of Ruben (universal appeal of color) |
Poussiniste | conservative followers of Poussin (line appeals to the mind) |
painterly | loose brushwork |
still life | stilleven |
breakfast piece | when they painted fruits and flowers |
vanitas | theme (the sensual life pleasures won’t last) |
drypoint | engraving + burr |
state | print made from reworked plate |
genre scene | print made from reworked plate print made from reworked |
camera obscura | pinhole camera (17th century Italian) |
arabesque | Intricate tendril-like forms |
salon | social room/ entertainment room |
chinoiserie | wool embroidery on cotton, later reapplied to silk satin ground (derive from Chinese) |
figure a la mode | fashion plates-individual prints |
reception piece | painting made for acceptance to an academy |
Fête galante | scene of lovers at a party dress |
commedia dell’arte | Italian comedy , skits and plays Greater commercialization of art in 18th c. |
Arcadian landscape | unspoiled, harmonious wilderness |
pastel | A drawing medium of dried paste made of ground pigments and a water-based binder that is manufactured in crayon form. |
veduta | (Italian: “view”), detailed, largely factual painting, drawing, or etching depicting a city, town, or other place. |
Grand Tour | Paris, Venice, Florence, Rome |
history painting | religious theme |
Grand Manner | portraiture (portraits in mythological or classical setting) |
sublime | vicarious feeling of awe when confronted by superhuman power |
modern history painting | contemporary emotional drama |
lithograph | Not cutting or gouging metal plate Using flat stone, draw on with wax Apply ink to stone, then print on paper Eventually switched to metal Used to print multiple versions fast |
virtuoso | brushwork done really fast |