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MAT art terms
Art Terms to Study for the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| art deco | 1920s-1930s; symmetry and bold colors |
| Baroque | elaborate, decorative |
| Bauhaus | German school |
| cubism | geometrical forms; Picasso |
| Dada | anti-establishment |
| expressionism | express emotion vice realistic representation; Van Gogh |
| fresco | paintin on plaster, usually as a mural; da Vinci's "The Last Supper" |
| impressionism | shows artist's impression vice realistic one; Monet |
| pointillism | uses many dots to form image |
| tempera | paint made with egg yolks |
| Angelico, Fra | Ital painter--Deposition of Christ |
| Calder, Alexander | Amer sculptor--mobiles and wire sculptures |
| Caragaggio | Ital painter--Calling of St Matthew |
| Cezanne, Paul | French painter--"The Card Players" |
| Chagall, Marc | Russian--stained glass, modernist |
| Donatello | Ital sculptor--bas-relief (not a turtle :-) |
| Hopper, Edward | Amer realist painter--"Chop Suey" |
| Pergamon | German museum in Berlin |