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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What does the resignation by Thomas Chatterton talk about | has emotional language, a sad, gloomy feel |
| what does the Chimney Sweep by William Blake talk about | Talks about child labor, dreams about being freed, woke and went back to work, if the children obey they don't need to fear |
| what does Ozymandias by Percy Shelley talk about | talks about a statue in the desert, how empires can and will fade eventually, modern imperalism will be forgotten |
| what does Recessional by Rudyard Kipling take about | it talks about how Britain will lost their empire if they forget their Christian religion |
| what does the White Man's burden by Rudyard Kipling talk about | a paternalist poem that discusses how superior nations have a duty to guide and maintain inferior nations |
| What does My Dream by Christina Rosetti talk about | it talks about a crocodile that symbolizes England, main idea is that Imperialism is oppressing, but the empire will fade and become smaller |
| what is Deontology? | Idea that says there are rigid erules for what is right and wrong |
| what is Consequentialism? | idea that says desicions are good or bad depending on what the consequences are |
| what is Virtue Ethics | idea that says you make decisions based on whether or not it makes you more or less human |
| what is marxism | idea that says those who have are oppressing those who don't have |
| what is utilitarianism | idea that says you make desicions based on whether or not it makes you happy |
| what is social darwinism | takes Charles Darwin's survival of the fittest idea and applies it to human society, rewards go to those who are the strongest |
| explain The Sleep of Reason produces monsters by Francisco Goya | was the first painting to portray monsters not in hell, romanticism's focus on the irrational over reason |
| explain a Distant View of Niagara Falls by Thomas Cole | romanticism takes religious feelings and moves them out to nature, relief from the urban |
| explain Westminster palace by Augutin Pugin | places focus on the medieval as being better, looks back to England's pre industrial age |
| explain Where Do We Come From by Paul Gaugin | primitive painting, simplistic painting that gives the idea that civilization has made us sick and unhappy |
| explain The Horse In Motion by Paul Muybridge | early form of photography, gives realism, kills realistic painting, doesn't capture mood |
| explain how photography in general revolutionized art and changed painting | gives realism, kills realistic painting, doesn't capture mood |
| explain Slave Ship by Frederick Turner | slaves being transported to America, very dangerous journey, men being thrown overboard |
| explain The Absinthe Drinker by Eduoard Manet | impressionist painting |
| explain Interior view of the Gare Saint-Lazare Train Station by Claude Monet | impressionist painting that captures mood over realism |
| explain The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin | impressionist statues |
| explain skyscrapers in general | the cathedrals of the Industrial Age, uniform repetition buildings |
| what does Neoclassical mean? | resembling the ancient Greek art style |
| what does impressionism mean? | art that emphasizes mood and emotion over realism |
| what does realism mean | art that is more realistic and accurate |
| what does Neogothic mean | resembling the middle ages/ medieval time period art style |
| what does primitive mean | simplistic art |