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ART HIST Modernism
Exam 1 Modernism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Modernism | Current, shifting/changing, impacted by technology, urban, constantly evolving, rule of law, democracy, imperialist, industrial, and new political ideology |
| Depicting Modernity | A break from depicting nobility & historical subjects (battles, nobility, antiquity, biblical narratives) and focus on market economy. |
| Avant Garde | (Military terminology)- meaning the "advanced guard" (the first troops into battle) |
| Positivism | Argues that all true knowledge comes from observation & measurement |
| Photography | "Light writing" --- the world already creating its own image |
| Daguerreotype | First process announced to the world in photography and developed by Daguerre |
| Calotype | Negative print, light sensitive salts. Achieved not as much fame as the Daguerreotype |
| Combination printing | To make a larger photography |
| Allegory | Highly symbolic narrative --- shared on two levels: life of excessive pleasure & studying plus working (destruction vs. success) |
| Portraiture in photography | Popular use of photography, photographic portraits, generally affordable, easier, and faster |
| Tenebrism | Where the light is coming from, hitting the figure against the darkness |
| The Universal exposition | (World fairs) All different countries show off their industrial and technological creations |
| Salon de Refuses | Rejected artwork placed in this salon when people went to make fun of the work instead of appreciating them. |
| Pamphlet | Long essay printed separately |
| Musical terminology and modern art | Doesn't tell a story and is purely a formal art form. Tone, color, rhythm. Using terms such as Nocturne (night) and Symphony. |
| The société anonyme des artistes | What they first called themselves before they were called Impressionists (Cooperative Society of Artists) |
| Painting en plain air | Painting outdoors and in natural light |
| Impressionism | Leisure and entertainment. New working middle class, first department stores, broken brushwork, more gestural, brighter value, more saturated color, instantaneous, optical experience. Virtue of technique |
| Montemarte | Associated through art. The biggest hill in the city. not haussmanization |
| Moulin Rougue | Red wind mill at the bottom of the hill |
| The Jockey Club | A group of older wealthy men hanging out backstage of a ballet rehearsal for young girls (pre sexually upon them) |
| Physiognomy | The way the face is structured. Someone not considered intelligent is given a sloping forehead. |
| Salon de Independants | Large public exhibition of art |
| Construction after nature | Artist using their brain on how to alter the work from how it looks in reality. |
| Neo-impressionism | Broken brushwork, but more disciplined, precise, and science based |
| Pointillism | Style in which the brush work is science based with tiny precise dots. Using color theory and optical theory |
| Optical theory | Optical illusion with opposite colors clashing next to each other. Optical mixture of color (yellow+blue next to each other, brain mixes them and translates it as green) |
| Divisionism | Not mixing paint, but dividing the paint |
| Onix | A semi-precious stone |
| Night Cafe | An after-hours club |
| The Nabis | "Profit" in ancient Hebrew. A new generation of art |
| Color lithography poster | Stone surface used with water to create these posters |
| The Arts and Crafts movement | Begins in response to the Crystal Palace Exhibition (1851) |
| The Firm | A workshop put together for textiles |
| Tropon | A protein powder |
| Art Nouveau (the New Art) | Drawing from natural forms to create something new. Emphasis on lines, pants, and insects |
| Expressionism | Subjectivity, vision of the artist, emotional response from the artist |
| The Autumn Salon of 1905 | The official Salon divided into two by the 1900s (Spring and Fall) |
| Fauvism | Non-representational color. Term from "Fauv" meaning wild beast |
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