Art Exam 1

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Counter-Reformation

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Reformation - Questioning of the authority of the catholic church

Counter Reformation - Catholic church's response to the Reformation

Artwork was spiritually charged and appealed to our emotions

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Baroque and barroco

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Word is derived from the word - Barroco (pg. 309) - means a large irregularly shaped pearl

Baroque Art - large, exaggerated, over the top

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Tenebrism

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A dramatic change from light to dark (spotlight)
Florid Baroque

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Caravaggesque

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Caravaggesque- in the style of Caravaggio
Florid Baroque
Used himself as a model in his works
Rebel
Wanted CHANGE
Killed someone, straight up BADASS

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Still life

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Still Life (p.325)- Artfully arranged objects on a table
Restrained Baroque

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Vanitas paintings

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(p.326)- Reminder of the transience of life
Restrained Baroque

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Genre Scenes

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Depicts everyday life
Restrained Baroque

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Group Portrait

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A portrait commissioned by a group to commemorate an event
Restrained Baroque

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Absolutism

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(334) - Strong centralized government in the hands of a monarch and the monarch has the divine right to rule.
God says that is the person that should be in power
Baroque Classicism

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French Garden

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The French Garden- a formal garden that is dominated by mathematical clarity (geometric garden)
Baroque Classicism
Shows excess but constraint
Shows that the king wanted to control everything, including nature
Versailles, gardens, including Apollo Foundation
Apollo is the Son God, Louis XVI was "The Sun King"
Classicism (Connection to the Greek Gods)
Connecting Self to change

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poussiniste

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In the style of Poussin
Baroque Classicism

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Salon

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A room designed for social gatherings (p.359)
Smaller and lighter than Baroque equivalent
Rococop

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Rococo

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Developed in France
Develops because the Baroque s falling out of style
Rococo = rocaille + barroco (baroque) = rococo (p.360)
Rocaille = decoration made of shells and pebbles

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Three Revolutions

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Revolutions that influenced the Age of Enlightenment/Neoclassical Art:
-French, Industrial, American, and French (347-382)

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Federal Style

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(p.385) Neoclassical architecture in the Unites States

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Bernini, St. Peter’s colonnade, Baroque; Florid Baroque

Shape represents the "motherly arms of the church"

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Bernini, Baldacchino, Baroque; Florid Baroque

Designed to focus your attention there (focal point)
Honeybees were on the family crest of Pope Urban VIII
-Honeybees are on Baldacchino

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Bernini, The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Baroque; Florid Baroque

Appeals to your emotions

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Bernini, David, Baroque; Florid Baroque

In the midst of the most dramatic point of the story of David as he is sling the rock
-Creates drama

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Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew; Baroque; Florid Baroque

Represents emotionalism
Used tenebrism
Created confusion
-Did not clearly depict who St. Matthew was in his painting
-All the people in the scene are dressed in contemporary 17th century clothing
Jesus's hand connects to Adam's hand in The Creation of Adam

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Gentileschi, Judith and Maidservant with Head of Holofernes, Baroque; Florid Baroque

Gentileschi was a woman artist who followed Caravaggio's style
Caravaggesque through use of tenebrism and depicting moment of great tension and drama

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Goedaert, Flowers in a Wan-li Vase with Blue-***, Baroque; Restrained Baroque

Still life (p. 325) - artfully arranged objects on a table
Reference to Dutch life - made money on exporting flowers
Vase is a reference to international trade
Vanitas (p. 326) - reminder of the transience of life

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Vermeer, Woman with a Pearl Necklace, Baroque; Restrained Baroque

Genre paintings (p. 326) - everyday life
Not meant to evoke strong emotion

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Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, Baroque; Restrained Baroque

Group Portraits (p. 328) - portrait commissioned by a group to commemorate an event
Commissioned by Dr. Tulp to commemorate a public dissection
Tenebrism - highlights faces
Naturalism - feels unposed
Memento Mori
Focuses on fine motor control of the hand

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Le Notre, Formal Gardens at Versailles, Baroque; Baroque Classicism

Versailles, gardens, including Apollo Fountain
-Apollo was the sun god, Louis XVI was the sun king

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Hardouin-Mansart and Le Brun, Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, Baroque; Baroque Classicism

It fills a lot of space and extravagant - makes it Baroque
Symmetrical - reference to classical past
Reception room built to glorify the king

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Poussin, Shepherds of Arcadia, Baroque; Baroque Classicism

Ancient Greece people (wearing togas)
Arcadia - idealic place in Greece where people lived in harmony with nature
The tomb says “I too once lived in Arcadia”
-Memento Mori - moment of realization of death

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Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse, Rococo. Paris

Salon - room designed for social gatherings (p. 359)
-Smaller and lighter than Baroque equivalent

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Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, Rococo

Intellectual woman
-Book
-Quill Pen

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Fragonard, The Swing, Rococo

Scene of pursuing pleasure
Man pointing up woman's dress with her shoe flipped off = lost virginity
Plant tendrils, S curves, lots of stuff

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Jefferson, Monticello, Neoclassicism. Charlottesville, VA

Federal Style - Neoclassical style in the US (p. 385)
Red brick represent democracy

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David, The Oath of the Horatii, Neoclassicism

Men swear an oath to protect Rome
Shows clarity (simple background), symmetry (archways)

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Kauffmann, Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, Neoclassicism

Clear focal point of Cornelia (a good mom)