Art History Final Exam

Front 1

Naturalism

Back 1

Accuracy of depiction of anatomy

Hint 1

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Front 2

Humanism

Back 2

Focus on humanity rather than divinity, even when depicting Christ (showing him on Earth, with naturalistic features, etc)

Hint 2

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Front 3

Orthogonals

Back 3

Diagonal lines

Hint 3

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Front 4

Vanishing Point

Back 4

Point at which all orthogonals/diagonal lines converge

Hint 4

Masacchio, Tribute Money, 1450, Italian

Front 5

One-Point Linear Perspective

Back 5

Creation of a horizon line and a vanishing point, to set the image on a grid and root it in space

Hint 5

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Front 6

Chiaroscuro

Back 6

Use of light and dark to create illusion of depth on 2D surface

Hint 6

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Front 7

Perspective

Back 7

Creation of illusion of depth on a 2D surface

Hint 7

Donatello in his Feast of Herod

Front 8

Contrapposto

Back 8

Depiction of human with most weight on one leg, affecting entire pose

Hint 8

Polykleitos, Doryphoruos, 440, Ancient Greek

Front 9

Buon Fresco

Back 9

Fresco painted while the plaster is still wet

Hint 9

Giotto, Lamentation, 1300, Italian

Front 10

Trompe L'oeil

Back 10

Deceiving the eye

Hint 10

Mantegna, Camera Picta ceiling, 1450, Italian

Front 11

Foreshortening

Back 11

The optical illusion of a distance appearing shorter than it is because it is angled toward the viewer

Hint 11

Mantegna, Dead Christ

Front 12

Atmospheric/Aerial Perspective

Back 12

Creating an illusion of depth by using cooler colors and hazier line in background

Hint 12

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1500, Italian

Front 13

Cartoon

Back 13

Full-scale preparatory sketch

Hint 13

da Vinci, Self-portrait, 1550, Italian

Front 14

Sfumato

Back 14

smokiness, haziness; subtle play of light and dark

Hint 14

da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks, 1500, Italian

Front 15

Tenebrism

Back 15

stark contrasts of light and dark

Hint 15

Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna on the Rocks, 1500, Italian

Front 16

The Enlightenment

Back 16

Movement valuing reason as the source of authority

Hint 16

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Front 17

Neoclassicism

Back 17

Period inspired by Classical art and architecture

Hint 17

David, Oath of the Horatii, 1800, French

Front 18

Romanticism

Back 18

Movement emphasizing sentimentality, leisure, beauty, and aristocracy

Hint 18

Fragonard, Swing, 1800, French

Front 19

Sublime

Back 19

Greatness, magnitude, or lofty-mindedness in art

Hint 19

Goya, Third of May 1808, 1800, Spanish

Front 20

Modernism

Back 20

Artistic movement rejecting Enlightenment thinking and pushing the boundaries of traditional elements of style and technique

Hint 20

Goya, Sleep of Reason, 1800, Spanish

Front 21

Realism

Back 21

Creation of "true to life" images

Hint 21

Courbet, Stonebreakers, 1800, French

Front 22

Photography

Back 22

Capturing images by exposing certain chemicals to light

Hint 22

Harvest of death, Timothy o'sullivan, 1850, American

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Avant-Garde

Back 23

Experimental and innovative future-focused movement that rejected artistic tradition

Hint 23

Pollock, No. 5, 1950, American

Front 24

Impressionism

Back 24

Movement focusing on the impression a scene gives to the artist, not necessarily its specifics; emphasizes spontaneity and emotion

Hint 24

Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1850, French

Front 25

En Plein Air

Back 25

In the open air

Hint 25

Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1850, French

Front 26

Japonisme

Back 26

adoption of stylistic elements characteristic of Japanese art

Hint 26

Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, 1850, French

Front 27

Ukiyo-e

Back 27

woodblock prints depicting contemporary Japanese scenes

Hint 27

Hiroshige, Plum Garden in Kameido, 1850, Japanese

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Divisionism

Back 28

Separation of colors into individual dots or patches

Hint 28

Seurat, Sunday Afternoon, 1850, French

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Complementary Color

Back 29

Pairs of colors that are each other's opposite hue on a color wheel

Hint 29

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