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15 Cards in this Set
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23 Counter-Reformation |
reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation. |
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23 Anamorphic Image |
a distorted image that must be viewed by some special means to be recognized. |
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23 Genre |
style or category of painting that depicts scenes from every day life. |
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23 Still-Life |
image depicting inanimate objects |
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23 Landscape |
image depicting natural sceneries |
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24 Baroque |
followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. In architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of Versailles and by the work of Bernini in Italy. Major composers include Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel; Caravaggio and Rubens are important baroque artists. |
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24 Tenebrism |
a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark, and where darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image. |
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24 Baldacchino |
a ceremonial canopy of stone, metal, or fabric over an altar, throne, or doorway. |
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24 Piazza |
a public square or marketplace, especially in an Italian town. |
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24 Vanitas |
a still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability. |
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24 French Royal Academy Hierarchical Codification of Genres |
1. History 2. Portrait 3. Genre 4. Landscape 5. Animal 6. Still-Life |
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26 Rococo |
an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century Continental Europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork. |
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26 Fete Galante |
an outdoor entertainment or rural festival, especially as depicted in 18th-century French painting. |
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26 Enlightenment |
a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith. |
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26 Neoclassicism |
the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music. |
