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17 Cards in this Set
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Mannerism |
Artists replaced harmony and dissonance Reason with emotion Reality with imagination Balance with instability
Diagonal compositions Empty in the centre Figures crowded around and cut off by the edges Exaggerated contrapposto Distorted elongated proportions Eerie colours Unreal lighting uncertain light source |
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The Renaissance Their brake throughs |
Influenced by the Greeks and Romans Oil on stretched canvas Perspective The use of light and shadow Pyramid configuration |
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Neoclassicism |
Meant to restore the moral fibre of society by returning to classical antiquity
Greek and roman style became identified with the French Revolution due to the theme and spirit of self sacrifice
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Romanticism |
Mystique of nature Liberty love power violence emotion Contemporary events portrayed with added emotional and symbolic qualities Artist directly connected with subject |
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Impressionism |
Tried to record the momentary effects of light and colour
Colour casts a shadow tinged with its complementary colour
Bright colours applied in small soft strokes ( no outlines) |
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Post Impressionism |
Impressionist colour and light now combined with composition and design
Artists now critical of society and its ills
Those more interested in design than in nature Those who used art for personal and emotional comment |
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Romanticism |
Mystique of nature Liberty love power violence emotion Contemporary events portrayed with added emotional and symbolic qualities Artist directly connected with subject |
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Impressionism |
Tried to record the momentary effects of light and colour
Colour casts a shadow tinged with its complementary colour
Bright colours applied in small soft strokes ( no outlines) |
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Post Impressionism |
Impressionist colour and light now combined with composition and design
Artists now critical of society and its ills
Those more interested in design than in nature Those who used art for personal and emotional comment |
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Early expressionism |
Express personal dissatisfaction with contemporary urban life |
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Romanticism |
Mystique of nature Liberty love power violence emotion Contemporary events portrayed with added emotional and symbolic qualities Artist directly connected with subject |
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Impressionism |
Tried to record the momentary effects of light and colour
Colour casts a shadow tinged with its complementary colour
Bright colours applied in small soft strokes ( no outlines) |
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Post Impressionism |
Impressionist colour and light now combined with composition and design
Artists now critical of society and its ills
Those more interested in design than in nature Those who used art for personal and emotional comment |
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Early expressionism |
Express personal dissatisfaction with contemporary urban life |
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Symbolism |
Forerunner of surrealism Artists discarded visible world of fantasy |
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Fauvism |
Wild beasts Joyful Primitive |
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Expressionism |
Direct communication of emotions thoughts feelings
Bridge Figurative expressionists distorted human features
Blue rider Abstract expressionists simplified and abstracted shapes Subject matter was almost unrecognizable |
