Art History 2-Midterm

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Charles Wilson Peale,

Artist in His Museum,

1822 (Romantic)

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Jacques Louis David,

Oath of the Horatii,

1784 (Neo-Classical)

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Brunelleschi,

Duomo, Santa Maria delle Fiore,

completed 1436 –

Florence (Renaissance)

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Bartolomeo,

Palazzo de Medici,

1444-84 –

Florence (Renaissance)

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Donatello,

David,

c. 1440s (Renaissance)

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Michelangelo,

David,

1501-04 (Renaissance)

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Bernini,

David,

1623-24 (Baroque)

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Horatio Greenough,

George Washington,

1840 (Romantic)

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Jean-Antoine Houdon,

George Washington,

1792 (Neo-Classical)

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Daniel Chester French,

Abraham Lincoln,

1920 (Beaux-Arts)

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Georges Seurat,

Sunday on the Island of La Grand Jatte,

1884-86 (Neo-Impressionism)

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Auguste Rodin,

Adam,

c. 1880 (Symbolism)

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Sandro Botticelli,

Primavera,

1477-82 (Renaissance)

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Salon

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officially sanctioned exhibition of artists working within the academy of royale des peinture de sculpture (also a way of exhibiting artwork with crowded walls)

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Wunderkammer

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room of wonder

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Academy

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a society or institution of distinguished scholars, artists, or scientists, that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field.

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Renaissance

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"rebirth" a period of time focused on education and expanding knowledge, especially of classical antiquity.

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Humanism

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A focus on the individual. Exploration of individual potential and a desire to excel, commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty.

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Medici

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A banking family based in Florence during the Renaissance that supported artwork and thought through patronage

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Rustication

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masonry with a rough outer surface

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Winckelmann

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One of the 1st art historians. Starts to write about classical art and advocates for Greece to be part of the western world.

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Lost Wax Method

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the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass or bronze) is cast from an original sculpture made of wax

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Deductive Carving

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Contrapposto

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an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs.

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Fasces

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a bundle of rods with a projecting ax blade, carried by a lictor as a symbol of a magistrate's power, and used as an emblem of authority in Ancient Rome

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McMillan Plan

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a comprehensive planning document for the development of the monumental core and the park system of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. A simple axis shape

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Pointillism

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a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image

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Neo-Platonism

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Finding balance between between old stories of mythology and Christianity

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Iconography

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the writing in images. How we tell a story though images, stories, and allegories; applying knowledge of literary events.

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Iconology

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breaks out of the figurative frame of the image. Associating the image with the world, meaning, or content. History of symbols according to varying historical conditions

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Weltanschauung

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world view-putting art in the context of the world, period eye

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Photograph

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Greek- "Writing with Light"

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Roland Barthes

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French theorist that analyzed effects of language on culture: literal, symbolic, and implied

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Sack of Rome

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1527- a reaction against humanism and classical order. led to a shift in style towards mannerism