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History Painting
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- in European academic theory
- a figurative painting --of a scene from classical mythology, the Bible, the lives of saints or an historical event |
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Allegorical Figure
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A type of artistic symbolism where figures or objects portray abstract entities such as truth or love
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Naturalistic
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describes art that looks as closely as possible to the appearance of things in the natural world
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Abstract
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Depicts something from the physical world in a stylized,
simplified, exaggerated, distorted, or symbolic way |
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non-representational
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art that does not represent a physical object, person, or scene from the natural world
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salon
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A hall or gallery for the exhibition of works of art
-Rousseau |
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salon des refuses
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exhibition for works that had been submitted and rejected
(manet) |
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academy
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a school in which art is taught
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Avant-garde
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Artists and their work which stand in the forefront of a movement or of new ideas, often in opposition to established ideas and traditions; art that's ahead of its time, innovative, experimental, heterodox.
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The "Pavilion of Realism"
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protest against the salon
-first avant-garde exhibition (courbet) |
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Lithography
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a method of printing
greasy cran on a stone, ink would stick to areas where cran used- could make multiple copies (Daumier, Toulousse-Lautrec) |
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Print
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A print is a shape or mark made from a block or plate or other object that is covered with wet color (usually ink) and then pressed onto a flat surface, such as paper or textile.
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Linear
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A painting technique in which importance is placed on contours or outlines. (li'nee-er)
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hatching
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Creating tonal or shading effects with closely spaced parallel lines.
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cross-hatching
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Creating tonal or shading effects with closely spaced parallel lines w/ more such lines placed at an angle across them
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palette
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the range of colors used in a particular painting or by a particular artist.
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bourgeoisie
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People of the middle class. Most members of this group are executives and professionals.
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"en Plain air"
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"in the open air,"
describes paintings that have been executed outdoors, rather than in the studio. |
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Japonsime
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the influence of Japanese art on Western, primarily French, artists.
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Hausmannization
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transformation of Paris from medieval to modern
- major subject in impressionist mov't |
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Subjectivity
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quality of perceptions existing only within the experiencer's mind, but not in reality.
expression of the individuality of an artist. When applies to color: color that doesn't neccessarily portray the physical world |
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Coisonnism
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contour lines filled in w/ thick flat color
(van gogh) |
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Symbolism
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use of formal elements to express inner reality
(van gogh) |
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Synthetism
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synthesis of form and color w/ the subject and idea
(van gogh) |
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Stippling/pointillism
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technique of using dots
(Seurat) |
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Neo-Impressionism/ Divisionism
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new impressionists w/ scientific views
(seurat) |
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Expressionism
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when artist purposefully disforms color,form,light, texture, for desired intensification of emotional reaction
(kirchner,nolde,marc, kandinsky) |
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"Noirs"
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refers to works by Redon
only used black and white his 1st 20 years; felt more expressionistic |
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Naive Painter/ Sunday Painter
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not a professional
painted only when not working/ when could (Rousseau) |
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Salon des Independents
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juryless exhibition- where anyone could show- became well known but not admired by the public
(Rousseau) |
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Decoupage
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colored paper cut out
cut shapes from colored paper then glued to huge pieces of paper effect: bold and light- hearted; liberating sense (Matisse) |
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Woodblock Print
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(Nolde)
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Der Blaue Reiter
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"The Blue Rider"
a group of german expressionists who felt that art was a search for the spiritual in nature -they were the first to work non-objectively -theosophy (marc, kandinsky) |
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theosophy
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an objects essence more important than its physical attributes
(Der Blau Reiter) |
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Biomorphic abstraction
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Paintings referred to as "biomorphic" contain irregular abstract forms based on shapes found in nature.
(kandinsky) |
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Geometric Abstraction
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based on the use of simple geometric forms placed in nonillusionistic space and combined into nonobjective compositions
-evolved as the logical conclusion of the Cubist destruction and reformulation of the established conventions of form and space. (kandinsky) |
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Monochromatic
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Monochromatic colors are all the hues (tints and shades) of a single color.
(Picasso) |
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Hermetic
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subject representational but object so abstract that it is hard to identify what it is
(picasso and braque) |
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papier colle
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pasted papers
-similar to collage but no 3D, just bits of torn paper (Braque) |
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Trompe L'oeil
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"to fool the eye"
so illusionistic it looks real (Picasso) |
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Force Lines
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used by futurists to suggest dynamism
looks like cubism but different b/c futurists fragment space to portray speed and motion (severini |
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Dynamism
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Overall concern of futurists of representing speed and motion
(balla,boccioni,severini) |
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simultaneity
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technique for showing multiple and simultaneous views in time to create feeling of speed and motion
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futurity
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industry as progress
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Primitivism
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tendancy for avant-garde artists to look to non western cultures for inspiration
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Where and during what time did REALISM occur?
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France
~1830s-1872 |
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Where and during what time did IMPRESSIONISM occur?
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France
*1872-1886 |
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Where and during what time did POST_IMPRESSIONISM occur?
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France
~1886-1905 |
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Where and during what time did SYMBOLISM occur?
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France,Austria,Norway,Belgium
1885-~1900 |
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Where and during what time did FAUVISM occur?
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mainly France
*1905-1908 |
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Where and during what time did GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM occur?
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Germany
*1905-1914 |
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Where and during what time did CUBISM occur?
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France
*1907-... |
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Where and during what time did FUTURISM occur?
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Italy
*1910-1914 |
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Which artists were realists?
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-Courbet
-Millet -Daumier -Manet |
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Which artists were considered Impressionists?
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-Monet
-Renoir -Caillebott -Degas -Cassatt -Morisot |
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Which artists were considered Post-Impressionists?
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-Cezanne
-Seurat -Van Gogh -Gauguin -Toulouse-Lautrec |
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Which artists were considered symboists?
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-Rousseau
-Much -Ensor |
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Which artists were considered Fauvists?
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-Matisse
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Which artists were considered German Expressionists?
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-Nolde
-Kirchner -Kandinsky -Marc -Kollwitz -Grosz -Dix -Beckmann |
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Which artists were part of Die Brucke?
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-Kirchner
-Nolde |
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Which artists were part of Der Blau Rieter?
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Kandinsky
Marc |
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Who was considered the leader of Die Brucke?
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Kirchner
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Who was considered the leader of Der Blau Rieter?
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Kandinsky
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Who were considered analytic post-impressionists?
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Cezanne
Seurat |
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describe the analytic post-impressionist style
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intellectual, rational, analytical
-new ways to portray the external -objective: decorative structure pleasing to the eye |
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Who were considered expressionistic post-impressionists?
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-van gogh
-gauguin -toulouse-Lautrec |
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describe the expressionistic post-impressionist style
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-painted internal reality
-subjective element: artist's personal response to subject matter |
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What is analytic Cubism?
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Analytic cubists reduced natural forms to their basic geometric parts and then tried to reconcile these essentially 3D parts with the 2D picture plane.
(picasso |
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what was the 1st analytic cubist painting ever made?
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Picasso's
"Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" |
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What is Synthetic Cubism?
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to take peices to make something; to build up form from various elements
-collage: incorporate other materials -or painting that looks like a collage |
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What was the 1st synthetic cubist painting ever made?
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Picasso's
"Still life with chair caning" |
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Who is considered to be the first realist artist?
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Courbet
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What is considered to be the first impressionist painting?
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Monet's
"Impression:Sunrise" |
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What was the first avant-garde movement?
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Realism
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Who was the first artist to create completely non- representational paintings?
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Kirchner
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Who was associated with the salon des independents?
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Rousseau
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Which realist paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Daumier's
"The Third Class Carriage" -Courbet's "A Burial at Ornans" -Manet's "Olympia" |
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Which Impressionist paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Monet's
"Impression: Sunrise" -Renoir's "Moulin de la Galette" -Degas' "The Tub" -Morisot's "Hide and Seek" |
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Which Post-Impressionist paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Seurat's
"A sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte" -Cezanne's "Still life w/ a basket of apples" -Van Gogh's "Starry Night" -Gauguin's "Vision After the Sermon (Jacob wrestling the angel)" -Toulouse-Lautrec's "Moulin-Rouge-- La Goulue |
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Which symbolist paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Rousseau's
"The Sleeping Gypsy" -Munch's "The Scream" -Ensor's "The entry of christ into brussels" |
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Which fauvist paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Matisse's
"Le Bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life)" "Harmony in Red (The Dessert) |
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Which Die Brucke paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Nolde's
"The Last Supper" -Kirchner's "Street,Dresden" |
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Which Der Blau Reiter paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Kandinsky's
"Sketch for Composition II" -Marc's "The Large Blue Horses" |
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Which cubist painting do you need to know for the exam?
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-Braque's
"Violin and Palette" |
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Which synthetic cubist- surrealist inspired painting do you need to know for the exam?
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-Picasso's
"Guernica" |
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Which futurist paintings do you need to know for the exam?
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-Balla's
"Dynamism of Dog on a Lease (Leash in Motion)" -Boccioni's "Unique forms of continuity of space" |
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orientalism
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describes fascination french culture had with near east
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