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36 Cards in this Set
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Baroque |
dramatic barrocco (portuguese) - irregularly shaped pearls dynamic/dynamism - dynamic compositions |
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Baldacchino |
a canopy built over the altar - Bernini Baldacchino |
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Plastic/Plasticity |
architectural term - concave and convex curves rippling (Borromini's Facade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane) |
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Pastoral Landscape |
Lanscape formula: designo concept. Human beings on small scale, some kind of architecture (man's impact on nature), meandering pathways zig-zag, time of day is dusk, twilight, or sunset ... not a real landscape |
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Tenebrism |
a violent, intense spotlight on main characters surrounded by darkness (shadow - tenebroso) |
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Etching |
engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it. |
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Louis XIV |
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Absolutism |
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Enlightenment |
Neoclassicism - age of enlightenment coincides with art movement, age of reason, everything is brought into question - old beliefs and religion ... everything must be scientifically proven Ancien regime: old order - king - aristocracy and church. religion: god is no longer the evacenter. focus is on man and history of man |
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Philosophes |
Voltaire: designo. Intellectual expression ... opposed to monarchy, attacked ancien regime in pamphlets, desired freedom of thought (expression) above all other considerations, writings led to French Revolution Rousseau: colore. Emotional ... natural man, nature should be our guide. Emotions are the most important element of mankind, our emotions make us human. Society had corrupted humanity. |
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Neoclassicism |
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Propaganda |
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Royal Academy |
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Maderno St. Peter's Basilica - facade and nave architecture |
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Bernini Baldacchino Bronze sculpture |
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Bernini
David Marble sculpture |
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Carracci Landscape with the Flight into Egypt Oil on Canvas |
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Caravaggio The Conversion of St. Paul Oil on Canvas |
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Gentileschi Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes Oil on Canvas |
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Gaulli Triumph of the Name of Jesus Ceiling Fresco |
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Cotan Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber Oil on Canvas |
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Velazquez The Maids of Honor Oil on Canvas |
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Rigaud Louis XIV Oil on Canvas |
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Hardouin-Mansart Palace of Versailles Architecture - symbol of absolutism |
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Le Brun Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles Interior design |
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Poussin Et in Arcadia Ego Oil on Canvas |
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Clodion Nymph and Satyr Carousing Terra cotta sculpture |
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Watteau A Pilgrimage to Cythera Oil on Canvas |
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Fragonard The Swing Oil on Canvas |
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Hogarth The Orgy, Scene III from the Rake's Progress Engraving |
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Vigee-Lebrun Self-Portrait with Daughter Oil on Canvas |
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David The Death of Marat Oil on Canvas |
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West - Royal Academy The Death of General Wolfe Oil on Canvas |
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Soufflot The Pantheon Architecture |
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Walpole - Gothic Revival Strawberry Hill Architecutre |
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Houdon Voltaire Seated Terra cotta sculpture |
