Intro To Art Final Exam

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Paleolithic

Chauvet Cave

c. 28,000 BCE

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Neolithic

Beaker from Susa

(c. 4000 BCE)

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Sumerian

Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu

c. 2100 BCE

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Egyptian

Pharaoh and Queen

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Greek

(Arhaic)

Kouros

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Greek (classical)

Polykleitos

Doryphoros

c. 440 BCE

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Greek (classical)

Parthenon

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Greek (Hellenistic)

Lacoon

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Greek Architectural Orders

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Roman (Republican)

Head of a Man

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Roman (imperial)

Augustus of Prima Porta

c. 14 CE

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Early Christian

Christ Teaching his Disciples

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Early Christian

Old St. Peter's Basilica

c. 320-335

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Byzantine

Madonna and child on a curved throne

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Romanesque

saint sernin cathedral

begun 1070

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Gothic

Chartres Cathedral

begun 1145

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Renaissance (Early)

Giotto

Lamentation

1305

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Renaissance (High)

Raphael

School of Athens

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Renaissance (high)

Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa

1503-1506

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Renaissance (high)

Michelangelo

David

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Renaissance (Northern)

Van Eyck

Arnolfini Portrait

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Baroque

Caravaggio

Conversion of Saint Paul

1600-1601

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Baroque

Bernini

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

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Baroque

Rembrandt

Return of the Prodigal Son

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Rococo

Fragonard

The Swing

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Neoclassical

David

Oath of the Horatii

1784

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Neoclassical (Federal)

Jefferson

Monticello

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Romanticism

Delacroix

Death of Sardanapalus

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Romanticism

Cole

The Oxbow

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Realism

Courbet

the stone breakers

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Impressionism

Monet

impression- sunrise

1872

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Post-Impressionism

Cezanne

Mont Sainte Victoire

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Post Impressionism

van gogh

the starry night

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Expressionism (Fauve)

Matisse

harmony in red

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expressionism (the blue rider)

Kandinsky

composition iv

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cubism

picasso

les demoiselles d'avignon

1907

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futurism

boccioni

unique forms of continuity in space

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surrealism

dali

the persistence of memory

1931

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de stijl

mondrian

tableau 2 with yellow, black, blue, red and gray

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Russian social realism

monument to the proletariat and agriculture

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Harlem REnaissance

lawrence

general toussaint l'ouverture defeats the english at saline

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abstract expressionism

pollock

autumn rhythm

1950

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pop art

warhol

marilyn diptych

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minimalism

judd

untitled

1967

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conceptual art

kosuth

one and three chairs

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feminist art

chicago

the dinner party

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neo expressionism

kiefer

osiris and isis

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postmodern

sherman

untitled film still #48

1979

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postmodern

banksy

cave painting clean up

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postmodern

ofili

the holy virgin mary

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difference between paleolithic and neolithic

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went from nomadic hunters and gatherers to relatively stable life of village farmers and herders

paleolithic : naturalistic

neolithic: geometric abstract art

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paleolithic

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old stone age

75000-9000 bce

nomadic hunters

often occupied caves for shelter

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neolithic

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new stone age

occured from 9000-3000 bce

farmers and raisers of domesticated animals

lived in permanent settlements

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sumerian ziggurat of ur nammu iraq

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"sacred mountain" that links heaven and earth

used to worship hierarchy of nature gods in temples called ziggurats

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egypt/burials

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preparing the dead for life

burials reveal primitive attempts at mummification and simple provisions for the dead

every human has a spiritual essense which is immaterial and requires a body for this life and the one after

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hierarchic scale

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use of unnatural proportions or scale to show the relative importance of figures; most commonly practiced in ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian art

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ziggurat

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a rectangular or square stepped pyramid, often with a temple at its top

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greek kouros & doryphoros

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kouros: young man

doryphoros: spear bearer

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contrapposto

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refers to the counter positioning of parts of the human figure about a central vertical axis

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Hellenistic period

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greek art became more dynamic and less idealized. every day activities historical subjects and portraiture became more common subject for art

hellenistic contrasted with classical art in that it is more expressive and frequently shows exaggerated movement

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gothic & romanesque

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gothic: primarily an architectural style that prevailed in western europe from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying buttresses

romanesque: style of european architecture prevalent from the ninth to the twelfth centuries with round arches and barrel vaults

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humanism

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a cultural and intellectual movement during the renaissance, following the rediscovery of the art and literature of ancient greece and rome

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rococo

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a style used in interior decoration and painting in france and southern germany in the eighteenth century, characterized by small scale and ornate decoration pastel colors and asymmetrical arrangement of curves

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baroque art in dutch republic

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very little religious works

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realism

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style of art and literature that depicts ordinary existence without idealism exoticism or nostalgia

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neoclassicism

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emulation of classical greek and roman art

syle emerged in connection with the enlightment or age of reason in later 18th century

in france style was originally developed as a moral response to rococo but soon became strongly associated with the french revolution

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romanticism

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movement to assert the validity of subjective experience and feeling over reason

often characterized by the display of intense emotional excitement

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impressionism

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later 19th century industrialization and urbanization was transforming europe and this style sought to capture the conditions found in a single moment of the new way of life. daily modern life formed the subj matter and quick unfinished style of painting was intended to reflect the quick and changing nature of modern world

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post impressionism

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general term applied to french artists of the late 19th century who are not interested in impressionism but in exploring ideas associated with: formalist exploration, expressionism

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expressionism

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emphasizes feelings and personal perspective over objective depiction

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cubism

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developed in 1907 based on simultaneous presentation of multiple views

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futurism

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added implied motion to the shifting planes and multiple observation points of cubism

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dada

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started as a reaction to the horrors of wwi which is reflected in the antimilitaristic content of some art

ridiculed contemporary culture to shock viewers into recognizing the problems with the current socio political state of the world

rejected the value placed on the aesthetic in conventional art

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surrealism

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believed in the omnipotence of the unconscious mind, which they thought represented a deeper reality that connected all human beings

sought to make visible the imagery of unconcious

some artists used abstraction while other used dream irrational and or fantastic images

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de stijl

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inspired by cubism advocated the use of very basic forms (straight lines, primary colors, rectangular shapes)

goal was to create a new nonrepresentational language that would symbolize a new idealized society in Holland

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pop art

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british and us style developed in the late 1950's and early 1960's that uses visual cliches, subj matter and impersonal style of popular mass media imagery

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minimalism

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a nonrepresentational style of the 1960's interested in use of simple visual elements it sought to exclude subj matter, symbolism and personal expression

these works proved to be highly collectible in the new corporate art market

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conceptual art

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style of late 1960's seeking to avoid the commercialization of art. in this art form the originating idea and process by which it presented take precedence over a tangible product

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post modernism

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an attitude or trend of the late 1970's 80's and 90's characterized in architecture by a move away from the international style in favor of an imaginative eclectic approach and in the other visual arts by influence from all periods and styles and a willingness to combine elements of all