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59 Cards in this Set
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Fauvism |
Group named by Louis Vauxcelles |
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Cubism |
Little cubes |
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Constructivism |
Russia-social purposes |
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Dada |
Hobbyhorse |
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Bauhaus |
Building house |
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Surrealism |
Super reality (connects dream world and reality) |
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Social Realism/Regionalism |
American trend between world wars |
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Harlem Renaissance |
Renaissance in Harlem (African American) |
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Straight Photography |
Photography? |
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Abstract Expressionism |
First major American movement |
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Pop Art |
Expression of optimistic spirit in 60s |
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Happenings |
Performance art |
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Earth Art |
Environmental Art |
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Installations |
Room sized exhibitions |
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Realism |
Paint the world as it is |
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Impressionism |
Effect that light has on color |
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Post-Impressionist |
Impressionism with more grit, dislike trivial subject matter |
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Symbolism |
Suggests ideas through symbols |
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Art Nouveau |
Modernisme/Vienna Secession |
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Exemplum virtutis |
A painting that tells a moral tale for the viewer |
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Fête galante |
18th century style of painting that depicts aristocracy walking through a forest |
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Academy |
Institution whose main objectives include training artists in an academic tradition |
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Grand tour |
In order to complete their education, young English and American toured Italy |
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Pastel |
A colored chalk |
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Salon |
A government sponsored exhibitionof artworks |
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Calotype |
Grainy quality photograph |
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Camera Obscura |
A box with a lens that usually captures light and casts an image on the opposite side |
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Caprice |
Usually a work of art that is an architectural fantasy |
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Daguerreotype |
Shiny surface/Meticulous finish photograph |
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Odalisque |
A woman slave in a harem |
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Photogram |
An image made by placing objects on photosensitive paper and exposing them to light to produce a silhouette |
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School |
A group of artists that share the same philosophy |
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The sublime |
Any cathartic experience that causes the viewer to marvel in awe, wonder, and passion |
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Abstract |
Works of art that may have form, bit have no little or no attempt at pictorial representation |
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Action Painting |
An abstract painting in which the artist drips or splatters paint onto the surface |
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Assemblage |
A 3 dimensional work made of various materials |
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Biomorphism |
A movement stressing organic shapes that hint at natural forms |
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Cantilever |
A projecting beam that is attached to a building at one end but suspended in the air at another |
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Collage |
A composition made by pasting together different items on to a flat surface |
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Color field painting |
A style of abstract painting characterized by simple shapes and monochromatic color |
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Documentary Photography |
A type of photography that seeks social and political redress for current issues by using photos as a way to expose society's faults |
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Earthwork |
A large outdoor work in which the earth itself was the medium |
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Ferroconcrete |
Steel reinforced concrete |
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Frottage |
A composition made by rubbing a crayon or a pencil over paper placed over a surface with a raised design |
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Happening |
Performance art |
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Ready made |
A commonplace object selected and exhibited as a work of art |
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Silkscreen |
A printing technique that passes ink or paint through a stenciled image |
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Venice Biennale |
A major show of contemporary art that takes place in Venice |
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Aquatint |
A kind of print that achieves a watercolor effect by using acids that dissolve onto a copper plate |
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Avant-garde |
An innovative group of artists who reject traditional techniques |
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Caricature |
A drawing that uses distortion or exaggeration of someone's physical features |
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Drypoint |
A printmaking technique in which the artist uses a needle to incise a metal plate |
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Japonisme |
An attraction for Japanese art |
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Lithography |
A printmaking technique that uses a flat stone surface as the base |
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Modernism |
A movement that began in the 19th century in which artists embraced the current |
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Plein-air |
Painting in the outdoors to directly capture the effects of light |
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Positivism |
All knowledge must have proof |
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Zoopraxiscope |
A device that projects sequences of photographs to give the illusion of movement |
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Kitsch |
Something of low quality that appeals to popular taste |