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34 Cards in this Set
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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 |
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 |
room of wonder |
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Academy |
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 |
"rebirth" a period of time focused on education and expanding knowledge, especially of classical antiquity. |
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Humanism |
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 |
A banking family based in Florence during the Renaissance that supported artwork and thought through patronage |
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Rustication |
masonry with a rough outer surface |
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Winckelmann |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Finding balance between between old stories of mythology and Christianity |
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Iconography |
the writing in images. How we tell a story though images, stories, and allegories; applying knowledge of literary events. |
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Iconology |
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 |
world view-putting art in the context of the world, period eye |
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Photograph |
Greek- "Writing with Light" |
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Roland Barthes |
French theorist that analyzed effects of language on culture: literal, symbolic, and implied |
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Sack of Rome |
1527- a reaction against humanism and classical order. led to a shift in style towards mannerism |