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CSET Visual Art History

Subjects : cset, visual-arts, history
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1. French - the Stone Breakers (1849)






2. Works in Spain - but shows Italian (mannerist) influence in distortion and choice of colors. Lots of motion - dynamism in later paintings. View of Toledo. Baroque - like style






3. German artist - proud - Self - portrait (N. Renaissance)






4. An American realist artist - whose paintings depicted life on the frontier (Fur Traders Descending the Missouri)






5. After Italy - borrowed linear perspective from Italian - discovered oil paints to make light






6. Beauty and proportion of human body; length of body 8 times the head; Myron's Discobolus and Apollo Belvedere






7. Greek and Roman -- focus on balance - harmony - symmetry






8. This French painter was important to French Romantic art. He often used his painting to convey a political message - and he is best known for his painting depicting the socialist revolution of 1830: Liberty Leading the People.






9. Began in Italy in the 1400's






10. Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (N. Renaissance)






11. David - Sistine Chapel (creation of Adam)






12. St. George - poised for action - unique face






13. Member of Hudson River School - painted The Oxbow






14. A technique which made it possible to represent three dimensional objects on a flat surface in a systematic way - so that all the lines receding at right angles on the picture plane converge at a vanishing point on the horizon (Filippo Brunelleschi 1






15. (N. Renaissance) used vibrant colors to portray lively scenes of peasant life - Peasant Wedding - from the Netherlands ('genre painting'






16. Two business partners who produced colored prints of everyday American life in the nineteenth century.






17. Rococo artist - The Swing






18. Late 18th to mid 19th c. - reaction against ordiliness of neoclassicism - imagination - romantic/natural subjects; emotional style






19. French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825) - The Oath of Horatii - Death of Socrates - portraits of leaders of French revolution






20. The first coherent school of American art






21. Has some aspects of Baroque style in self portraits; Self - Portrait - 1659 when Rembrandt is 53






22. Depicted FRENCH NOBILITY - and was PASTEL AND PLAYFUL. Post - Baroque (about 1720 to 1760)






23. Built by Romans (emperor Hadrian) from 125-128 CE - includes balance/symmetry (Greeks) and arches (Romans via Egyptians)






24. A Realist painter known for his seascapes of New England. Northeaster 1895






25. Late 18th and early 19th century; revived classical forms and subjects and emphasized balance; viewed art as having a high moral purpose






26. Known for his large landscapes of the American west - foremost painter of Westward Expansion scenes - part of Hudson River School - 'Storm in the Rocky Mountains' - 'Looking Down Yosemite Valley' - 'The Oregon Trail' 'Rocky Mountains - Lander's Peak'






27. (1859-19370) This African American artist is best known for his style of painting. He was the first African American painter to gain international acclaim. 'The Banjo Lesson.'






28. Vitruvian Man - the Mona Lisa - the last Supper (dry fresco did not work well)






29. Found his subjects in the people and occupations of everyday life - one of the French painters of country life that settled near the village of Barbizon - 'The Gleaners' - 1857- oil on canvas






30. Stone cathedrals - stained glass window - floor plan in shape of a cross - gargoyles - flying buttresses






31. Was one of the most celebrated 19th century American photographers - best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism.






32. German - was called 'Germanic Lord Byron' painted Wandering Above the Sea of Frog and Chasseur Forest






33. Dramatic use of light and shade (chiaroscuro) - turbulent compositions - vivid emotional expressions






34. A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be






35. The Birth of Venus






36. 1746-1828; Bullfight is an example of Romantic Art






37. School of Athens (fresco depicting ancient Greek philosophers and Renaissance painters) - The Marriage of the Virgin (good example of linear perspective) - Cowper Madonna (gentle style)






38. Sculptor - Robert Gould Shaw adn 54th MA Regiment Memorial






39. Rococo artist - The Pleasures of Life






40. American realist painter - The Gross Clinic - 1875






41. Renowned genre painter and contemporary of the Hudson River School. Depicted African - Americans with dignity/sympathy (e.g. Eel Spearing at Setauket 1845)






42. Baroque painter - The Calling of St. Matthew