Exam Prep Dec 07
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- What is romanticism
- Accurately depicts landscapes or settings, but emphasizes elements to better represent feelings
- Who started the Bauhaus,a and what were the other artists
- Walter Gropius, Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt
- What is important about demoiselles
- the fact that picasso contradicts every sense of erotic imagery since the rennaissance and shatters the orderly perspective also from that period.
- who were the court painters
- group of artists commissioned by the court, luxurious, birds and flowers genre. i.e. Hundreds of birds admiring, Yin Hong
- Who is Joshua Wedgewood
- Pottery artist that made collections for aristocracy and newly found middle class bourgeousie. i.e. The Apotheosis of Homer, C. 1778
- what are the 5 principles of japanese art
- Humour/playfulness, asymmetrical composition, contrast of opposites, influence of Chinese painting, inspiration of imperfect nature
- What is orientalism
- Western artists interested in exotic peoples and places i.e. Ingres Large Odilesque
- What is Haussmanization
- Haussman, the Parisian City planner that was in charge of modernizing paris. Influential of the artists of the time
- what were the characteristics f the literati
- austere idealistic. members of uper class, not commissioned by the court
- How did Japanese art influence western painting
- western artists endowed compositions with more solid forms and off balance compositions. Prints and patterns were fluently used
- Minakshi Temple
- Madurai, South India, Nayak Dynasty
- Studying at the academy
- Hercules Glykon 3rd C CE, Line Drawing, transfer f drawing for production, final production with master potter
- What is Synthetic Cubism
- Artists selected created motifs by combining simpler elements and making a collage of them to project their new form. referenced as a chemical synthesis
- what is Analytical Cubism
- where the artist literally "analyzes" parts of objects and rearranges them as per aesthetic composition
- What is Mughal architecture
- Mughal architecture was built during the period of the sultans reign in the 1500's, drawing influence from persian, central asian and hindu architecture. i.e taj mahal
- What is Rococo Art
- fanciful, Playful sensuality, usually love driven, many images of cupid, pastel colours, i.e. Fragonard, The Meeting
- What was the The Royal Academy
- State Sponsored school, controlled market and established space firmly based on the study of classical models,through plaster cast of models, and nature. promoted history painting as the highest form of painting, subject matter was either religious or mythological, monumental size
- Who is Andre Derain
- Fauvist, artist of Mountains at the Collioure, 1905
- who led the De Stijls
- Mondrian
- what are the characteristics of Literati Paintings
- art made for themselves, combination of poetry and illustration, idealization, landscape meditative
- Who Painted the Rongxi Studio
- Ni Zan, 1372, ink on paper, Hanging Scroll.
- What was Picasso responding to in his art?
- Modern capitalist society, his own disappointments in life
- What is Impressionism
- Capturing a image as quickly as possible with a myriad of colours to accurately represent an "impression"
- What is the Akbarnama
- Book of paintings profilin.g the life of Sultan Akbar. Painted by the court painters of Akbar. i.e
- Ryoan Garden
- celebrated for its emptiness and severity. Rock Garden, Kyoto, 1480
- Portrait of Thomas Carlyle
- 1867, silver print, Julia Margaret Cameron
- What were the revolutionary aims of the Constructivists? Discuss using the Soviet Workers' Club as an example
- Create useful and efficient objects, while actively promoting the aims of society
- What characteristic do all fauve paintings have in common
- explosive colours, impulsive brushwork, i.e. Derain Mountains at Collioure, Henri Matisse, Le Bonheur de Vivre
- What are the characteristics Islamic architecture?
- Influenced by Persian, asian, and Hindu architecture, highly decorative, introduced the mosque and tomb.
- Taj Mahal
- Agra, INdia. Mughal Period, Reign of Sha Jahan, 1648
- What is Art Nouveau
- Organic inspiration, design as whole as occurs in Nature, linear designs
- What was the Crystal Palace?
- 1851, by Joseph Paxton, Represented a new era in construction using the latest materials such as glass, iron frame, and wood
- What are the characteristics of Hindu Architecture
- Pyramid style with steep steps, highly decorative, formed temple cities, decoration is devoted to religious sybols
- What is Neoclassical art
- i.e. David, Oath of the Horatii, Highly realistic based on the formative figured of the classical period, usually an ancient or historical context painting. Darker colours, shadows, Robust figures, idealisation.
- Gustav Klimt
- Art nouveau leader, general revolt against modern living expressed through arts and sciences, politics and culture,
- What were the role of the acadamies
- To train arrtists and set the tastes of the time
- The Open Door
- Talbot, 1843, scene for stil life painting
- Les Demoiselles D'Avingnon
- Pablo Picasso, 1907, Indpired by african art, elements of primitivism, prostitues subject matter
- what are the characteristic of chinese landscape paintings?
- based on three principles: Near, middle and far. allows eyes to move vicariously
- Describe the philosophical basis for the abstraction of the DeStijl movement. What "truths" were they seeking through their art
- designing accrding to the universal rules of beauty,
- Louis-Jacque Mandé Daguerre
- Inventor of Photography, obsessed with still life compositions, portraiture. Was conceived as a result of landscape artists and painters trying to render scenes as accurately as possible from a result of Comtés philosophy of social Science
- What are the differences between Islamic and Hindu Architecture
- Hindu is primarily Post and Lintel construction, pyramid based, i.e Minakshi Temple Islamic uses domes and arches i.e The Lofty Gate