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basilica
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an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges; "the church was ...a Roman building used for public administration
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_____ developed a complex, elegant, often idiosyncratic style, displayed their virtuosity and erudition, disregarded (or at least flouted) Classical and Renaissance rules of space, proportion, color, balance and composition, and felt free to experiment and invent new, sometimes unsettling standards. They rejected “clarity and unity…(High Renaissance) stability, assurance, and ideal forms…”
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Mannerists
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_____ _____ is a style in painting and sculpture that is typical of Mannerism. Human figure spiraling around.
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Figura Serpentinata (Latin - serpentine figure)
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Shapes in a _____ composition aren't sharply defined and the whole piece may be showing obvious brushwork
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painterly
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direct paint/color application. No drawing
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colorito
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Use of a drawing as building block for a painting
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disegno
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The Protestant _____ distrusted art and religious images; in the second half of the century
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Reformation
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the Catholic _____ _____ saw art as a potentially powerful weapon against Protestant gains, and urged artists to make art that would be effective in swaying the hearts of Catholics who might lapse.
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Counter Reformation
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Destruction of religious icons
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Iconoclasm
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Caravaggio's ____ was thought to almost be vulgar and too gritty. His commission of the Calling of St. Matthew was initially rejected.
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realism
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Poussinistes
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- proclaimed the primacy of drawing and draughtsmanship in painting
- well-worn path of classical art from Greek and Roman antiquities up through the Renaissance. |
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Rubenistes
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- adored the vibrant colours and aggressive brushstrokes of the more recent Baroque artists.
- focus on color |
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Painting style with thick paint application. Colors would be mixed right on canvas. Brush strokes very evident
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Impasto
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Virtuoso paint handling
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spontaneous, free painting
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Baroque
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art of persuasion, energy, focus on emotion
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Painting that depicts the life of everydayness, farmers, the poor
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Pastoral landscape
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Portrayal of a landscape more beautiful than it is in real life
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Ideal landscape
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Roccoco
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Based in France, Rococo was a decorative style most often used in interior design, painting, architecture, and sculpture.
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Rich, outdoor party in parodistic setting
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fete galante
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bombastic, highly rhetorical style of English portrait painting in the 18th century characterized by regal poses, opulent decoration and the use of visual metaphors
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Grand style portraiture
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Belief in the power of reason and science. Cold, hard facts. Goes against Rococo
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Neoclassical Movement
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Empiricism, Objectivity, Rational thought; don't take no bullshit
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The Enlightenment
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Grand Tour
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If you wanna be cultured, travel to the great art cities and see the great antiquities
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Romanticism
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Emotion, intuition, Raw, Unrestricted nature
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bombastic, highly rhetorical style of English portrait painting in the 18th century characterized by regal poses, opulent decoration and the use of visual metaphors
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Grand style portraiture
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Belief in the power of reason and science. Cold, hard facts. Goes against Rococo
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Neoclassical Movement
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Empiricism, Objectivity, Rational thought; don't take no bullshit
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The Enlightenment
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Grand Tour
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If you wanna be cultured, travel to the great art cities and see the great antiquities
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Romanticism
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Emotion, intuition, Raw, Unrestricted nature
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