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3201044028Sculptures, Murals, and MosaicsThree most common types of Roman Art are?0
3201050742RomansLoved Greek sculptures and decided to create portrait sculptures1
3201055904Portrait SculpturesBased on realistic detail, not artistic expression. Used for revering the dead and honoring the living. These were sculptures of people as they are. At first many officials received these sculptures, but later it was just the great Roman's like caesar2
3201065760Narrative ReliefsArt of proclaiming ones victories3
3201068707Altar of PeaceCelebrated Augustus' Triumphs4
3201072050Arch of TitusCelebrating Emperor Titus' victories over Jerusalem5
3201074896Trajan's ColumnCelebrating Trajan's victories. Also an example of a narrative relief.6
3201079878Roman PaintingUse of illusion to create depth7
3201091797Roman MosaicMade of cubes of colored marble8
3201137171Jesus FishImportant early Christian Art Icon9
3201187049CatacombsChristians bury their dead and decorated with Frescoes10
3201200783Constantine legalized ChristianityArt was created above ground when11
3201207222ChristiansAvoided full size sculptures as they could be seen as idols12
3201216091Illuminated ManuscriptIllustrations to accompany a written text, usually incorporating gold leaf13
3201221816CodexA book14
3201225361Vienna GenesisOne of the first illuminated manuscripts. It was a illustrated bible15
3201229253GreeksAre known for their Pottery and Sculpture16
3201241564Greek SculpturesWere made from marble, a better material than their predecessors had17
3201247742Archaic SculptureWere stiff and seemed like egyptian styles. Greek sculptures tried to make the sculptures look more realistic18
3201252698KourosGreek Male youth Statues of the Archaic period. They stood very firm and were unnatural as they were Archaic19
3201273556RealismMaking sculptures look realistic20
3201280838IdealismHow people and animals would ideally look21
3201286410Baroque PaintingGiving as much detail to the lighting and the background, as you do to the men and women. Sought to engage the viewer. Used theatrical effects, replacing straight lines with curves and domes. Made landscape painting popular and acceptable.22
3201295761Baroque Themes1. De-Emphasis of the figure 2. A mastery of light and shadow 3. Realism in all things 4. New subjects, like landscape, still life, and self portrait. 5. Painting ceilings to give them depth, and show it extending to heaven.23
3201301534CaravaggioUsed Chiaroscuro and spot lighting which gave his paintings the impression of spontaneity. Was a famous Baroque who showed realism in all things. His Dutch equivalent is Rembrandt.24
3201305572ChiaroscuroStrong contrasts between light and dark in a painting to create drama.25
3201315440Claude LorraineShowing an idealistic figure of nature. "The money is for the landscape, the figures you can have for free". Famous Baroque renowned for his landscapes.26
3201320201RembrandtKnown for his etchings of landscapes. He sketched in his free time, many sketchings survived. He painted many self portraits of himself. His paintings were theatrical. The greatest Baroque painter from Holland, pulled all of the themes together in each painting.27
3210196297VelazquezFamous Baroque, but made very mundane works. Used neat effects like mirrors and self portrait. Well known for his "Las Meninas" in which he painted a self portrait (shown here), the King and Queen in a Mirror, and a 5 year old girl28
3210221709RubensAs likely to paint a mythological scene as a religious scene. He was known as a court painter. Known for the counter reformation. Made art exciting and engaging. Used Baroque style and painted religious paintings.29
3210295411PoussinShows shadows as a metaphor for death in ET in Arcadia.30
3211293296Greek GodsAre made in human form, so their sculptures of god's looked like men31
3211296595AcropolisIs an ancient citadel with multiple buildings on it, on top of a mountain in Athens32
3211304422ParthenonIs one of the buildings in the Acropolis, It's geometric shapes were later implemented across different cultures. Is of the Doric order and had a statue of Athena inside.33
3211329948Roman ArchitectureKnown for arches, Concrete, Trajan's column, and the Colosseum. Which was made of concrete and arches, brought people together to watch gladiators.34
3211334581PantheonThe greatest of Roman Architecture. The world's largest dome for over 1800 years35
3211344062Roman ArtMixed Christian scenes and pagan beliefs a lot36
3211352802ConstantineThe Romans are known for letting Christianity rise under?37
3211370624Romanesque11th and 12th centuries, there was a revival of art and development of churches. They tried to build Roman looking churches but, they transformed the Roman form with chapels, windows, stone vaults, and stone columns38
3211379602St.James Pilgrimage to SantiagoCould save your soul. So many churches popped up along its path.39
3211385348Vezelay, Autun, and SantiagoGreat churches of the Romanesque period40
3211393246GislebertusA sculptor of religious scenes on Romanesque churches, especially in Auton. He also sculpted Judas' suicide41
3211398048Saint BenedictBelieved in lives dedicated to labor42
3211403398Paray-Le-MonialWas a church in the shape of a cross. Known for its stone vaults, chapels, and Windows43
3211407114Durham CathedralA Norman cathedral. A Romanesque church with gothic elements44
3211418794Gothic StyleHas pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses45
3211421554Norman ArchitectureIs a type of Romanesque architecture46
3211426711Saint-Denis by SugerThis church was the birth of the gothic style. It removed the divisions between units leaving the church big and open. It had stained glass windows and placed jewels everywhere to compliment the light coming in through the stained glass windows47
3211438220Chartres CathedralIt was the most famous gothic church which held the relic the "Tunic of Mary". It also had glass stained windows which were of Mary48
3211454337ChurchesWere judged by the height of the cathedral and vaulting49
3211464085EnglandWas the first country to adopt the gothic style50
3211467099The Effects of Good GovernmentA Fresco painted by Lorenzetti first panoramic landscape on this scale in western art51
3211474885RenaissanceThe rebirth of learning and culture. Rediscovering of Roman and Greek culture, key figures were Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo. Focuses on the human form. Incredibly religious. 1400-1500. Notable in Italy, but happened in all of Europe. Florence is well known52
3211478122HumanismThe shift from God-centered to human-centered art53
3211480967GiottoInfluenced Raphael and Michelangelo54
3211484643BrunelleschiDiscovered "linear perspective" which gives 3d space to 2d art. Built the dome of the Florence Cathedral55
3211489319DonatelloStudied sculptures and made the first free standing bronze sculpture of David. He sculpted David as a boy killing Goliath. Sculpted with linear perspective to give a new illusion of depth.56
3211493740David by Donatello57
3211506973Leonardo Da VinciMona Lisa, Last Supper. Pioneered perspective and diagonal lines, to put the focus at christ's head. Used Sfumato, a technique in which the painting "Evaporates like smoke" this leaves no lines. Hence why the mona lisa is so smooth in places.58
3211511726MichelangeloCarved the famous pieta, Jesus's body on Mary's lap. Chiseled his name on Mary's sash, painted the Sistine chapel. Painted the Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the sistine chapel. In his later years he believed in Sculpting the human form instead of painting.59
3211519679RaphaelPainted rooms in the Vatican, also painted the School of Athens. A painting of many different philosophers of Athens with himself inside the picture60
3211526716MannerismPainting inside such a way that you give a visual tension to the work. Emphasizes dramatic light and motion. Purposefully distorted bodies and spacial relationships.61
3211530515TintorettoWas a mannerist. His work is characterized by its muscular figures, dramatic gestures, and bold use of perspective in the Mannerist style.62
3211534367Rococo(Late Baroque)Art of the Aristocracy. End of the Baroque period. Paris became the capital of culture. More playful and witty themes63
3211538241NeoclassicalLooked back at the classical era for inspiration of art. Finished painting's should be perfectly smooth. Many washington D.C. buildings are designed in the way of looking like old Greek and Roman buildings. Coincided with the age of enlightenment64
3211542966IngresA french neoclassical painter65
3211546424Hellenistic PeriodAdded more emotion to their sculptures. And started sculpting nude women66
3211562416Romanticism(Opposed Neoclassicism)18th century. About evoking emotion. Fear or joy. Captures human emotion67
3211568706GéricaultPainted the raft of the medusa. Was a Romanticist68
3211570926CourbetA realist, painted only actual participants of events and downplays their emotions. Father of Realism.69
3211578164ImpressionismHow color affects light. Mixing colors to let eyes decide the final look. They did not paint pictures to convey meaning. Made great atmospheres. Used Optical Mixing to but two colors next to each other. Was influenced by Leonardo from the renaissance. They built on his observation that a persons face and clothes appear green when walking through a sunlit field.70
3211586579MonetWas an Impressionist who was fixated with lighting - almost at a scientific level. Painted many landscapes, known for using Sunny hues and dissolving forms into light71
3211591864SunriseMonet painted this which gave Impressionism it's name72
3211596497PointillismApplying confetti-sized dots of pure, unmixed color over the whole canvas. The individual specs never merge so pictures can seem grainy. Seurat identifies with it.73
3211601118A Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande JatteA pointillist painting by Seurat74
3211611781SeuratWas identified with dot theory but he was also an impressionist75
3212450459ManetPainted contemporary scenes with hard edges, uses dark patches and outlining in black. Was a Realist and an Impressionist.76
3212451722Post-ImpressionismUsed Impressionist techniques but added passion and feelings into their paintings.77
3212452485Van GoghWas a post-impressionist used vibrant colors and was very extremist. Influenced by Japanese Art.78
3212454472Aesthetic MovementArt should be for it's artistic matter. Not for it's subject matter. James McNeil Whistler.79
3212455711Art NouveauUsed flowing curves to give more organic shapes. To show buildings as being formed by nature rather than man.80
3212459083SymbolismUsed visual art as a symbol for deeper meanings. The Scream (shown here) was a Symbolistic painting made by Edvard Munch. The Scream greatly influenced German expressionists.81
3212461000FauvismUsed color to defy reality. Pablo Picasso and Mattisse have roots in this..82
3212462125Pablo PicassoAn art prodigy trained in the academic style was influenced by African art and Cezanne. Was a fauvist who kept his planes splintered and 2D. Distorting his images lines and curves. Which started cubism.83
3212463546Les Demoiselles D'AvignonCubist painting by Picasso, distorting lines and splintered his planes84
3212466611DadaThe rebel artists. Defacing mona lisa and submitting urinals as art. Believed in art with no rules. Became known as Dadaism.85
3212467651SurrealismThe landscape of dreams. Drew weird images that could be scene in dreams such as melting pocket watches86
3212468586DaliWas a surrealist who created "The Persistence of Memory" an image of melting pocket watches. Used his "softness" and "hardness", which was central to his thinking at the time87
3212470412Rene MagritteWas a surrealist who created "The Son of Man" a picture of a man with an apple over his face. His art provided no answers.88
3212471196ExpressionismExpressing extreme emotions89
3212472028German ExpressionismPurely Abstract compositions using different colors to express different harmony's and states90
3212472618Abstract ExpressionismEmerged in America out of the Chaos of WWII. They would fling paint at the canvas to create art91
3212473280Wassily KandinskyA leader in the German Expressionist movement, he claimed he could see colors as music and vice versa.92
3212474608Jackson PollockA leading Abstract Expressionist, developed the technique of dripping paint onto a large canvas. Flinging paint to create art93
3212475844Pop Art2D art that POPPED, Andy Warhal made images from popular culture into art. Like a can of Campbells tomato soup. Made to satirize middle class values. Was a reference to popular culture.94
3212477240Op ArtOptical illusion art95
3212478896Georgia O'KeeffePainted Large Flowers and created pottery as art. Land art, art made in the land96
3212480099Contemporary ArtCurrent Art that uses Appropriation97
3212480854AppropriationTaking old pictures and giving it a new look or new meaning.98
3212481734Cindy ShermanDressed up as an actress and taking an identical picture from an old movie99
3212483380Bill ViolaRedid an old painting as a video100
3212484947BotticelliBeing an Italian painter of the early renaissance. He was known for painting nudes and the Birth of Venus painting. This painting depicts a nude goddess standing on a seashell with her hair being blown by the wind.101
3212486169Birth of VenusBy Botticelli102
3212487552Jan van EyckKnown for his use of "Oil painting", "The Arnolfini Wedding" (shown here), and "Man in a Red Turban" which was supposedly himself, he was also a Renaissance painter, but Northern. Was more focused on realism than Classicism.103
3212492446GoyaWas a lifelong rebel fitting no artistic category104
3212495061Third of May PaintingIt was in Goya's response to the slaughter of 5,000 Spanish civilians by Napoleon's french army. Represented humanity's dark and corrupt side105
3212499466Oath of the Horatii by DavidThis is a famous Neoclassicist piece in which Three Brothers swear to defeat their enemies or die for Rome. It symbolized the new mood of self-sacrifice instead of self-indulgence, and the death of Rococo and Birth of Neoclassical art.106
3212503245Bauhaus School of DesignCreated by Walter Gropius, it is known for constructing buildings out of simple glass boxes107
3212507068Helen FrankenthalerCreated soak stain painting108
3212512252DelacroixA defender of Romanticism, championed emotion and color. He was attracted to violence.109
3212517962Borromini's Facade of San CarlinoWas a building with distorted lines to make it seem as if the stories were curved. Baroque style.110
3212520355Frank Lloyd WrightMost famous architect, known for very strange buildings.111
3212522099PalladioA renaissance Architect known for his villas and palaces, also his arches and columns112
3212525213Pilgrimage on the Isle of CytheraWhich rococo painting by Antoine Watteau was very prominent113
3212527544AthensWas known as a place of worship114
3212528365MinimalismIs art after WWII that was minimalistic.115
3212528867FuturismTrying to display movement through fractured Cubist planes and bright Fauve colors116
3212529321Titian's Assunta (Assumption of the Virgin)Is about Mary's acceptance into heaven117
3212530422VermeerWas a Baroque master who was considered the "Master of Light" and honored women in his paintings. This is one of his pieces.118
3212530746Art VernacularArt created by untrained artists who do not consider themselves artists119
3212531959Site-specific artIs art designed to exist in a specific place120
3212532737ContrappostoWeight shift. The weight of the body rested on one leg, with the body aligned accordingly.121
3212534700DivisionismThe separation of colors into different patches that interacted optically122
3212535681Albrecht DurerCombined the renaissance and realism, he was fascinated with nature and referred to as the "Leonardo of the North".123
3218159189Byzantine IconoclasmConstituted a ban on religious icons and images by Emperor Leo III.124
3218197160Stele of Hammurabi125
3218202336RealismIs the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements. Its chief exponents were Courbet, Millet, Daumier, and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.126
3218275075Die Brücke "the bridge"A group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905, after which the Brücke Museum in Berlin was named. Founding members were Bleyl, Heckel, Kirchner and Schmidt-Rottluff. Was the Germans way to link/connect past and present art. (20th century)127
3218359557Da VinciBecame the most prominent practitioner of sfumato - his famous painting of the Mona Lisa exhibits the technique. He described sfumato as "without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or beyond the focus plane"128
3218386252Sistine ChapelShowed the Creation, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the Great Flood.129
3218412087Vietnam MemorialLocated in Washington D.C. It shows the sadness of war. Designed by Maya Lin.130
3218426134Andy Goldsworthy's Pebbles Broken and ScrapedRomanticism Artist. He would try to copy and replicate. Mostly site specific art.131
3218444988Margaret KeaneAn American artist. Creator of the "big eyed waifs", which feature children with large eyes. Is famous for drawing paintings with big eyes and mainly paints women, children, and animals in oil or mixed media.132
3218450814Cylinder SealTypically about one inch in length, engraved with written characters or figurative scenes or both, used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two-dimensional surface, generally wet clay. Were invented around 3500 BC in the Near East, at the contemporary sites of Susa in south-western Iran and Uruk in southern Mesopotamia.133
3218499453MastabaMeans tomb134
3218607187History PainterRubens is known as a135
3219362047VedutaIs a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, actually more often print, of a cityscape or some other vista. Paul Bril136
3219375125RothkoWas an American painter of Russian Jewish descent. He is generally identified as an Abstract Expressionist. One of most famous post war American artists. Known for color field paintings as well.137
3221210331The Embarkation of the Queen of ShebaBy Lorraine138
3222990549Melencolia IAn engraving by Albrecht Dürer.139
3224909696CaryatidSupporting column, sculpted as a woman.140
3234777327Las MinenasPainting by Velazquez141
3258289473VasariFather of Mannerism142
3844359032MasaccioWas one of the first to use linear perspective in his painting, employing techniques such as vanishing point in art for the first time. Learned from Brunelleschi. One of his best-known paintings is this fresco, Holy Trinity (1427)143
3845427276CezannePost-Impressionist artist. Reduced images to a geometric form and influenced future artists of Modernism, Fauvism and Cubism144
3845434603Gustave KlimtAustrian painter and one of the founders of the Viennese Secession, or Art Nouveau, movement. His work is characterized by a use of jewel-like and gold colors, and eroticism145
3848291906VerrocchioPainter, sculptor, and goldsmith. Tutored Da Vinci.146
3847507281Venus of WillendorfOne of the earliest known sculptures of a human. The sculpture is of stone and depicts an obese woman, believed to represent a fertility goddess147
3847867350Bridget RileyAn English painter who is one of the foremost exponents of Op art. Created Movement in Squares148
3849009613They didn't want to degrade/contradict/or undermine the new testamentsWhy did Christians keep old testaments in Roman catacombs?149
3849031471Avant-gardeAre people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.150
3849084602MilletA realist artist. This is an example called the Sower151
3849183298BerniniAn Italian sculptor and architect. He created the Baroque style, a style which is characterized by showing movement and emotion152
3849234336PoussinBased his paintings on ancient Roman myths, history, and Greek sculpture. Inspired Neoclassical artists David and Ingres.153
3849553144Old Kingdom, Fourth DynastyWhen were most of the pyramids built? (Cheops/khufu)154
3849700338RenoirA French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. Works include at Le Moulin de la Galette(shown here) and The Swing155
3849720345AkhenatenHe is especially noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centered on the Aten. Made art streamlined and thin.156

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