AP Art history
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| 1323518892 | camera obscura | a darkened enclosure having an opening, through which the light from external objects enters to form an image of the objects on the opposite surface | 1 | |
| 1323518894 | coquette | a woman who gains attention and admiration of men through flirtatious acts without sincere love or affection | 2 | |
| 1323518896 | Descartes | "I think therefore I am" | 3 | |
| 1323518898 | Empiricism | all knowledge comes from a practical experience and experimentation | 4 | |
| 1323518900 | Encyclopedie | edited by Diderot, it was a compilation of all the available knowledge -- historical, scientific, technical, religious and moral | 5 | |
| 1323518902 | Femme Savants | "learned women"; Wealthy, ambitious and cleaver hostesses competed to attract the cleverest and accomplished persons to their salons where artifice reigned supreme and wittiness was a supreme social virtue | 6 | |
| 1323518904 | Fete Galante | an amorous festival painting, usually outdoors | 7 | |
| 1323518905 | French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture | set the standard for the classical style permitted in France. Its aim was the glorification of the monarchy. | 8 | |
| 1323518906 | Grand Manner Portraiture | "elevated the sitter" by conveying refinement and elegance | 9 | |
| 1323518907 | Grand Tour | a pilgrimage of aristocrats, wealthy and diplomatic persons to tour the important area of Europe to obtain the knowledge and classical cutlure | 10 | |
| 1323518908 | Hotel | town houses in Pairs | 11 | |
| 1323518909 | Modernity | a concept of historical 'consciousness' in which people reject established ideas and conventions to encourage momentous change. It implies a distinction between past and present | 12 | |
| 1323518910 | Natural Man | people living a primitive state without the arts, sciences, society and civilization, which had corrupt them | 13 | |
| 1323518911 | Neoclassicism | was inspired by the classical motifs, subjects, and decorations. Its virtues were morality, idealism, patriotism, and civic virtue. Its inspiration came from the excavation of Pompeii and Herculaneum | 14 | |
| 1323518912 | Newton | an English philosopher and mathematician who discovered the laws of gravity and motion and is responsible for the mechanistic view of the universe | 15 | |
| 1323518913 | Nobility | changed to heroism bestowed by the virtues of courage and resolution, patriotism, and self sacrifice rather than aristocratic birth | 16 | |
| 1323518914 | Philosophes | advanced thinkers in France who shared the conviction that the ills of humanity could be remedied by applying reason and common sense to human problems | 17 | |
| 1323518915 | Picturesque | quaint, charming | 18 | |
| 1323518916 | Pousinistes vs Rubenista | The struggle between the belief that the form was more important than color. Color carried the day in the Rococo era. | 19 | |
| 1323518917 | Rococo | a style primarily of interior design which appeared in France around 1700. These interiors featured lavish decoration, fine furniture, wall paintings and reliefs. Rococo means shell or pebble | 20 | |
| 1323518918 | Rousseau | said "man is by nature good... he is depraved and perverted by society." "Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains." | 21 | |
| 1323518919 | Salon | center of the 17th century social life. These were dominated by women. | 22 | |
| 1323518920 | Satire | a work which holds up human vices and follies to ridicule and scorn | 23 | |
| 1323518921 | Sentimental | sweet, sincere, sympathetic, and tender emotions so called "natural" | 24 | |
| 1323518922 | The Age of Reason (Enlightenment) | 1750-1850 doctrine which was predicated on a believe that there was a universal order in the universe. | 25 |
