Things I should know for AP Art History 2.0
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Terms | Definitions |
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 "A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery (in which a lamp is put in place of the sun)"Joseph Wright of Derby ca. 1763-65 oil on canvas 4' 10 X 6' 8" "caught up in the wonders of scientific knowledge" |  |
| "Hercules and Antaeus" Antonio Pollaiuolo ca. 1475 bronza approx. 1' 6" high with base "exhibits the stress and strain of the human figure in violent action" |  |
| "Breakfast Scene" from Marriage a La Mode William Hogarth ca. 1745 oil on canvas approx. 2' 4" X 3' |  |
| Grand Manner Portraiture | elevated the sitter by conveying refinement and elegnace large scale of the figures relative to the canves, controlled poses, arcadian landscape, low horizontal line |
| "Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures" or "Mother of the Gracchi" Angelica Kauffmann ca. 1785, Neoclassicm oil on canvas 3' 4" X 4' 2" |  |
| "The Burial of Atala" Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson 1808 oil on canvas approx. 6' 11" X 8' 9" "Genius of Christianity" by Chateaubriand, Native American characters Atala and Chactas (in LO), fall madly in love and to honor her vow to be chaste, Atala commits suicide not to break her promise Neoclassicism- Romanticism transition (about emotions) |  |
| "The Nightmare" Henry Fuseli 1781 oil on canvas 3' 4 X 4' 2" Romanticism |  |
| Romanticism | 19th century obsession with the Middle Ages dreams, nightmares, subconcious, terrible, goulish |
| "Raft of the Medusa" Théodore Géricault 1818-9 oil on canvas approx. 16' X 23' Romanticism, based on historical event, Medusa ran into reef, last ditch effot made a raft, 150 surviors became 15 in 12 days, Jean Charles (black slave) on top, writhing bodies |  |
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