Art History Final Exam Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 École des Beaux-Arts | The premier school of art in Paris. |
| History Painting | Paintings that depict episodes from history - real or fictional - that were considered from the Renaissance through the 20th century as the highest form of art. |
| Tempera | A type of paint made with egg yolk. |
| Gothic Revival | An attempt in Europe and North America to bring back the exaggerated style of centuries ago. |
| White City | The buildings created in Chicago for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition. |
| Genre Painting | Paintings that depict everyday life and normal people that arose in the 19th Century. |
| Salon | A large room, often used for intellectual gatherings and the exhibition of works of art. |
| Mary Cassat | An American patron who helped bring Impressionism to the United States and went to Paris to become an Impressionist painter. |
| Rococo | A style characterized by pastel colors, soft forms and dainty figures that formed as a reaction to the rigidity and formality of the 17th century. |
| Pop Art | Art that appropriates images from popular culture and the media. |
| Sublime | A concept of beauty that cannot be described. |
| Grand Tour | A tour of Europe, specifically Italy, that artists would take to complete their training. |
| Vedute | Paintings of city scenes. |
| Curtain Wall | A wall in the building that does not support any weight in the structure. |
| Primitivism | The borrowing of subjects or forms usually from non-Western or prehistoric sources by Western artists. |
| Cubism | Breaking art down into its most elemental form. |
| Surrealism | A movement starting in the 20th century that features juxtaposition of different items and the element of surprise. |
| Assemblage | The creation of three-dimensional art made from various objects. |
| Nonrepresentational | Art that does not represent one concrete object. |
| Rose Window | The circular windows above the entrance to cathedrals. |
| Abstraction | Art that does not represent any observable part of nature. |
| Arabesque | A type of linear surface decoration based on foliage and calligraphic forms, usually characterized by flowing lines and swirling shapes. |
| Manifesto | A written declaration of an individual's or groups's ideas, purposes, and intentions. |
| Chiaroscuro | A designation of the contrast of dark and light in a painting, drawing, or print. |
| Odalisque | A reclining nude woman shown in a luxurious or exotic environment. |
| Diptych | A painting divided into two panels. |
| Salon Style | Works of art are stacked on a wall one on top of another. |
| Art Deco | An eclectic style of art that was formed in the 1920s. |
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