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As Romanticism grew, what did the artists worship of express in their art?: Wild, strange, marvelous, melancholy, space, time, classic greece, middle age, american forest.
As freedom swept over France during the 19th century, on what did David base his artwork?: Greek and Roman art.
Considering Gericault broke away from classism, on what was his artwork based?: Emotionalism and Melodrama
Define the word "Renaissance.": Rebirth.
Explain "Eclecticism." Which artist best fits an eclectic?: Eclecticism is to draw from other sources and fuse their ideas into a rendering style of ones own. Raphael Sanzio best fits the description of an eclectic.
Explain Albrecht Durer's two types of printmaking techniques.: Woodcuts, and Copper engraving.
Explain the concept of "Renaissance Man." Which one of the artists discussed best fits this type of universal man? Why?: Renaissance Man means academian, not someone who specializes in one thing. Leonardo DaVinci best fits this description because he studied fields other than art.
How did Caravaggio use light?: Caravagio spotlit his subjects, and made his backround very dark.
How did the Mannerist artists display the human figure?: They twisted and stretched it to unnatural heights.
How did the Mannerist style of art come about?: The mannerist style was reactions to the beliefs and styles of the high renaissance.
How did the aristocracy spend their time during the Rococo Period?: Persuing pleasure, going on holidays, and playing.
In what country did the renaissance mainly occur?: Italy.
In what did Gericault feel nature's truth could be found?: In battle frenzy, suffering, insanity, and the instant of death.
The "Raft of Medusa" painting signaled the birth of what new style of art?: Art-Romanticism
The Rococo Period's beginning was termed what?: The age of Versialle.
Were artists of the Baroque Period universal men like DaVinci? Why or why not?: No, science became to complex.
What High Renaissance artist influence Peter Paul Rubens the most?: Michaelanglo.
What artist was a forerunner of impressionism?: Turner
What city replaced Rome as the capital of art in Europe during the Rococo Period?: Paris
What countries became the most powerful during the Baroque Period?: England, Holland, France, Spain.
What country in Europe became the most powerful and richest during the Rococo Period?: France
What did Bernini's artwok often convey in terms of emotions?: Extreme excitement, and violent realism.
What did the word Baroque originally mean?: Gross, a insult
What did they revive or resurrect in their art?: Early styles revived.
What is a fresco painting?: A painting on a wall or ceiling into moist plaster.
What is a genre artwork? Give an example of an artist that painted genre subjects.: Genre artwork is making everyday common objects, through the painting process, seem special and unique. Jan Vermeer is an artist who did this.
What is a tondo?: A round artwork.
What is a triptych?: A painting with three panels.
What is aerail perspective?: Also known as atmostpheric perspective, it is making a background look far away by using less detail, paste colors, and lighter values or tones.
What is chiaroscuro?: To put light on one side of a subject, then quickly describing shadows on the opposite side.
What is foreshortening?: Making an appendage, like an arm, come directly out toward the viewer.
What is the significance of drawing in relation to art history?: Art history has proven that drawing is the most fundamental activity of the artist.
What occured in America and France to bring about the age of Romanticism?: An emotional reaction to the established order (religion and polotics)
What signaled the end of the Renaissance-Baroque era?: When religion and kingship ceased to command that allegiance of western peoples.
What style was the most powerful influence on drawing? Why?: It was the High Renaissance because it was the first to use Naturalism.
What was Rococo art in terms of sytyle and subject matter?: Aristocratic with love of elegance, style, and subject matter.
What was Turner's main subject? Be specific.: Atmospheric effects of nature.
What was invented light? Which Baroque artist was known to use this?: Invented light means that he used figures and faces often showing light from within that glows outward, rembrant showed this.
What was or is naturalism?: The creation of convincing realism through methodical observation.
What was the artist's main contribution to science?: Observation skills.
What was the legacy of the Renaissance period?: Naturalism.
What was the main subject of Hieronymous Bosch's paintings?: Good and Evil, though with some traces of humor.
What was the official task of the arts in France at the time?: To glorify the king.
What were Bernini's three influences (He studied this things when he and his family moved to Rome)?: Greek Sculpture, Raphael, and Michaelangelo.
What were the main topics of Brugel's artwork?: The moral defects of man.
Which artist created several major foundations in Rome?: Bernini.
Which artist explored and painted the American West?: Bierstadt
Which artist never traveled out of his native land to piant?: John Constable
Which artist sought to depict the idealist landscape?: Edwin Church
Who greatly influenced Pieter Bruegel's artistic style?: Bosch.
Who painted allegorical landscape?: Cole; allegorical landscape is meant to teach and speak to the viewer.
Who painted propaganda artworks at the beginning of the Romantic Period?: Jacques Louis David
Who used watercolor techniques in his oil painting?: Turner
Who was England's greatest portrait painter?: Thomas Gainsborough
Who was noted to be the greatest self-portrait painter?: Rembrant
Who was the father of printmaking?: Albrecht Durer.
Who was the first artist to piant outdoors on location?: John Constable
Who was the first neo-classicist artisit that we studied?: David
Who was the first relevant artist to paint on canvas rather than wood panels?: Titian.
Who was the teacher of Frederic Church?: Cole