Renaissance
Renaissance means what in Italian?
rebirth
What does "baroque" mean?
Detailed, elaborate, lavish
Where does the word "Romantic" come from?
Rome, Italy
True or false: "realism" refers to artwork looking like a photograph
False—that's "naturalism"
True or false: during the Art Nouveau period, artists wanted to show the ugliness of the world
False—they were making beautiful works
The name "Impressionism" comes from the name of the painting "Impression, soleil levant" (“Impression, Sunrise”). Who painted this work?
Monet
Were the Post-Impressionists more concerned with "visual impressions" or "emotional impressions"?
Italy
Which Baroque artist painted fleshy women and babies with rolls?
Peter Paul Rubens
What is one word to describe the perspective of Romanticism?
emotional, individualistic, imaginative
Realism was in response to what two "revolutions"?
French and Industrial
Which important Art Nouveau figure painted "The Kiss," "Woman in Gold," and "Tree of Life"?
Klimt
To what does en plein air refer?
Who painted "Starry Night"?
Van Gogh
Who's that really important Renaissance artist?
Michelangelo
What word describes strong contrast between light and dark?
chiaroscuro
What does the German phrase "Sturm und Drang" mean?
Storm and Stress
Which important Realist artist painted "The Stone Breakers" and "A Burial at Ornans"?
Courbet
True or false: the Art Nouveau was about rejecting academic snootiness
True!
What is a characteristic of Impressionist paintings?
bright colors, bold brushstrokes, real-world subjects
What technique, used by Seurat, consists of painting small dots?
pointillism
Why are the head and hand so large on the Statue of David?
The statue was intended to sit atop the cathedral
In about what year did the Baroque period begin?
1600
Who's our important Romantic artist?
Masaccio
Realist artists left behind historical and mythological/religious subjects and instead depicted what?
Real, modern-day life, with all of the pain, ugliness, and poverty
What role did the Industrial Revolution play in the birth of Art Nouveau?
Ugly stuff was being mass-produced in factories; Art Nouveau crafters made furniture, etc that was beautiful
Impressionists weren't very interested in details; instead, what did they try to capture?
The visual impressions of a moment in time
What's one way Post-Impressionism works differ from Impressionism works?
geometric figures, distorted shapes, unnatural colors, metaphor
The stories from a certain book of the Bible are painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Which book?
Genesis
rubenesque
the Bastille prison/fortress
What "movement" came out of Art Nouveau? (Hint: Arts and _____)
Arts and Crafts!
Who was the most famous female Impressionist painter?
Berthe Morisot
Name two of the four key Post-Impressionists
Van Gogh, Seurat, Gauguin, Cézanne