What type of painting technique is used in the work below:
fresco
What period would you guess the following work is from and WHY
Baroque (explain!)
"Neoclassical" means...
"New classical"
What is the type of brushstroke below called
Tache
What materials were Paleolithic flutes made of?
Bone, especially bird bone
What two types of depth-techniques are in this image:
Foreshortening and overlapping
What event did the Rococo period proceed?
The French Revolution
What is a "fete galante"
Fancy outdoor garden party for the rich
What was the job of the artist who painted the painting below before he became a painter
A pastor
Writing down music is an example of...
notation
Explain the style of the image below:
Hibero-Saxon
Hybrid of Irish (Hiberno) and English (Saxon) styles of metalworking
What type of compositions are used in Baroque works?
diagonal
1. What was the Neoclassical period reacting against?
2. What was the Romantic period reacting against?
1. Opulence of the Rococo
2. Industrialism
What phrase—which was used to create the work—is the painting depicting?
en plein air
What was Vivaldi's most famous piece of music?
The Four Seasons
Name the 3 anatomical theories associated with the image below:
– brain
– womb
– extra rib
Describe what "Chiaroscuro" looks like
"Light-dark"; very dark backgrounds with very bright spotlights/lighted areas
What is the following image romanticizing?
Nature
What relationship did each of the following have with taches and emotionality/storytelling?
–Monet
–Van Gogh
–Monet (Impressionism): used taches but did not care about making the user feel something/understand a narrative
–Van Gogh (Post-impressionism): used taches but did care about making the user feel something/understand a narrative
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Beethovan's Fifth Symphony
What is the allegory associated with the philosophy of the figure whose face is a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci in the following image:
Allegory of the Cave
1. Who commissioned Rococo paintings?
2. Who are the non-human figures in this image
3. What is happening in this painting and how do the non-human figures relate to the subject?
1. The elite
2. Cupid
3. A love triangle! Cupids!
1. Name the painting below
2. Explain what message was being communicated by the artist
1. Oath of the Horatii
2. The French Revolution was brewing and the people willing to risk violence in order to escape the tyranny of the monarchy
How many of these paintings are there in the full series?
25
Which composer was known to have a very odd sense of humor?
Mozart