VIAR 120 Chapter 21-24 Final exam
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Neoclassicism - correct answer New classicism. A revival of classical Greek
and Roman forms in art, music, and literature, particularly during the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Europe and America. It was part
of a reaction against the excesses of Baroque and Rococo art.
Romanticism: - correct answer A literary and artistic movement of late
eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, aimed at asserting the validity of
subjective experience as a countermovement to the often cold formulas of
Neoclassicism, characterized by intense emotional excitement, and depiction
of powerful force in nature, exotic lifestyles, danger, suffering, and nostalgia.
painterly: - correct answer painting characterized by openers of form, in which
shapes are defined by loose brushwork in light and dark color areas rather
than by outline or contour.
Realism: - correct answer The mid-nineteenth century style of Courbet and
others, based on the idea that ordinary people and everyday activities are
worthy subjects for art.
academic art: - correct answer Art governed by rules, especially works
sanctioned by an official institution, academy, or school. Originally applied to
art that conformed to standards established by the French Academy regarding
composition, drawing, and color usage. The term has come to mean
conservative and traditional art.
salon: - correct answer An official art exhibition in France, juried by members
of the official French academy.
, Daguerreotype: - correct answer An early photographic process developed by
Louis Daguerre in the 1830s, which required a treated metal plate. This plate
was exposed to light, and the chemical reaction on the plate created the first
satisfactory photographs.
Impressionism: - correct answer The style of painting that originated in
France about 1870. Painting of casual contemporary subjects were executed
outdoors using divided brushstrokes to capture the light and mood of a
particular moment and the transitory effects of natural light and color.
Post-Impressionism: - correct answer A general term applied to various
personal styles of painting by French artists that developed from about 1885
to 1900 in reaction to what these artists saw as the somewhat formless and
aloof quality of Impressionist painting. Post-Impressionist painters were
concerned with the significance of form, symbols, expressiveness, and
psychological intensity.
Expressionism: - correct answer refer to individual and group styles
originating in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Cubism: - correct answer A style developed in Paris by Picasso and Braque,
beginning in 1907. The early phrase of the style, called Analytical Cubism.
Cubism based on the simultaneous presentation of multiple views,
disintegration, and geometric reconstruction of subjects in flattened,
ambiguous pictorial space. Figure and ground merge into one interwoven
surface of shifting planes. Color is limited to neutrals. By 1912, the more
decorative phrase called Synthetic or collage Cubism began to appear, it was
characterized by fewer, more solid forms, conceptual rather than observed
subject matter, and richer color and texture.
Collage: - correct answer From the French coller, to glue. A work made with
gluing various materials, such as paper scraps, photographs, and cloth, on a
flat surface.
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Neoclassicism - correct answer New classicism. A revival of classical Greek
and Roman forms in art, music, and literature, particularly during the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Europe and America. It was part
of a reaction against the excesses of Baroque and Rococo art.
Romanticism: - correct answer A literary and artistic movement of late
eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, aimed at asserting the validity of
subjective experience as a countermovement to the often cold formulas of
Neoclassicism, characterized by intense emotional excitement, and depiction
of powerful force in nature, exotic lifestyles, danger, suffering, and nostalgia.
painterly: - correct answer painting characterized by openers of form, in which
shapes are defined by loose brushwork in light and dark color areas rather
than by outline or contour.
Realism: - correct answer The mid-nineteenth century style of Courbet and
others, based on the idea that ordinary people and everyday activities are
worthy subjects for art.
academic art: - correct answer Art governed by rules, especially works
sanctioned by an official institution, academy, or school. Originally applied to
art that conformed to standards established by the French Academy regarding
composition, drawing, and color usage. The term has come to mean
conservative and traditional art.
salon: - correct answer An official art exhibition in France, juried by members
of the official French academy.
, Daguerreotype: - correct answer An early photographic process developed by
Louis Daguerre in the 1830s, which required a treated metal plate. This plate
was exposed to light, and the chemical reaction on the plate created the first
satisfactory photographs.
Impressionism: - correct answer The style of painting that originated in
France about 1870. Painting of casual contemporary subjects were executed
outdoors using divided brushstrokes to capture the light and mood of a
particular moment and the transitory effects of natural light and color.
Post-Impressionism: - correct answer A general term applied to various
personal styles of painting by French artists that developed from about 1885
to 1900 in reaction to what these artists saw as the somewhat formless and
aloof quality of Impressionist painting. Post-Impressionist painters were
concerned with the significance of form, symbols, expressiveness, and
psychological intensity.
Expressionism: - correct answer refer to individual and group styles
originating in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Cubism: - correct answer A style developed in Paris by Picasso and Braque,
beginning in 1907. The early phrase of the style, called Analytical Cubism.
Cubism based on the simultaneous presentation of multiple views,
disintegration, and geometric reconstruction of subjects in flattened,
ambiguous pictorial space. Figure and ground merge into one interwoven
surface of shifting planes. Color is limited to neutrals. By 1912, the more
decorative phrase called Synthetic or collage Cubism began to appear, it was
characterized by fewer, more solid forms, conceptual rather than observed
subject matter, and richer color and texture.
Collage: - correct answer From the French coller, to glue. A work made with
gluing various materials, such as paper scraps, photographs, and cloth, on a
flat surface.
