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Bridge of History
Fine Arts Exam #1
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 2
09/21/2010

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21st Century
Definition
Digital Revolution
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20th century
Definition
World Wars
Jackson Pollock (No real painting)
Shostakovich (Russian. Wrote during stalingrad)
Term
19th Century
Definition
Freud, Steam Locomotive
J.M.W. Turner (Rain, Steam and Speed)
Richard Wagner (Opera)
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18th Century
Definition
French and American Revolutions
Giambattista Tiepolo (Immaculate Conception, Fresco)
Mozart (40th in g minor)
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17th Century
Definition
Descartes Bacon, Mayflower
Rembrandt can Rijn (Chiaro Scuro shading, archangel leaving the family of tobias)
Bach
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16th Century
Definition
Martin Luther, Council of Trent
Albrecht Durer (Praying Hands)
Palastrina (A Cappella Chamber Music)
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15th Century
Definition
Medici
Michelangelo (Sistine Chapel)
Josquin des Prez
Term
Criticism
Definition
the act of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary, musical performance ,art exhibit etc
Term
Formal Criticism
Definition
Applies no external conditions or information (history, life of the artist etc). Analyzing JUST the work itself.
Term
Mona Lisa
Definition
Vasari (1550)
Lisa Giocondo
da Vinci
The Louvre
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Linear Form
Definition
The lines that make the composition of a picture
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Rule of Thirds
Definition
Diving a picture's composition by thirds for best effect
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Contextual Criticism
Definition
seeks meaning by adding to formal criticism an examination of related information outside of the artwork, such as facts about the artist's life
Term
Continuous Line
Definition
Without lifting the pencil
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Inverted Image
Definition
Draw it upside down
Term
Art Maker's Questions
Definition
How do I make it?
What tools do I need?
Who are the masters?
How do I improve?
What do I have to communicate?
Term
Art Receiver's questions
Definition
What does it mean?
Who made it?
Where was it made?
Who was it made for?
Why is it so remembered?
Term
Laocoon Group
David - Michelangelo
The Thinker - Rodin
Definition
Trojan Priest crush to death because they warned the trojans
- Florence.. small but mighty
- Dante's Inferno.. the gates of Hell
Term
Bas Relief
Definition
Flat
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Haut Relief
Definition
Actually 3D
Term
Substitution
Definition
molten to a solid state
Term
Raphael - Stanza Della Segnatura
Definition
School of Athens
Frescoes in Vatican
Plato (up) Artistotle (down)
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equipoise
Definition
balance of parts
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pulling power
Definition
each item in the picture acts as a magnet for the eye
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Verismo
Definition
Realism... operas that were about hard stuff in life
Term
Bravi
Brave
Definition
- Mixed Group
- Ladies Only
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