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Ch. 30
ARH F303
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
06/24/2013

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Romanticism
Definition

a western culture phenomenon, beginning around 1750 and ending about 1850, that gave precedence to feeling and imagination over reason and thought

 

more narrowly, the art movement that flourished from about 1800 to 1840

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Realism
Definition

a movement that emerged in 19th C. France

 

realist artisits represented the subject matter of everyday life (especially subjects that previously had been considered inappropriate for depiction) in a relativley naturalisitc mode

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Sublime
Definition
Often described as indescribable, the sublime is a concept that has for centuries generated debate amongst writers, artists, and philosophers. A mountain, a landscape, a building, a poem, a particularly good meal can all be sublime, as can a heroic deed or a thought. The sublime can also describe a state of mind
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[image]
Definition

Theodore Gericault

 

Raft of the "Medusa"

 

Oil on canvas

 

1818-19

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[image]
Definition

Francisco Goya

 

Third of May, 1808 

 

Oil on canvas

 

1814-15

Term
[image]
Definition

Joseph Mallord William Turner

 

The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons, 16th October 1834

 

Oil on canvas

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[image]
Definition

Gustave Courbet

 

A Burial at Ornans

 

Oil on canvas

 

1849

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[image]
Definition

Edouard Manet

 

Olympia

 

Oil on canvas

 

1863

Term
[image]
Definition

Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket

 

James McNeil Whistler

 

Oil on panel

 

1875

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