Art and Photography Concepts Review

These flashcards cover key concepts, definitions, and significant events related to art and photography as presented in the lecture.

The Gross Clinic

A painting by Thomas Eakins that was rejected by critics for being too brutal.

Long exposure time

In early photography, it limited the types of subjects that could be captured.

Los Caprichos

A series of prints by Francisco Goya depicting the superstitions and follies of ordinary people.

Significance of 1848

In this year, Marx and Engels published The Communist Manifesto, and Paris saw a revolution led by laborers, socialists, and anarchists.

Camera obscura

A device used in the late Renaissance to aid in drawing from life.

Negative-positive process

An innovation introduced by Henry Fox Talbot in photography.

Positivism

The important concept contributed by Auguste Comte to the philosophy of Realism.

Emotional drama and pathos

The feeling evoked by Goya's artwork The Third of May, 1808 through its use of light and shadow.

The Gleaners

A painting by Jean-François Millet depicting the struggles of the peasant class.

Orientalism

In the context of Romanticism, it refers to the fascination with Eastern cultures, often depicted in art.

Gustave Courbet

Considered the first artist to identify as a Realist.

Napoleon III's public works program

A primary objective was to modernize Paris under Georges-Eugène Haussmann.

Phrygian cap

In Delacroix's painting, it symbolizes freedom and the fight against oppression.

19th century photography

Developed as a way to fix images produced by a camera obscura on light sensitive material.