art history unit 1

what realist painting is this?

burial at ornans, by gustave courbet

what realist painting is this?

the gross clinic, by thomas eakins

what painting is this?

the oxbow, by thomas cole

what photograph is this?

view of the boulevard du temple, by louis-jacques mande daguerre

what photograph is this?

eugene delacroix, by nadar

what photograph is this?

horse galloping, by eadweard muybridge

what’s this arts and crafts work called?

the green dining room, designed by william morris

what is the name of the urban renewal process shown in this photograph?

houssmannization, done by baron georges-eugene haussmann

what was this world’s fair building called?

crystal palace

what is this world’s fair building called?

the eiffel tower

what’s this modernist painting called?

luncheon on the grass, by eduard manet

what’s this modernist painting called?

olympia, by edouard manet

what’s this impressionist painting called?

ballet rehearsal, by edgar degas

what impressionist painting is this?

woman in black at the opera, by mary cassatt

what impressionist painting is this?

saint lazare train station, by claude monet

what impressionist painting is this?

impression, sunrise, by claude monet

what impressionist painting is this?

le moulin de la galette, by pierre-auguste renoir

what aesthetic painting is this?

nocturne in black and gold, by james abbott mcneil whistler

what post-impressionalist painting is this?

a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte, by georges seurat

what post-impressionalist painting is this?

starry night, by vincent van gogh

what post-impressionalist painting is this?

where do we come from? by paul gauguin

what symbolic painting is this?

the scream, by edvard munch

what swadeshi movement photograph is this?

general view of sanchi tope, by lala deen dayal

what swadeshi movement painting is this?

a swan telling damayanti of nala’s love, by raja ravi varma

what swadeshi movement painting is this?

bharat mata, by tagore

annual and bi-annual exhibitions at art academies

salons

type of art developed in mid-19th century france that opted to paint contemporary life, like genre scenes on large scales.

Realism

depicted subject matter that was typically historical or biblical and represented strong moral and intellectual values.

history painting

camera that creates images on metal plates coated with silver and developed in the dark while held over a pan of mercury

daguerrotype

exposed sensitive papers inside a simple camera, and the negative images developed with chemicals

calotype

camera that developed images on an expose photographic plate

wet plate technology

images drawn via oil-based crayon on stone and pressed onto paper

lithograph

artistic depictions of the eastern worth, particularly of west asia and north africa.

Orientalism

anti-industry art movement that united architecture and handicraft to create works

Arts and Crafts Movement

urban renewal process heralded by baron georges-eugene haussmann that formed modern paris.

Haussmannization

style of art that reflected contemporary life; implied novelty and rapid change.

Modernism

anti-academic art incorporating the quality of sketches, speed and spontaneity; depicted leisurely life.

Impressionism

craze for japanese art and design and its influence on painters in the west

Japonisme

salon of the rejected presenting art made up of rejected salon entries.

Salon des Refusés

movement focused around art with a focus on aesthetics instead of subjects and narratives.

Aesthetic Movement

rejects the arbitrary methods of painting used by impressionists, and relies on color theory and pure colors.

Neo-Impressionism

focus on line, color, form, and pattern.

Post-Impressionism

carefully chosen small dots, or ‘points’ of color placed adjacent to one another

Pointillism

colors chosen using color theory; only uses ‘pure’ colors

Divisionism

when form melds from one thing to another.

passage

painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours.

Cloisonnism

art seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images.

Symbolism

art characterized by a preoccupation with the pictorial values of architecture and landscape in combination with each other.

Picturesque

movement represented by ‘inherently indian’ art that inspired indians to work for independence

Swadeshi movement

japanese style of painting that typically uses mineral pigments.

Nihonga

a form whose length is typically much greater than its width, so it appears to have only length.

Line

hue

color

the degree of lightness or darkness of a color.

value

the intensity, or the quality of brightness or dullness

Saturation

the tactile quality of a surface.

Texture

painted texture that evokes the actual texture of the object.

Implied texture

the material from which a work of art is made.

Medium

the organization of a work of art (often made up of a foreground, middle ground, and background).

Composition

a system for respresenting a 3-dimensional space of a 2-dimensional surface.

perspective