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Lithograph
a print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface or stone is treated so that ink will adhere only to the design to be printed
Art Nouveau
A decorative style of art, popular in Europe and America from the 1880s to the 1930s. This style is usually characterized by flowing lines, flat shapes, and vines and flowers.
avant-garde
new and unusual or experimental ideas, especially in the arts,
Calotype
an early photographic process in which negatives were made using paper coated with silver iodide.
camera obscura
a darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside. It is important historically in the development of photography.
Cantilevering
A construction technique in which the horizontal beam resting on vertical supports projects some distance beyond one of those supports
Collodion Process
Used wet plates, which were glass plates that had been covered with a mixture of chemicals before being placed in the camera for the exposure
cornice
projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)
Daguerreotype
a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor; no negatives
Perpendicular Gothic
Late Gothic style stressing verticals and horizontals, popular in England
Steerage
A large open area beneath a ship's deck, often used to house traveling immigrants
Realism in Art
Art depicting the lives of ordinary people and social problems.
Tripartite Architecture
composed of or split into three parts
Palace of Westminster ( Houses of Parliament)
Architect: Sir Charles Barry and Augustus W.N. Pugin
Period: Gothic Revival
Dates: 1840-1870 C.E.
Culture: London, England
Material: Limestone masonry and glas
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Architect: U.S. Louis Sullivan
Period:
Dates: 1899-1903 C.E.
Culture: Chicago, Illinois
Material: Iron, steel, glass and terra cotta
Still Life in Studio
Artist: Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre
Period:
Dates: 1837 C.E.
Culture: France
Material: Daguerreotype
Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Artist: Honore Daumier
Period:
Dates: 1862 C.E.
Culture: France
Material: Lithograph
The Horse in Motion
Artist: Eadweard Muybridge
Period:
Dates: 1878 C.E.
Culture: America
Material: Albumen Print
The Steerage
Artist: Alfred Stieglitz
Period:
Dates: 1907 C.E.
Culture: America
Material: Photogravure
The Stone Breakers
Artist: Gustave Courbet
Period: Realism
Dates: 1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Culture: France
Material: Oil on canvas
Olympia
Artist: Edouard Manet
Period: Realism
Dates: 1863 C.E.
Culture: France
Material: Oil on canvas