Art History Final Terms

Romanticism

emphasizing emotion, individualism, and imagination, often at the expense of reason and classical order.

Fete-galante

A subject in painting depicting well-dressed people at leisure in a park or country setting. It is most often associated with eighteenth-century French Rococo painting.

Orientalism

A fascination with Middle Eastern cultures that inspired eclectic nineteenth-century European fantasies of exotic life that often formed the subject of paintings.

Impressionism

based on the practice of painting out of doors and spontaneously 'on the spot' rather than in a studio from sketches

colonialism

the period and practice of one power establishing and maintaining control over another, typically involving the subjugation, exploitation, and imposition of the colonizer's culture and values.

Enlightenment

an intellectual and cultural movement, primarily during the 18th century, that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights over traditional authority and superstition

Rococo

an artistic style that originated in France in the early 18th century, characterized by ornate, asymmetrical designs and light, airy themes.

Realism

the approach of representing the world as it truly exists, without idealization or embellishment.

Vanitas

a specific type of still-life painting that utilizes symbolic imagery to depict the fleeting nature of life, the inevitability of death, and the vanity of earthly pleasures.

Japonisme

A style in French and American nineteenth-century art that was highly influenced by Japanese art, especially prints.

Neoclassicism

a revival of the many styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical period

pointillism

a painting technique where small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to create an image