ARTH-105 FA1 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - School Of Naturalists, Renaissance, Protestant Reformation
12 Oct 2018
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ARTH-105 FA1
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Art History Final Study Guide
TEST STRUCTURE:
Part 1: Slide Ids. 7 slides. 22 Qs. 22 pts.
No date; know artist, title, location (if it’s still there), movement
Part 2: Unknowns. 5 slides. 10 Qs. 10 pts.
Time period, artistic style
Part 3: Vocabulary. 20 Qs. 20 pts.
Word bank, each term can be used more than once, and not every term is used.
Part 4: Artistic Movement. 16 Qs. 16 pts.
Word bank, each term can be used more than once, and not every term is used.
Part 5: Multiple Choice. 32 Qs. 32 pts.
History and context of each movement, key players in each historical context, know the Louis XIV (sun king,
baroque classicism), Louis XV (promotes flandering of aristocrats - Rococo), Louis XVI (gets beheaded/ French Revolution)
TIMELINE:
High Renaissance
- Contact between widespread cultures expanded: trade, missionaries
- Main players: Popes in Rome and Rulers of Northern Europe
- Most significant religious event: Protestant Reformation - Martin Luther
- Catholic Churches became materialistic: indulgences
- Response of the church to the reformation was the Counter-Reformation
- Council of Trent: Church set standards for religious art
- Venice was the major cultural center in Europe
- Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel reflects how much art changed after Rome
was sacked & the Reformation
Aztec
- Influenced by neighboring states
- Used to reinforce their military and cultural dominance
- Tightly interwoven with their religion
Inka
- Influenced by earlier civilizations, but created their own distinct style that was a symbol of their
dominance
- Repetition of designs because pottery and textiles were often produced for the state as a tax, so
they were representative of communities.
Baroque
- North:Non-religious themes became more popular
- South: Religious-based paintings
- Elites showed off their wealth by hiring artists to paint portraits of them, but most art was target
to the common man
- Weren’t looking for biblical or mythological themes, but mundane images
- Free market replaced the Church as the main patron of art
- Feudalism
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- Types of art: landscape paintings, general still lifes, dramatic light and shade
Rococo, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism
- Rococo
- Originated in France
- Types of paintings: Light-hearted domestic life, elegantly dressed aristocrats
- Capitalism in France created great class divides in which the rich were extremely wealthy
- Louis XV: one of the worst French kings ever
- Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
- Neither the Church nor government played any role in the rise of this art movement
- Neoclassicism
- Types of paintings: Greek or Roman men, classical subject matter
- Originated in France
- Art reflected the intellectual, social, and political changes of Enlightenment (18th
century) & Industrial Revolution
- Allegiance to the state rather than the Church
- Neoclassical artists rejected Rococo superficial beauty and aristocratic frivolity
- Aimed at masses against the monarchy
- Romanticism
- Types of paintings: gloomy clouds, nature, dramatic scenes of man and nature
- Originated in Germany
- Reaction against Age of Enlightenment (reason) and Industrial Revolution
- Despite expanding cities, they depicted rural areas
- No traditional religious art was produced, but was biblical and folk imagery inspiration
- Opposite of Neoclassicism
- NeoC emphasized order and reason, Romanticism focused on feelings
Realism and Impressionism
- Realism
- Types of paintings: harsh, everyday, bleak
- Depicted poor and working class struggles as a result of Industrial Revolution
- Focused on contemporary social issues, not history
- European democratic revolutions
- Impressionism
- Types of paintings: thick globs of paint
- People sought relevant scenes from their own lives
- Paint tubes right on canvas and en plein air
- Different kind of emotion than Romanticism: visual reaction; emphasis was on color
- Post-Impressionism
- All different; one common characteristic: heavy outlines
- Placed more emphasis on subject matter and clear lines than Impressionism
Surrealism and Modernism
- Dada
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Document Summary
No date; know artist, title, location (if it"s still there), movement. Word bank, each term can be used more than once, and not every term is used. History and context of each movement, key players in each historical context, know the louis xiv (sun king, baroque classicism), louis xv (promotes flandering of aristocrats - rococo), louis xvi (gets beheaded/ french revolution) Contact between widespread cultures expanded: trade, missionaries. Main players: popes in rome and rulers of northern europe. Most significant religious event: protestant reformation - martin luther. Response of the church to the reformation was the counter-reformation. Council of trent: church set standards for religious art. Venice was the major cultural center in europe. Michelangelo"s last judgment in the sistine chapel reflects how much art changed after rome was sacked & the reformation. Used to reinforce their military and cultural dominance. Influenced by earlier civilizations, but created their own distinct style that was a symbol of their dominance.
