Art MEGA EXAM 2023
1600 - ANS-What year did Rome emerge AGAIN as the center of the art world?
Baroque - ANS-The emotional art style born in the 1600s
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exuberant and emotional than the Renaissance
Artemisia Gentileschi - ANS-Name the 17th Century artist who helped spread the style
of Caravaggio.
Caravaggio - ANS-Art known for a strong light source, strong contrasts, and dramatic
cast of characters
Genre Painting - ANS-Paintings of acts or scenes from every day, local, or ordinary life
Jan Vermeer - ANS-Artist who used a camera obscure to paint a more realistic picture
by noticing that objects are on different planes, in different degrees of focus, and that
colors from one object or area are reflected in other parts of the room.
Landscape, powerful chiaroscuro, low intensity colors - ANS-What elements contribute
to the mood of Rembrandt's "The Mill"
Chiaroscuro - ANS-A technique for modeling forms in painting by which the lighted parts
seem to emerge from surrounding dark areas. Strong contrast of dark and light values
in painting.
1500 (1503-06) - ANS-When was the Mona Lisa painted?
Coffer - ANS-In architecture, a square, rectangular, or polygonal recess in a ceiling to
reduce weight of the structure.
Abstract Expressionism - ANS-A twentieth century painting style that features largescale works and expression of feelings through slashing, active brush strokes
Acrylic Paint - ANS-A mixture of pigments that can adhere to almost any surface
Aesthetic - ANS-Pertaining to philosophically pleasing, beautiful and emotional nature of
man
Artisan - ANS-A person manually skilled in making a particular product; a craftsman
Batik - ANS-A coloring or dyeing process using a wax stencil to protect design areas
from coloration by dyeing of cloth or paper
camera obscura - ANS-A box with a small opening on one side, through which an image
was transferred in reverse to the opposite wall of the box
Classicism - ANS-The practice fusing stylistic elements and/or myths derived from the
Greek Classical period
Confucianism - ANS-System of social interaction that stresses order and loyalty,
personal virtue; devotion to family and to the spirits of ancestors and justice
Contour - ANS-single line or lines that define the outer and often the inner edges and
surfaces of objects or figures
Contrast - ANS-A principal of design that refers to differences in values, colors, textures
and other elements to achieve emphasis and interests
Cubism - ANS-A style of art in which the subject is broken apart and reassembled in an
abstract form, emphasizing geometric shapes; inspired by African art
Expressionism - ANS-Style of art begun in Germany early in the 20th century. Artists
sought to communicate strong personal and emotional feelings to the viewer
Futurism - ANS-A style of painting and sculpture that emerged in Italy, early 20th
century. Emphasized the machine-like quality of "modern living"
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