Art for those AP euro hipsters
Art is an important part of this test– be sure to get a question or two on it and a possible frq
Renaissance Art (14th-16th century)
displayed humanist views (scholars of the past: Greek and ROman ); glory to the human body (symmetry); less religious; philosophy rather than chivalry; creativity over commission; an artists used many different mediums instead of just one
who liked it? City states; Lorenzo de Medici and Pope Julius II (warrior pope)
Frescos by Giotto (Father of Renaissance Art)
David by Michelangelo in 1504– It is a sign of strength for Florence, and a perfect example of symmetry and glory of human body
School of Athens by Raphael in 1509– depicts very important part of humanism (Aristotle and Plato and other philosophers)
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci in 1490— shows human’s symmetry and proportion; human perfection
Baroque Art (17th century)
grandeur and drama; appealed to absolute monarchs; religious comissions (Roman Catholicism)
St. Peter’s Basilica by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Versailles for Louis XIV– dramatic; The Hall of Mirrors reflected the power of the monarch
in Amsterdam, baroque depicted the grandeur of a bustling center of trade/learning– Rembrandt painted The Night Watch (1642) which captured Dutch civic pride
light, subtle, charm; aimed at aristocracy “at play”; leisure;
Music Party by Antoine Watteau in (1719)
Sanssouci for Fredrick the Great of Prussia and hôtels in France (architecture)
Neoclassicism (18th century, after French Revol.)
artists who sympathized with democratic/nationalistic views of the French Revolution; rejected Rocco art; inspiration from Republics of Greece and Rome
Oath of the Horatti by Jacques Louis David (1784)– classic spin off of ancient world: was character dying for Roman Republic (ahem die for republic of france ahem), separate spheres for men and women
Architecture: Napoleon reshaped Europe /Paris to look like Roman Empire– Temple of Glory (1829) and Arc de Triomphe (1806) for those who fought in Napoleonic wars
Realism (Early 19th century)
accurately/honestly renders the life around them in detail
Burial at Ornons (1849-1850) by Gustav Courbet
Impressionism (Late 19th century)
render the reality of the visual experience; light, color and human perception
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Edward Manet in 1882– depicts a woman that is just another object of commerce
Post Impressionism (Late 19th -20th century)
combined impressionism with geometric form and unnatural color= more emotional effect
Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh in (1889)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat: pointillism– depicts the mechanical like people produced by their times; dark and light symbolism for working class
Violin and Palette (1909) by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso started cubism (most important departure from traditional art)
Romanticism (19th century)
roots: Emil by Jean-Jacques Rousseau; sentient and emotion; avoided politics; nature
Expressionism (late 19th-20th century)
emotion and psychological states; no more realism and naturalism; exaggerated color and form
The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch
The Violinist (1912) by Marc Chagall
Abstractionism (20th century)
analyzed perception/ experience; the world is composed of geometric shapes
Woman with a Guitar (1913) by Georges Braque
Compositions (1911) by Wassily Kandinsky
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