Judith Slaying Holofernes
Gentileschi; Southern Baroque 17th century
Las Meninas
Diego Velasquez; Southern Baroque 17th Century
The Night Watch
Rembrandt van Rijn; Northern Baroque 17th Century
View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen
Jacob van Ruisdael; Northern Baroque 17th century
Woman Holding a Balance
Jan Vermeer, Northern Baroque, 17th century
Flower Still Life
Rachel Ruysch, 17th century, Northern Baroque
Pilgrimage to Cythera
Antoine Watteau, , Rococo, 18th century
The Swing
Jean-Honor� Fragonard, Rococo, 18th century
Self Portrait with Two Pupils
Ad�la�de Labille-Guiard, Rococo, 18th century
Marriage � la Mode II
William Hogarth, Rococo, 18th century
Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David, Neoclassicism, 18th century
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson, Neoclassicism, 18th century
Cupid and Psyche
Antonio Canova, , Neoclassicism, 18th century
Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Neoclassicism, 18th century
The Nightmare
Henry Fuseli, , Romanticism, 19th century
Ancient of Days
William Blake, , Romanticism, 19th century
Third of May
Francisco Goya, 1808, Romanticism, 19th century
Raft of the Medusa
Th�odore G�ricault, , Romanticism, 19th century
Liberty Leading the People
Eug�ne Delacroix, , Romanticism, 19th century
The Slave Ship
J.M.W. Turner, , Romanticism, 19th century
The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet, , Realism, 19th century
The Gleaners
Jean-Fran�ois Millet, Realism, 19th century
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur, Realism, 19th century
Le D�jeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass),
�douard Manet, , Realism, 19th century
Impression: Sunrise
Claude Monet, , Impressionism, 19th century
Rouen Cathedral
Claude Monet, , Impressionism, 19th century
Le Moulin de la Galette
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Impressionism, 19th century
The Rehearsal
Edgar Degas, , Impressionism, 19th century
The Bath
Mary Cassatt, , Impressionism, 19th century
Nocturne in Black and Gold (The Falling Rocket)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, , Impressionism,
19th century
Southern Baroque
Art was more dramatic and dark. Represented Southern (Catholic) parts of Europe during the Reformation.
Northern Baroque
World of nature is presented with greater naturalism and sensuality. Interested in properties of light and vision. Elevation of the ordinary to the ideal. Art as a means of personal expression. Middle class patronage increases the development of different
Rococo
A popular style in Europe in the eighteenth century, known for its soft pastels, ornate interiors, sentimental portraits, and starry-eyed lovers protected by hovering cupids.
Neoclassicism
A style of art and architecture that emerged in the later 18th century. Part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures, Neoclassicism was characterized by the utilization of themes and styles from ancient Greece and Rome.
Romanticism
19th-century western European artistic and literary movement; held that emotion and impression, not reason, were the keys to the mysteries of human experience and nature; sought to portray passions, not calm reflection.
Realism
A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be
Impressionism
An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel, or impression, of the piece they were drawing
Apocrypha
of questionable authority or authenticity
Genre painting
painting in which scenes of everyday life are depicted
Landscape painting
painting that features scenes of nature: mountains, lakes, gardens, rivers, etc.
Vanitas
An image especially popular in Europe during the 17th century, in which all the objects symbolize the transience (short time period) of life. Vanitas paintings are usually of still life's or genre subjects
Still life painting
type of painting that has as its subject inanimate objects or fruit and flowers taken out of their natural context
Age of Enlightenment
an era from the 1650's to the 1780's in which cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis, and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority
F�tes galantes
Describing a type of French painting brought about by Watteau, which depicts groups of well-dressed men and women placed among a park or natural setting, with amorous atmospheres
Odalisque
a female slave in the harems of the East. It was a favorite subject of the 19th century artists in a reclining position
Watercolor
A transparent pigment used with water. Paintings done with this medium are known as watercolors.
Gouache
An opaque, water-soluble paint. Watercolor to which opaque white has been added.
The Sublime
subjects from nature that aroused strong emotions, such as fear, dread, and awe, and raise questions about whether and how much we control our lives
Folk Art
art made by ordinary people (as opposed to trained artists) using traditional methods
Avant-garde
n. a group active in inventing and applying new techniques, esp. in the arts
Painterly
a painting technique in which forms are created with patches of color rather than precise edges
Impasto
painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
Cropping
zooming in on an area of interest to create a more visually interesting or dynamic composition
En plein air
in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors.
Japonisme
A style in French and American nineteenth-century art that was highly influenced by Japanese art, especially prints.
Art for art's sake
famous statement by walter pater that became the motto of the aesthetic movement