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31 matches to Metaphysical Painting
Metaphysical Painting. 1911-20. Bizarre surreal imagery in stark landscape. De Chirico.
Five Dynasties. 907-60. China between T’ang and Sung dynasties. Upheaval stimulated arts. Art to represent metaphysical truth.
Metaphysical Poets. 17C. Witty English intellectual lyric poets. Donne.
Whitehead, Alfred. 1861-1947. English mathematician/philosopher. Metaphysical theory of reality. With Russell wrote Principia Mathematica 1913. Process and Reality 1929.
Altdorfer, Albrecht. c1480-1538. German founder landscape painting.
Arcadian. Venetian paintings with Greek gods in Italian dress.
Archaic Period of Greek Art. c650-500BC. Egyptian influenced sculpture. Mythological vase painting.
Avignon School. 14-15C. Style of painting influenced by Sienese and Flemish painters during papal residence.
Barbizon. 19C French objective style of painting landscapes from nature; influenced Impressionists. Millet, Diaz.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Caravaggist School of Painting. Themes of courtesan, cheaters. e.g. George de la Tour.
Cubism. 1907. Braque and Picasso reduce painting to minimum geometric forms. Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907. Term coined by Braque 1909.
Cubism, Synthetic. 1913. Braque and Picasso create a collage form of painting.
De La Tour, George. 1593-1652. French Caravaggist painter. Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds.
Fauvism. 1898-1908. Violently colored and distorted painting expressing strong emotion. Matisse. Roualt. Puy.
Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.
Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.
Fontainebleau. School of Art. 1528-1600. Classical style of painting precipitated by above. Later, allegorical style.
Gonçalves, Nuno. 15C. Founded Portugal school of painting. Sao Vicente altarpiece.
Hudson River. 1825-75. US Romantic landscape painting school.
Lascaux Caves. 100,000BC paintings discovered 1940.
Mannerism. 16C Exaggerated colorful painting style emphasizing craft, decorum. Palissy. Dürer. Cellini. Bruegel.
Monet, Claude. 1840-1926. Originator of Impressionist open-air painting direct from nature. Impression Sunrise 1872. Nymphéas 1906-26.
Moscow School. 14-16C Icon painting. Curving planes, subtle colors.
Moses, Anna. “Grandma”. 1860-1961. US folk artist. Began painting in her 70s.