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sacred texts as stories derived from the Bible set to music |
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sets of variations out of different settings of a chorale melody or hymn tne |
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short instrumental pieces |
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Johann Sebastian Bach – from |
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Johann Sebastian Bach – unique identifiers |
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Ritornello, rotating solos, only person who wrote for an organ. Cantata (German) |
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contrast between 2 groups of players |
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Johann Sebastian Bach – instrument |
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Organ. Brandenburg Concertos |
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Johann Sebastian Bach – why important |
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death marked end of baroque, wrote 200 cantatas (one/week) for church |
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Johann Sebastian Bach – time period (before and after composers) |
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(1685-1750)Baroque, same time Handel (1685-1759), before Haydn (1731-1809), Beethoven (1770-1827), Mozart (1791-1844) |
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Vivaldi (1676-1741) – description |
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Baroque, strong contrasts between orchestra. instrumental |
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derived from Latin word for “flight”. Single theme is passed from voice to voice or instrument to instrument, each imitating the principal theme in turn |
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Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – from, genre |
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choral writer, Better at opera, wrote instrumental. English oratorios |
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rocaille, seashells around the garden, decorative style |
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Rococo – definition, key word |
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feminine style, indifference, maintaining frivolity |
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Watteau – from, genre, type |
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Pilgrimage to Cythera, Jupiter and Antiope |
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Aristocratic artist, figures in stately poses, gently engaged in unimportant activities. Pastel colors. Fetes galantes. Grouping in mid-ground |
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French term referring to some of the celebrated pursuits of the idle, rich aristocrats in the 18th century |
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Boucher – from, genre, type |
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“Mounds of pink flesh.” Sensual paintings of (mainly) nude mythological figures. |
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Pastoral Scene, Diana leaving the bath |
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Fragonard – from, genre, type |
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The Swing, A Young Girl Reading, Diana and Endymion, The Bolt |
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Looks innocent but has hidden innuendos, clothed, figures in the foreground |
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last great artist working in Rococo style |
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Carriera – from, genre, type |
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Enrichetta Anna Sofia of Modena, Flora, Portrait of a Man,Portrait of a Woman in Turkish Costume |
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portrait artist, soft pastel colors, based in Venice |
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Gainsborough – from, genre, type |
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Gainsborough – identifiers |
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Portrait. darker colors and backgrounds, focuses on the dress. Often includes landscape backgrounds |
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Tiepolo – from, genre, type |
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Religious art, applies rococo principles to religious art. Famed for his ceilings and trompe l’oeil effects |
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Queirolo – from, genre, type |
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Italian/Genoese, Rococo, Sculpturist |
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Likes tiny detail, impressed by the surface. triumph of technique over subject |
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Boffrand – from, genre, type |
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interior- JUST design. no architecture |
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no straight lines, ornament, create a graceful, light, airy effect |
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Neumann – from, genre, type |
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German, Rococo, Architect |
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Vierzehnheiligen Pilgrimage Church |
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cross put together by circles, extreme detail |
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David – from, genre, type |
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French, Neo-classical/Romantic, Artist |
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Sabine Women, Oath of the Horatio |
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Rich colors, has a lot to do with the Revolution, shallow space, bright colors |
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Most Quoted Writer besides William Shakespeare Wrote in iambic pentameter and rhyming couplets |
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3 targets 1-growing commercialism 2-new rationalism(I think therefore I am) 3-Religion based only on feeling |
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Swift – from, genre, type |
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England/Ireland, Rococo, Author |
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A Modest Proposal, Gullivers Travels |
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snubbed to be English clergy, then fought for Irish rights and independence |
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Reynolds – from, genre, type |
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English, Neo-Classical, Artist |
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Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse |
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generalized people in generalized locations. Portraitst with greek themes |
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Hogarth – from, genre, type |
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English, Neo-Classical, Artist |
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‘Shortly After the Marriage’ |
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cartoonish, not the best artist |
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Using pictures to tell stories |
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Canova – from, genre, type |
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Italian, Neo-Classical, Sculptorist |
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Pauline Borghese as Venus |
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classical figures, sculpted people with the body of a Greek god or goddess |
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Thorvaldsen – from, genre, type |
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Danish/Islandic, Neo-Classical, Sculptor |
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Thorvaldsen – why important |
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biblical characters in classical way |
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Soufflot – from, genre, type |
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French, Neo-Classical, Architect |
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rotunda, post/lintel, less decoration on exterior |
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Jefferson – from, genre, type |
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American, Neo-Classical, Architect |
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Rousseau – from, genre, type |
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Genevan, Romantic, Writer |
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Rational humanism-man is good, give him knowledge, not from church or gov. philosopher, writer. |
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The Social Contract, ‘’general will’’ of the people, Encylopedia |
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society and aristocrats=corrupt, go back to noble savage |
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helped with encyclopedia, rational humanism, searched for truth-’try to find God but he escapes me’ ‘Noble Savage’ |
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Voltaire – from, genre, type |
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French, Neo-Classical, Writer |
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Candide, Cunegonde, Pangloss, Martin |
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anti-humanity, critical of superstition, especially the Church, Strove for freedom of thought in society |
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Mozart – from, genre, type |
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Germany/England/Italy, Classical, Musician |
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Le nozze di Figaro, Requiem. Don Giovanni |
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Italian Opera, Piano Concerto |
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develops High Classical style of music. Innovator of opera |
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