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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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