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Lorenzetti, Ambrogio – Allegory of Good Government
1330 |
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Brunelleschi Florence Cathedral
1410-1430 |
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Boticelli – Birth of Venus
1480 |
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Durer, Albrecht – Saint Michael Fightint the Dragon
1490 |
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Durer, Albrecht – Knight, Death, and the Devil
1510 |
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Dürer, Albrecht Self Portrait
1500 |
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Michelangelo – Pieta
1490 |
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Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel Ceiling
1508-1512 |
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| Garden of Earthly Delights |
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Raffael – Madonna of the Meadow
1500 |
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Raphael – Philosophy
1509-1511 |
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Giorgione – Le Concert Chapetre
1510 |
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Grunewald, Matthias – Crucifixion (from Isenheim Altarpiece)
1510 |
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Titian – Assumption of the Virgin
1510 |
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Titian – Venus of Urbino
1530 |
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Parmigianino – Madonna of the Long Neck
1530 |
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Anguissola– A Game of Chess
1550 |
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Bruegel- The Triumph of Death
1560 |
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El Greco – Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion
1580 |
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El Greco – Burial of Count Orgaz
1580 |
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Tintoretto – Last Supper
1590 |
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Carvaggio – The Calling of St. Matthew
1600 |
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Caravaggio – The Incredulity of Thomas
1600 |
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Rubens, Peter Paul – The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
1610 |
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Poussin – Et in Arcadia Ego
1620 |
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Poussin – Abduction of the Sabine Women
1530 |
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Poussin – Et in Arcadia Ego
1640 |
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Bernini – Self-Portrati
1620 |
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Bernini – Rape Of Proserpina
1640 |
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Bernini – Ecstasy of Santa Teresa
1650 |
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Gentileschi– Judith and Holofernes
1620 |
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Rembrandt – Self-portrait in a cap, with eyes wide open
1630
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Rembrandt – The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
1630 |
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Rembrandt – The Night Watch
1640 |
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Ribera, José de – The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew
1630 |
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Vermeer, Jan – The Milkmaid
1650 |
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Vermeer, Jan – The Music Lesson
1660 |
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Vermeer, Jan – Girl with a Pearl Earring
1660 |
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Velázquez, Diego – Las meninas (The maids of honor)
1650 |
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Watteau, Jean Antoine – Return from Cythera
1710 |
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Boucher, François – Diana Leaving the Bath
1740 |
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| Luther publishes his German translation of the Bible |
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| Shakespeare writing plays |
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| Don Quixote part I published |
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| King James Authorized Version of Bible published |
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| Don Quixote part II published |
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| Descartes publishes Discourse on Method and Meditations |
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| Galileo publishes Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems |
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| Rousseau, The Social Contract |
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| Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations |
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| John Dowland creating music in England |
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| Peri, Dafne, the first play ever set to music, performed in Florence |
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| Peri, Euridice, the first extant opera |
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| Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, violin concertos |
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| Bach, Brandenburg Concertos |
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| Handel, Messiah first performed |
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| Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro |
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| Reign of Henry VIII in England |
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| Reign of Pope Leo X (de Medici) |
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| Reformation begins in Germany with Luther’s 95 Theses challenging the practice of indulgences |
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| Charles V reigns as Holy Roman Emperor |
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| Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X |
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| Churches of Rome and England separate (Henry III founds Anglican church in England) |
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| Felipe (Phillip) II reigns in Spain |
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| Elizabeth I reigns in England |
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| Defeat of Felipe’s Spanish Armada at the hands of Elizabeth’s England |
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| English found colony of Virginia in New World |
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| 5-year-old Louis XIV ascends throne of France under regency |
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| Louis XIV assumes full control of France |
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| Louis XIV moves court to newly remodeled Versailles |
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| Louis XIV dies after 72-year reign; Louis XV ascends throne |
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| American Declaration of Independence |
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| American Declaration of Independence |
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| Collapse of French economy; riots in Paris |
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| French Revolution begins; new American constitution |
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| Reign of Terror in France |
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| Napoleon rules France as consul and then as emperor |
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| Financial backing and other support provided by a person or institution |
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| The manner of articulating artworks, common in Renaissance, in which minor figures form the base and the central figure form the apex. |
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| Philosophical movement drived from the work of Plato and his followers, which emphasizes the drive toward the ideal as the goal of transcending mere material reality. |
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| Mannerism vs. High Renaissance |
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High Renaissance: normal or ideal, appeals to universal. Direct, controlled, measured,harmonious, easily posed, natural.
Mannerism: abnormal, exploits strangness, uncontrolled emotion. Elaborate, spasmodic space, conflicting, acentral composition, tensely posed or overextended. Contrasting, suprising colors. Artificial |
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| A cultural and intellectual movement which emerged in the Renaissance that embraced the belief in human perfectability. |
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| Forgiveness of sins in return for prayer, good works, and/or money |
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| A list of forbidden books that was issued by the Catholic Church in the mid-16th century |
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16th century movement originating in northern Europe aginst corruption in the Catholic Church. Ex. (indulgences, authority to theologians to interpret the Bible, low standard of education in parishes.)
Begat the Protestant Church. |
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| Major discoveries of the 16th Century |
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1492- Columbus discovers America
1493- Paracelsus pioneers use of chemicals totreat disease
1520-22- Magellan cirumnavigates the world
1530-43- Copernicus refutes geocentric view of universe
1543- Versalius publishes anatomical treatise (Third Musculature Table)
1569- Mercator devises system of mapmaking
1582- Pope Gregory XIII reforms the calendar |
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| A system of perspective in which all parallel lines converge at a single vanishing point |
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| A work produced by cutting away parts of a wooden block, which is then inked and printed |
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| Process of incising lines on a copper plate, which is then printed to produce an impression. |
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| Painting consisting of three separate panels |
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| Simple English song written for one singer and accompaniment |
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| Early keyboard instrument small enough to be placed on a table or the player's lap |
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| The part of an Elizabethan theater where the spectactors stood. These poorer members of the audience became known as groundlings. |
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| Speech made by characters in a play who utter their thoughts aloud, without addresing them to any other character |
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| In response to the success of Protestantism, the Catholic Church reaafirmed its authority and doctrines, as outlined in the Councils of Trent, and began campagins both within the preisthood and the artistic community to amplify the religious authority, splendor, and power of the church. |
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| A dramatic performance in which the text is sung rather than spoken |
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| A painting technique that employs the extreme contrasts between light and darkness |
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| Meaning ode for one voice or actor. In early opera, it referred to a single declamatory vocal line with accompaniment. |
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| A solo song in an opera, oratorio, or cantata, which often gives the singer a chance to display technical skill |
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| Sacred drama performed without action, scenery, or costume, generally in a church or concert hall |
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| Piece of music in which the same themes are repeated and combined in counterpoint |
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| Instrumental music that uses a familiar hymn or sacred song as the basis of an improvisation |
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| Short oratorios, alternating arias and recitative |
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| A self-contained section of a work. The classical symphony for example had four distinct movements. |
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| A description of the 18th Century as the people during the time had trust in science and in the power of human reason, belief in the natural order, and an overriding faith in the theory of progress that the world was better than it had ever been and was bound to get better still. |
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| A baroque art style characterised by charm and decoration, in which the subjects were treated with light heartedness, intended to entertain the eye. Also derived from the french word for "shell." |
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| A distinct movement that drew on the Western classical art of Ancient Greece and Rome. Beginning in earnest in 1760’s, it was a reactionary movement against the sensuousness and frivolousness of the Rococo and Baroque styles and a return to the ‘ideal’ of Ancient Greece and the ‘purity’ of Roman art. |
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| A musical work in several self-contained movements, written for full orchestra; essentially a sonata for orchestra. |
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| In the 17th Century, a short instrumental piece. From the 18th century, a piece of music for one or two instruments (piano sonata for solo piano, etc.) in several self-contained movements |
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A group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
Full orchestra consists of: violins (I, II), viola, cello, bass, trumpet, horn, flute, obeo, clarinet, percussion |
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| A radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. Revolutions usually lead to an overthrow of a government to be replaced by another |
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