Below is a list of the vocabulary words you need to know for the final.  You will need to be able to define the term and apply it to a work of art we have studied this semester.  I may couple some of the images below with the vocabulary terms and ask you to use the term in reference to this work of art:

Here's an example of this:
 

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Explain how the work of art on the left is a good example of pointalism and optical mixing.

 

You must know all of the below terms for the final exam.  You should practice by applying them to works of art already on this exam.

Define the following terms and provide an example for each term.  Use the example to illustrate your definition: you will not receive credit for just naming an example, you must demonstrate how the example exhibits this quality.

neoplatonism
neoclassical
naturalist
cubism
surrealism
key or value structure
aesthetic
genre painting
photorealism
Surrealism
Vanitas
tenebrism
medium
fresco
saturation  (this is not how light or dark something is)
optical mixing also called pointalism.
iconographic analysis
linear perspective
aerial perspective
chiaroscuro
formal analysis
non-local color
pointalism
earthtone/low key palette
abstract
content
ethnocentric
 illusionistic
naturalistic
nonobjective (or nonrepresentational)
reformation
genre
 

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Dawn) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Dull Dawn) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Harmony in Blue) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Harmony in Full Sunlight) 1894

These four paintings by Claude Monet were painted out of doors and record the fleeting effects of color as time passes through the day.  Please explain how Monet used analogous color to paint three of these images.  Which painting does not use analagous color as its scheme.

Below are the images that you will need to memorize for the final exam.  For each pair of images you should be able to:
Develop a main idea or thesis and then write a short paragraph, in complete sentences, comparing and contrasting the two works in terms of their  form, context, AND iconography.
Use the vocabulary above to discuss the works.
 

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 How does the above painting express some of the main qualities of a courtier according to Castiglione?  (Three to four sentences.)
 
 
 

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Here are several possible questions that I may ask on the exam:
Compare and contrast how each of these artists uses neoplatonic and humanistic thought in their iconography?
Compare and contrast these two paintings in terms of their iconography.
Compare and contrast these two works in terms of their form.

What are some of the main ideas in Martin Luther's "An Open Letter to Christian Nobility?  Explain how the work of art above might express this idea. (Three to four sentences.)

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