AP Euro Art History Review

Complex, ornate, fussy, light, lots of cupids and pastels, very dreamlike and even feminine, focuses on aristocracy.

• Medieval

• Rococo

• Baroque

• Cubism

Flat, unrealistic, no depth or perspective, heavy use of gold & unnatural colors, often lots of people, religious (teaches lessons for the illiterate).

• Medieval

• Romantic

• Dadaism

• Neoclassical

Abstract art form that shows multiple points of view simultaneously. The subject matter is broken down, analyzed, and reassembled in abstract form. Shows more than one view at a time.

• Post-Impressionism

• Realism

• Cubism

• Dadaism

Emotional, passionate, mysterious, sentimental, intuitive, intense, “rugged” individual, power and fury of nature, the exotic/occult/macabre, nationalism.

• Realism

• Neoclassical

• Renaissance

• Romanticism

Arose during the collapse during WWI of social and moral values; attacks accepted standards of behavior/ridicules contemporary culture & traditional art forms; nihilistic and random; purpose was to enrage and engage their audience; literally means “hobbyhorse.”

• Cubism

• Dadaism

• Post-Impressionism

• Realism

They wanted to add emotion and symbolic meaning to their art. Their works often contain bold, unrealistic colors and expressive brushstrokes.

• Post-Impressionism

• Surrealism

• Northern Renaissance

• Expressionism

Realistic (but still beautiful); emotions & expressions are naturally depicted; mastery of perspective; geometrical arrangement of figures (harmony, balance, and proportion); . Subject matter: mythology, or religion, or individual portrait

• Northern Renaissance

• Baroque

• Italian Renaissance

• Rococo

Very dramatic and emotional and bold; evokes movement; extravagant; not merely religious….Very Catholic

• Baroque

• Northern Renaissance

• Neoclassical

• Surrealism

Arose in response to Romanticism; shows ordinary people going about their ordinary business. Often unattractive (but that’s reality). Subjects are that which are real and exist.

• Impressionism

• Realism

• Expressionism

• Neoclassicalism

Art form that attempts to portray dreamlike qualities and tries to explore the subconscious of the individual. Greatly influenced by Freudian psychology. Fascination with dreams, the grotesque, most importantly the UNCONSCIOUS.

• Cubism

• Realism

• Surrealism

• Impressionism