College Board Exam Review

 Key Artists  Michelangelo  da Vinci  Raphael  Donatello  Ghiberti  Brunelleschi  Art characteristics  Religious in nature  Proportionate  Faces filled with emotion  Individuality in style  Adapted Greco-Roman symmetry, classical columns, statues, arches, domes  Free standing statues  Frescos

 Key Artists  Durer  Van Eyck  Peter Bruegel  Characteristics  Real-life  Practical  Science-based

 Key Artists  Peter Paul Ruebens  Rembrandt  Poussin  Vermeer  Caravaggio  Characteristics  communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement  means of impressing and expressing triumphant power

 Key Artists  Jacques Louis David  Characteristics  draw upon Western classical art and culture  order and simplicity  political themes including bravery and war

 Key Artists  Delacroix  Joseph Mallard William Turner  Goya  Characteristics  reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature  emphasis on such emotions as trepidation, horror and terror and awe

 Key Artists  Courbet  Goya  Characteristics  depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life  Reaction against romantics

 Monet  Renoir  Manet  Characteristics  small, thin, yet visible brush strokes  emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities  unusual visual angles.

 Key Artists  Cezanne  Van Gogh  Characteristics  extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations  Vivid colors  Thick brush strokes  more inclined to emphasize geometric forms  distort form for expressive effect  to use unnatural or arbitrary color

 Key Artists  Picasso  Characteristics  objects are broken up, analyzed, and re- assembled in an abstracted form  the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context

 Key Artists  Dali  Characteristics  element of surprise  unexpected juxtapositions  expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact