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- Michelangelo
- vestible of the Laurentian Library
- Church of San Lorenzo, Florence
- 1559
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- Parmigianino
- Madonna of the Long Neck
- 1534-1540
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- Paolo Veronese
- Feast in the House of Levi
- 1571-73
- oil on canvas
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- Gianlorenzo Bernini
- David
- 1623
- marble
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- St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza
- Vatican Rome
- Carlo Maderno, facade 1626
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini, piazza design, 1657
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- Caravaggio
- The Calling of St. Matthew
- Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi del Francesi, Rome
- 1600
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- Caravaggio
- The Conversion of St. Paul
- Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
- 1601
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- Peter Paul Rubens
- The Raising of the Cross
- 1610
- oil on canvas
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- Diego Velazquez
- Water Carrier of Seville
- 1619
- oil on canvas
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- Frans Hals
- Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of St. Adrian
- 1627
- oil on canvas
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- Rembrandt
- The Company of Frans Banning Cocqand (The Night Watch)
- 1642
- oil on canvas
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- Johannes Vermeer
- Woman holding a Balance
- 1664
- oil on canvas
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- Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart
- Garden Front of the Palace of Versailles
- 1678-85
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- Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun
- Hall of Mirrors
- Palace of Versailles
- 1678
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- Nicolas Poussin
- Landscape with Saint John on Patmos
- 1640
- oil on canvas
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- Nicolas Poussin
- Landscape with St. Matthew and the Angel
- 1640
- oil on canvas
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- Detail of a leaf with the birth of Mahavira
- Kalpa Sutra
- Western Indian School
- 1400
- gouache on paper
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- Taj Mahal
- Agra India
- Mughal Period reign of Shah Jahan
- 1648
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- Akbar Inspecting the Construction of Fatehpur Sikri
- Akbarnama
- 1590
- Opaque Watercolor on paper
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- Krishna and Gopi's
- Gita Govinda
- 1525-50
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- Anish Kapoor
- As if to celebrate, I Discovered A Mountain Blooming With Red Flowers
- 1981
- wood cement polystyrene and pigment
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Counter-Reformation
- The Church's response to the Protestant Reformation
- Council of Trent was formed
- Inquisition sought out heretics for interrogation, trial and sentencing
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Pope Urban VIII
Hired Bernini to design and create the bronze baldachin, or canopy over the altar of St. Peter's
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tenebrism
dramatic contrast of light and dark in a painting
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Habsburg Monarchy
1506-1804
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Martin Luther
German leader of the Protestant Reformation
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Council of Trent 1545-63
Convened by Pope Paul III to investigate charges of church corruption and to define Catholic dogma, initiate disciplinary reforms and regulate the training of clerics.
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Literati
An English word for the East Asian intellectuals and scholars.
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Pope Paul V. Borghese
commissioned Carlo Maderno to provide St. Peter's Basilica with a new facade
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Baroque
- "...something beautiful, fascinating, and strange."
- Evolved out of the Renaissance, and Reformation, through the Scientific Revolution; artists found patrons in the Church, and the secular state, as well as the prosperous middle class. Baroque art deliberately evokes intense emotional responses from viewers. Dramatically lit, theatrical compositions often combine several media within a single work as artists highliht their technical virtuosity.
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Triptych
- an artwork made up of three panels
- the panels may be connected with hinges
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iconoclasm
the banning or destruction of images, especially icons and religious art
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raku
a ceramic pottery, made by hand, coated with glaze and fired at a low heat. produces irregularly shaped vessels highly prized for Japanese tea ceramonies
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Confucianism / Neo-Confucianism
Confucianism - an ethical system for the management of society based on establishing correct relationships among people.
Neo-Confucianism - Combining the ideals of Confucianism with the Ming-dynasty
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tuban mask
From Papua New Guinea,tubuan masks represent the Tolai male secret society. Though initiation to the society is the main purpose of the ceremonies, the men who have achieved power through the accumulation of wealth and bravery in war, call up the spirits represented by the masks to settle disputes, and stop fights.
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Ukiyo-e
Japanese term for 16 century art usually woodblock art. It depicted common people, such as courtesans.
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woodblock print
a print made from one or more carved wooden blocks. In Japan, woodblock prints were made using multiple blocks carved in relief, usually with a block for each color in the finished print.
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