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MAT art terms
Art Terms to Study for the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
Term | Definition |
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art deco | 1920s-1930s; symmetry and bold colors |
Baroque | elaborate, decorative |
Bauhaus | German school |
cubism | geometrical forms; Picasso |
Dada | anti-establishment |
expressionism | express emotion vice realistic representation; Van Gogh |
fresco | paintin on plaster, usually as a mural; da Vinci's "The Last Supper" |
impressionism | shows artist's impression vice realistic one; Monet |
pointillism | uses many dots to form image |
tempera | paint made with egg yolks |
Angelico, Fra | Ital painter--Deposition of Christ |
Calder, Alexander | Amer sculptor--mobiles and wire sculptures |
Caragaggio | Ital painter--Calling of St Matthew |
Cezanne, Paul | French painter--"The Card Players" |
Chagall, Marc | Russian--stained glass, modernist |
Donatello | Ital sculptor--bas-relief (not a turtle :-) |
Hopper, Edward | Amer realist painter--"Chop Suey" |
Pergamon | German museum in Berlin |