Balearic Islands PAU Cultural and Artistic Movements study materials
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Balearic Islands PAU Cultural and Artistic Movements cheat sheet

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Cultural and artistic movements: historical context, media and interpretive methods

  • Doric/Ionic/Corinthian orders must be described by capital, base and frieze, not just by 'style'.

  • Early Christian basilica = atrium, narthex, nave, aisles, apse, transept, timber roof.

  • Brunelleschi dome 1420-1436: double shell, herringbone brick, no centring.

  • Tenebrism = darkness with a single raking light source; Caravaggio's signature device.

  • Neoclassicism: firm contour, moral example, antique sources - David and Canova.

  • Fauvism 1905: colour autonomous from local tone; Salon d'Automne label.

  • Mezquita: hypostyle hall, reused columns, double-tier horseshoe arches

  • Formal elements: line, color, space, composition, light, viewpoint

  • Itten's seven colour contrasts: hue, light–dark, cold–warm, complementary, simultaneous, saturation, quantity

  • Open with supplied catalogue facts; mark missing authors, dates and dimensions as unknown.

  • Buon fresco binds pigment through lime carbonation; giornata marks one day's work

  • Exposure combines aperture, shutter speed and ISO.

  • Separate observed form, documented context and interpretation.

  • Artistic status, beauty and historical significance are different questions.

  • Lied: estrófico, variado o durchkomponiert; Schubert y Schumann.