Understanding Terminology That Describes Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century 2D Visual Art - CLEP Humanities

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An artwork described as "pastoral" indicates that its subject matter is                     .

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"Pastoral," derived from the same root as "pasture," typically indicates something having to do with shepherds or other kinds of livestock keepers. In art, a "pastoral" piece depicts figures in rural life in some form, even if not necessarily a scene of herding. After the Industrial Revolution, such paintings were made to evoke a country life that was seen as gone.

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