jean-antoine watteau,a pilgrimmage to cythera,1717
a group of couples in a small greek island near aphrodites birth site,outdoor pleasure,cupids in sky
jean-antoine watteau,pierrot,1719
sad clown who wants the affection of columbine
jean-honore fragonard,the swing,1767
comissioned piece of the comissioners lover, her on swing,him admiring from below
william hogarth,the orgy,sceneiiii of the rakes progress,1734,sir john soane museum,london
Rake- figure of excess / squandering his fortune
on gambling
canaletto,the bucintoro at the molo,1732
grand canal in venice, known for views of the city
jacques-louisdavid,the lictors bring brutus the bodies of his sons,1789
"be like brutus" father figures out his sons were going to overthrow the republic and restore monarchy and has them killed
jacques-louis david,death of marat,1793
murdered by charlotte gorday,Marvelist dramatic interest
Tension
William Blake, left, page valorizing âspringâ of childhood and youth, from Songs of Innocence and Experience, 1789 (cover page above at right)
Fantasy world
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1817
emersion in nature
Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Slave Ship or Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and the Dying, Typhoon Coming On, 1840
the captain ordered slaves to be thrown overboard so that insurance payments would be collected, contemporary political events,abolitionist
Francisco Goya, Family of Charles IV, 1800
Basic humaness/ordinary/imperfection
Touch irrevent
âHuman animals uncomfy with themselvesâ
Awkwardness
Made while looking in a giant mirror
reference to las meninas
Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808, 1814
1807 corruption caused charles the iv to give up the thrown and replaced by ferdinand the vii
Napoleon will send troops and put his brother as ruler of spain
2nd and 3rd of may in madrid
Spanish rebels being excuted by napoleons soldiers
Lit by singular lantern
Grande hazaña! Con muertos! (A heroic feat! With dead men!), from Goyaâs Disasters of War
Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring his Son, 1819-23
black paintings ,directly onto wall in his home
Francisco Goya, Witchesâ Sabbath, 1819â1823, from The Black Paintings
black paintings ,directly onto wall in his home
Jean-Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814
Theodore Gericault, Insane Woman,
1822
10 portraits made for a psychiatrist
Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830
July rev
Defeated King charles 10
Flag of french rev
1848 another rev in paris
Feb rev
Working class, some middle class
Louis phillipe
Remove monarch structure
(les mis)
Louis phillipe last monarch to ever rule france
Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers, 1849
politically motivated realism, og destroyed by bombers
-Edouard Manet, The Luncheon on the Grass, 1863
Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863
Edouard Manet, The Railway (Gare Saint-Lazare), 1873
Med painting
Flattens out picture
Raphael, Canigiani Holy Family, 1506
3d space
What process was this, in Paris, 1853-70?
haussmannization
Edouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-BergĂšre, 1882
Nocturnal hangout
Edgar Degas, The Orchestra of the Paris Opera, 1868-69, and Blue Dancers, 1899
cropping
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872
Done in open air on location
Meade Bros., Portrait of J.L.M. Daguerre, Daguerreotype, 1851
inventor of photo,
J .L.M. Daguerre, Paris Boulevard , Daguerreotype, 1839
the dark mountains,1890,James craig annan
Paul Strand, Photogravure, 1917
Straight photography
Celebrating a singular unmanipulated shot
Wassily Kandinsky, Impression 3, 1911
Kazimir Malevich, The Black Square, 1915
nonobjective
Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm, 1950
physical coreo with the paint
Mark Rothko, Homage to Henri Matisse, 1954
part of a book
Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army Over the Alps, 2005
Rococo, timeframe and characteristics
from 1700-french rev 1789
intimate spirit vs barouques theactrical
enchanted diversion from reality
french for rocaille (pebble) irregular stone in french grottos
major themes on romanticism
lavish and light hearted
Romanticism
a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual
Watteau's main subjects
fete galante ,an outdoor entertainment or rural festival, especially as depicted in 18th-century French painting
Major artworks from the rococo
the swing, pilgrimage to cythera,the orgy iiiscene of the rakes progress, the bucintoro at the molo, the lictors bringing to brutus the bodies of his sons,death of marat
Hogarth's Rake's progress details
Hogarth illustrates the life of Tom Rakewell; after losing his father and his fortune, he indulging in orgies and drunkenly cavorting with prostitutes. Having squandered his fortune Tom is forced to marry an older, wealthy woman in order to pay his debts.
David's major pictures
the lictors bringing brutus the bodies of his sons, death of marat
Romanticism (major characteristics of and major figures of â Blake, Friedrich, Turner, Goya, Gericault)
late 18th century,emphasizes inspiration and primacy of the individual,sing subject,the inner self
-Goyaâs major series as covered in class (Los Caprichos, Disasters of War, Third of May, Black Paintings)
explores panic,fear and ignorance
Revolution of 1848
series of republican revolts against European monarchies, beginning in Sicily and spreading to France, Germany, Italy, and the Austrian Empire (les mis)
Manet's painting shows a nude woman ("Olympia") confidently reclining on a bed, wearing nothing but a black ribbon around her neck, a gold bracelet on her wrist, Louis XV slippers on her feet and a silk flower in her hair - all symbols of wealth and sensuality.
Clement Greenberg on characteristics of Manetâs paintings and âmodernismâ VS. characteristics of Renaissance painting
flatness of modernism painting was important vs perspective and realism
Hausmannization
renovation of the city of Paris from narrow streets to wide boulevards. Modernized the city. New emphasis on modern identity and modern art.
history of Photography, as discussed in class (Daguerreotype, Nadar, Pictorialism, Straight Photography)
invented in 1839,nadar-albumen salted paper print,straight photo-celebrating a singular unmanipulated shot
first cases of abstraction as covered in class
Wassily Kandinsky, post impressionism
Contemporary black/african-american artists covered in class