Amenah Salman
Dr. Washer
Class: Art 151
Due date: April 17, 2016
Oath of the Horatii and Villa at the Seaside
The Oath of the Horatii is a painting by the artists Jacques-Louis David who is a French Neoclassical painter best known for his dramatic scenes and portraits. This painting shows three brothers, make a formal salute toward three swords that are held up by a man who seems to be their father. Also, behind the man who is holding the swords, the paining depicts sad women.
This painting was painted by David in the 1784. According to Gardner’s Art through ages, this painting “depicts a story from the pre-Republican Rome, which is the heroic phase of Roman history. The topic was not too arcane for David’s audience” (Gardner’s). This painting …show more content…
The sketchy brush strokes in the painting records Morisot quick perceptions. She presented the scene in a little filmy soft focus that conveys and carries the feeling of airiness. The composition of the painting recalls the work of some other impressionists as well. The figures in the painting actually fall informally into their place, like someone who shared their and very close and intimate space would see and perceive them. “Morisot was both immensely ambitious and talented, as her ability to catch the pictorial moment demonstrates. She escaped the hostile criticism directed at most of the other Impressionists. People praised her work for its sensibility, grace, and delicacy” (Gardner’s).
Now, when looking at both Morisot and David’s paintings, we can notice that unlike Berthe Morisot who was a French artists of the Impressionist movement, and most of her drawing has to do with the domestic subject; Jacques Louis David is a French artist but not an artist of the Impressionist movement. Instead, David art actually embodies the Neoclassicism style. And in contrast to Morisot who depicted a domestic scene in her painting, David depicted a noble event from ancient history in his …show more content…
But not only Morisot’ work was rejected, but number of Impressionism artists got rejected due to the new way of painting. For example, the painting ‘Luncheon on the Grass’ by the artist Édouard Manet was rejected primarily because it showed the nude woman with two men wearing cloths at a picnic. According to Gardner’s art book, “Because of the challenges that the modernist art presented to the established artistic conventions, the juries for the Salons and other exhibitions often rejected the works more adventurous artists wished to display”
Dr. Washer
Class: Art 151
Due date: April 17, 2016
Oath of the Horatii and Villa at the Seaside
The Oath of the Horatii is a painting by the artists Jacques-Louis David who is a French Neoclassical painter best known for his dramatic scenes and portraits. This painting shows three brothers, make a formal salute toward three swords that are held up by a man who seems to be their father. Also, behind the man who is holding the swords, the paining depicts sad women.
This painting was painted by David in the 1784. According to Gardner’s Art through ages, this painting “depicts a story from the pre-Republican Rome, which is the heroic phase of Roman history. The topic was not too arcane for David’s audience” (Gardner’s). This painting …show more content…
The sketchy brush strokes in the painting records Morisot quick perceptions. She presented the scene in a little filmy soft focus that conveys and carries the feeling of airiness. The composition of the painting recalls the work of some other impressionists as well. The figures in the painting actually fall informally into their place, like someone who shared their and very close and intimate space would see and perceive them. “Morisot was both immensely ambitious and talented, as her ability to catch the pictorial moment demonstrates. She escaped the hostile criticism directed at most of the other Impressionists. People praised her work for its sensibility, grace, and delicacy” (Gardner’s).
Now, when looking at both Morisot and David’s paintings, we can notice that unlike Berthe Morisot who was a French artists of the Impressionist movement, and most of her drawing has to do with the domestic subject; Jacques Louis David is a French artist but not an artist of the Impressionist movement. Instead, David art actually embodies the Neoclassicism style. And in contrast to Morisot who depicted a domestic scene in her painting, David depicted a noble event from ancient history in his …show more content…
But not only Morisot’ work was rejected, but number of Impressionism artists got rejected due to the new way of painting. For example, the painting ‘Luncheon on the Grass’ by the artist Édouard Manet was rejected primarily because it showed the nude woman with two men wearing cloths at a picnic. According to Gardner’s art book, “Because of the challenges that the modernist art presented to the established artistic conventions, the juries for the Salons and other exhibitions often rejected the works more adventurous artists wished to display”