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45 Cards in this Set
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The Oath of the Horatii Jaque Louis David 1784 France Neoclassicism Horatii brothers take an oath to fight against their enemies Propoganda painting, calling people to war Static architecture, arches shallow frame, reminiscent of reliefs |
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The Death of Marat Jaque Louis David 1793 France Neoclassicism Marat was a disliked revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday. Painting employs Christlike elements in Marat's body to make him innocent, angelic (Christ-arm) Historical propoganda painting |
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Self Portrait With Daughter Elisabeth Viglee-Lebrun 1789 France Neoclassicism Official portrait painter of Marie Antoinette Explored ideas of motherhood |
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The Death of General Wolfe Benjamin West 1770 USA Neoclassicism French & Indian War Contemporary death, pyramidal composition, chief and native/European figure make this work exotic |
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The Nightmare Henry Fuseli 1781 Britain, though Fuseli was Swiss Romanticism Claustrophobic, contrast between dark and light Satirized many times, very popular |
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Family Portrait of Charles IV of Spain Francisco Goya 1800 Spain Romanticism Multigenerational image, referencing Velasquez Unflattering portrait |
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Third of May 1808 Francisco Goya 1814 Spain Romanticism Explores working class, humanizing the poor victims of war Figure is lit up by a lantern with his arms raised, Christlike Other figures in painting are looking away Viewer could place themselves in the scene, choose a side |
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The Hay Wain John Constable 1821 England Romanticism "Painting is, for me, but another word for feeling." dramatic, cloudy English sky, lush and wet natural area Focuses on nature as opposed to humans Explores atmosphere and light in a slow, rural environment Lots of white Constable only painted very close to Suffolk, his village |
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Snowstorm: Hannibal Crossing the Alps William Turner 1812 England Rennaissance The Sublime: evokes dark and undeniable feelings of "awe" so grand it is almost terrifying, the power of nature Historical event - Hannibal, snowstorm enveloping the army Comment on Napoleon's march and the follies of empires: can't fight nature |
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Slaveship William Turner 1840 England Based on the story of a slaveship owner who threw his slaves overboard to collect insurance. Water looks like blood, not clear whether sunrise or sunset, bodies floating in the water Ship descends into hell |
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The Oxbow Thomas Cole 1835 USA Romanticism Nature tied with ideas of newness, expansion to the west. Painting is divided in half, wilderness and developed land. Cole was a proponent of nature conservation and indigenous rights, so he painted himself into the wilderness. |
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Raft of the Medusa Gericault 1818 France Rennaissance Tense, high drama with dark sky and tangled bodies Very large work Based on story of abandoned sailors while the wealthy officials took the life boats after the ship sunk |
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Death of Sardanapalus Delacroix 1827 France Rennaissance Based on 1821 poem about Sardanapalus, last king of Syria, overthrown by rebels "Orientalism" - obsession with North african culture image is of Sardanapalus destroying his belongings ancient tale made a canvas for showing weird sex violence against women women still look white amazing colorist, red bloodlike fabric flowing everywhere |
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The Stonebreakers Gustave Courbet 1849 France Realism - about workers and the working class - young boy and old man suggest multigenerational workers living in poverty - work is staged, shallow, people not actually working -tattered clothing, pot forcamping |
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Burial at Omans Gustave Corbet 1849 - 1850 France Realism "Show me an angel and I'll paint it." -paints only what he sees -nonimportant person has died, elevating the death of a peasant by painting it -everyone is on the same plane, attack on history paintings |
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The Third Class Carriage Daumier 1863 France Realism -physiognomy: detail in facial structure -triangle composition, sense of humanity, use of black |
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Gargantua Daumier 1831 France Realism, satire chair toilet, people feeding him all their goods in taxes, he is defecating bills and legislature a big vegetable run by his advisors/assistants head looks like a pear, symbol of making fun of the king |
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Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines Rosa Bonheur 1849 France Realism Market in animal paintings socialist background, father was an early feminist explored complex anatomy in animals applied for license to wear pants |
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Dejeuner Sur l'Herbe (Luncheon in the Grass) Eduard Manet 1862 France Realism Show in the "salon de refuse," became a sensation naked woman is a recognizable modern prostitute Her body is not idealized, her pose is not sexual draws from "pastoral concert" |
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Olympia Manet 1863 France Realism Appropriating from the Venus of Urbino Prostitute in middle class society in Paris Black cat at foot of bed symbolizes sexuality. Maid offering flowers as part of exchange. Realistic looking body, pale and shadowed Gives viewer a bored look |
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Bar at the Folies Bergere Manet 1881 - 1882 France Romanticism/Impressionism At a fancy french nightclub Confusing composition, evokes drunkenness Bar maid is interacting with a man who is perhaps buying drinks or sex with her Viewer is in the position of the man Loose brushwork, more attn paid to objects around the woman |
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Impressionist Sunrise Monet 1872 France Impressionism complementary color creates vibrations how we see things, not what they are pushing paint around canvas loose brushwork, industrial area is how monet worked. |
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On the Banks of the Siene Monet 1868 France Impressionism Explores surface quality of the water Shows the "suburbs," new thing Very little black Composition follows gaze of the figure |
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Gare Saint-Lazare Monet 1877 France Impressionism -moving, industrial, technology -smoke, atmosphere, harmonious composition -cathedral-like space |
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Haystacks Monet 1890-91 France Impressionism repetition of single object/location/site same object in different light interest in simplifying the forms, exploring color |
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Luncheon of the Boating Party Renoir 1881 France Impressionism exchange of glances moves viewer around the painting complexity of social relationships paris suburbs |
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The Child's Bath Mary Cassat 1891-92 USA Impressionism weird, looking-down angle influenced by Japanisme/prints patterns her work focused on motherhood |
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At the Opera Mary Cassat 1891-92 USA Impressionism flaneurs/looking/social dynamics puts viewer in strange place viewer is being watched woman is focused on opera, other people are just hanging out elbow on ledge: she is asserting herself even though she is being watched |
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The Orchestra of the Paris Opera Degas 1868 France Impressionism weirdly cropped space is flattened influenced by early photography contrast of orchestra and ballerinas |
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The Crystal Palace Paxton France 1851 Cast iron and glass built for world's fair, giant event taken down after the fair |
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John Brown Augustus Washington 1846-47 USA daguerrotype emulsion process w/metal on glass, no negatives, very detailed |
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Harvest of Death Timothy O'Sullivan 1863 Gettysburg, PA wet print Civil war was most documented war up to that point battle of gettysburg |
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Rococo Art |
18th century French art movement Ornate style, against rigidity of grandeur and symmetry. Light colors, movements. |
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Orientalism |
Influence/obsession with North African style |
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Etching |
The art of preparing etched plates, especially metal plates, from which designs and pictures are printed. 2. A design etched on a plate. 3. An impression made from an etched plate. |
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Sublime |
the sublime (from the Latin sublīmis) is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual, or artistic. Usually tied with images of nature. |
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Art Salon |
an annual exhibition of works of art by living artists, originally held at the Salon d'Apollon: it became, during the 19th century, the focal point of artistic controversy and was identified with academicism and official hostility to progress in art. |
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Salon de Refuse |
Salon of paintings that did not make it into the actual salon |
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Japanisme |
Obsession/influence with Japanese art style. See: weeaboo. |
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Daguerrotype |
a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor. |
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Pointillism |
a technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye. |
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Exociticism |
Obsession with the exotic? |
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Stereograph |
a pair of stereoscopic pictures or a picture composed of two superposed stereoscopic images that gives a three-dimensional effect when viewed with a stereoscope or special spectacles. |
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Carte de Visite |
small tradeable photograph in france |
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History Paintings |
Paintings of historical events, high drama, staged, neoclassical/romantic, often about war and death. all before 1850 |
