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27 Cards in this Set
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Canaletto, "Riva Degli Schiavoni", 1730, Italy 18th c.
tourists would buy these when in Italy all about looking pleasing |
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Soufflot, "Panthéon", 1780, Neoclassicism
admiration for Rome and Greece during the Enlightenment portico +greek cross+ colonnaded dome very classical |
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Houdon, "George Washington" 1790, American Neoclassicism
americans commissioned french sculptor, contemporary clothes etc, but DIRECT reference to roman republic |
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Napoleon (commissioned), "Arc de Triomphe", 1800, Neoclassicism
direct copy of roman triumphal arches in paris |
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Boucher, "Cupid a Captive", 1750, Rococo
lighthearted, lively, cupid tied down all very masterful, learned from baroque fleshiness/composition/crossing of lines, but made it pink and flowery, SFUMATO still |
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Boucher, "Venus in her Toilette", 1750, Rococo
probably Madame pompadour lighthearted, flirtatious |
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Boucher, "Miss Louise O'Murphy", 1750, Rococo
lighthearted, fleshiness/composition/crossing of lines, but made it pink and flowery one of his mistresses reclining nude, curtain painting for the king flirtatious |
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Chardin, "Grace at the Table", 1750, 18th century France (NOT ROCOCO)
domestic, mundane scene, female care roles, darker colors than rococo, wholesome, simple, not a fantasy world, more subdued like dutch genre paintings |
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Chardin, "Back from the Market", 1750, 18th century France (NOT ROCOCO)
domestic, mundane scene, female care roles, darker colors than rococo, wholesome, simple, not a fantasy world, more subdued like dutch genre paintings |
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Clodion, "Nymph and Satyr", 1775, Rococo
little tiny statuettes, flirtatious, jubilee, fantasy playful lust romantic interludes |
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David, "Coronation", 1780, Neoclassicism
history paintings: large, historical, with universal meaning bold colors, clear lines, strong composition pope as witness: power of state over church |
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David, "Death of Marat", 1780, Neoclassicism
history paintings: large, historical, with universal meaning bold colors, clear lines, strong composition composed to show Marat as a tragic martyr of the people, based on Michelangelo's pietá altarpiece of sorts for the new social religion |
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David, "Death of Socrates", 1780, Neoclassicism
history paintings: large, historical, with universal meaning bold colors, clear lines, strong composition dying for your beliefs, conviction, teacher with 12 students—last supperish |
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David, "Madame Recamier", 1800, Neoclassicism
reclining, drapery, ornate style (unfinished) |
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David, "Napoleon Crossing the Alps", 1800, Neoclassicism
shows Napoleon's power, over horse, over alps, great leader in times of chas |
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David, "Death of Horatii", 1780, Neoclassicism
History painting, oaths/brotherhood/patriotism strong lines/colors/composition 3 symbolism, stability |
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Delacroix, "Death of Sardonopolus", 1830, Romanticism
emotion, based on byron's poem (fusion of arts) he's back as if watching a show drama, lack of balance, cluttered, EXOTIC |
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Delacroix, "Liberty Leading the People", 1830, Romanticism
emotion, drama, lack of balance, cluttered, allegory, strong female (because she's not real) triangular with dead at bottom (like raft of medusa) red white and blue sprinkled through it |
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Fragonard, "The Swing", 1760, Rococo
tax collector='receiver of goods' playfully veiled truth, humorous, light/fun |
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Gainsborough, "Mrs. Brinsely Sheridan", 18th c. England
more sweet, humble, soft sitting in nature, not crowned, face=refined, but landscape is wispy soft brushstrokes |
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Salon's in paris, smaller, like baroque (versailles) but more intimate
changes the types of art too more personal smaller because it's back to the city |
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Greenough, "George Washington", 1840, Neoclassicism
looks like Zeus, based on his statue by Phidias freaked people out, would we want president to be like a god didn't want to idealize him against democracy |
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Hogarth, "Marriage a la Mode", 1750, 18th c England
loveless marriage, story told in details, deteriorates Marriage Contract--->Breakfast Scene----> Doctor's Office ----->La Toilette----->Bagnio----->Death of the Countess ends up horrible with death and syphilis everywhere |
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Thomas Jefferson, "House in Monticello", 1790, Neoclassicism
symbols and aesthetics of logic and reason, based off of Paladio's villa rotunda |
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Reynolds, "Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse", 1750, 18th c. art in England
grand manor portrait, more natural in response to rococo tragic muse=actress dramatic, she was also a very dramatic actress looking up at light, inspiration, lots of baroque influences (light/supernatural) enthroned like a michelangelo |
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Watteau, "Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera", 1730, Rococo
island of venus, for royals and their lovers, having fun, read from right to left (reluctance to leave) very loose brushstrokes playful, lust, romanticized |
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West, "Death of General Wolfe", 1770, 18c. American art
history painting, likened general to a martyred saint |
