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22 Cards in this Set
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Formal Analysis: Monticello, Virgina, U.S. / Thomas Jefferson (architect), 1768-1809 CE, #102
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Style: -neoclassicism |
Contextual Analysis: -Thomas Jefferson was an icon in the ideals of the revolution -also interested in the arts and architecture -classical elements of architecture -his residence (private residence) -wanted neoclassicism to be the architecture of our country |
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Formal Analysis: Monticello plan, Virgina, U.S. / Thomas Jefferson (architect), 1768-1809 CE, #102
Content: -multiple small basilica plans repeated
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Contextual Analysis: -innovation through revival |
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Content: -oil on canvas -Roman legend -about a conflict--three brothers and crying sister in the corner (then sacrifice their own sister)--shows the importance of sacrifice
Style: -neoclassical |
-artist went against Rococo teachings despite his training in it -myth about the importance of sacrifice for the good of ones city |
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Formal Analysis: George Washington
Content: -contraposto -military uniform -made while still alive--much requesting for american hero sculptors -marble
Style: -neoclassical
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-Houdon was the most accomplished neoclassical sculptor in France -first president of the United States -commissioned right after the Revolutionary War ended -Washington disliked the classicized aesthetic -U.S. lacked in artistic talent -Houdon was a European trained artist -fasces--bundle of thirteen rods that symbolizes the power of the ruler and through unity -sword out of his immediate grasp--surrendering military power--resigned and went back to his farm and civilian life style |
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Formal Analysis: Self-Portrait
Content: -painting -not posed -not extremely fancy clothes -natural look--new
Style: -borrow ideals of neoclassicism and ruso -about celebrating natural humanistic view of ones self |
Contextual Analysis: -natural depiction of people -new look -celebrating humanism -the first woman to be accepted into the royal academy of painting and sculpture in France -not invited to return to the academy because she was a female -bucked the ideal that you had to get into the academy to make it -before the revolution -women's rights -made wealth--bucking the system |
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Formal Analysis: Y no hai remedio (And There's Nothing to Be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15, Francisco de Goya, 1810-1823 CE (published 1863)
Content: -communicating a message -historical event--changed the tides -grotesque images to evoke emotions -raw humanity -focus on one main subject, but with smaller emphasizing subjects -triangular composition -dark environment -contrast of the white subjects -art understanding is used to build up the message of the work
Style: -romanticism--strong emotional level--romanticising the ideals -intaglio prints |
Contextual Analysis: -Spanish War between Spain and France -over 62 plates in the series -not published until after Goya's death -conflict between Napolean's French empire and Spain -war was devastating in Spain -became the royal court Spanish painter -played neutral--did work for both French and Spanish royalty -did not publish during his lifetime because he would have gotten into trouble for the grotesque imagery--wanted to save his status--saftey |
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Formal Analysis: Le Grande Odalisque, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1814 CE, #107
Content: -subject relating to neoclassicism--romanticism -exotic goods -exotic undertones -reclining female nude -3 ft by 5 1/2 ft -Odalisque is a specific noun for reclining nudes of the women of the turkish Harem
Style: -polished realism -renaissance technique--technical ability and beauty of the human body |
Contextual Analysis: -Titian was the first to introduce the reclining nude female -Ingres is going back to the Renaissance -exotic goods romanticize the idea of people and things else where far away -interweave own personal expression of the styles of the time and developing personal style |
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Formal Analysis: Liberty Leading the People, Eugène Delacroix, 1830 CE, #108
Content: -encompassing ideas of wealthy to poor in the French Revolution -based on Paris -light comes from behind lady liberty -triangular composition -intentionally thought out
Style: -romanticism -triangular composition |
Contextual Analysis: -French revolution -young paper boy on one side and a wealthier older man--shows the spread of the French Revolution ideas -Lady liberty--what the people want |
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Formal Analysis: The Oxbow (View from Mount Holyoke, Northhampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm), Thomas Cole, 1836 CE, #109
Content: -religion of nature -person in the lower middle--standing at an isle painting--overwhelming overpowering of nature--human is not the focus
Style: -romanticism in America--about fascination of natural beauty |
Contextual Analysis: -some of the earliest American pieces -power and glory of natural beauty -Westward expansion--land beauty |
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Formal Analysis: Still Life in Studio, Louis-Jaques-Mandé Daguerre, 1837 CE, #110
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Formal Analysis: Slave Ship |
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Formal Analysis: Palace of Westminster
Content: -spires -palace -rose windows
Style: -Gothic |
Contextual Analysis: -spires are built tall solely for the purpose of reaching higher to the heavens |
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Formal Analysis: Palace of Westminster, central lobby
Content: -revival of classical elements that defined different classical styles |
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Formal Analysis: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Hall
Content: -governing setting--ceremonial events -pointed arch--Gothic cathedral ceilings -bringing back Gothic ideals
Style: -like the basilica plan |
Contextual Analysis: -revival of classical elements -very elaborate for ceremonies |
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Formal Analysis: The Stone Breakers, Gustave Courbet, 1849 CE (destroyed in 1945), #113
Content: -common life -two working men -breaking rocks -casual/working attire -in the country
Style: -realism -soft, subdued color scheme |
Contextual Analysis: -not like romanticized painting content (war/battles, women) -working men--common everyday scene--very literal -nothing romantic about the subject or location -height of industrial revolution -return to the focus on the individual -realism by focusing on the common--hard working laborers -lowest of lows status = rock breakers -plight of the poor and the common laborer -return to the tangible and the concrete subjects -reaction to the philosophical emphasis in artwork of the time--instead painted exactly what was seen -individual is not a machine, but a human being |
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Formal Analysis: Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art, Honoré Daumier, 1862 CE, #114
Content: -man in a hot air ballon -man has a camera--taking a photo -photographer in Paris -Nadar was a famous photgrapher
Style: -lithograph--print maker--new art form -metal plate and oil based crayon |
Contextual Analysis: -Daumier is a print maker -raising the status of photography to the height of an art form -Nadar gained his reputation in portrait photography -begin to talk about copyright -Nadar was an avid ballonist--first ariel photographer (of Paris) -documenting a change in art history, photography changing to an art form - |
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Formal Analysis: Olympia, Édouard Manet, 1863 CE, #115
Content: -controversial -nude woman -a black woman in the background, bringing the white female flowers (slave/servant) -reclining nude -slipers on -prostitute -Olympia was a name given to prostitutes in France during the time
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Contextual Analysis: -Olympia was a name given to prostitutes in France during the time |
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Formal Analysis: The Saint-Lazare Station, Claude Monet, 1877 CE, #116
Content: -train station -short brush strokes -not refined lines
Style: -impressionism |
Contextual Analysis: -increasing understanding of color relationships -color theory -move away from art schools and art tradition -invention of paint tubes--tubes of paint -did not care to depict things representationally -documenting a scene through the depiction of color and light -impressionists changing the ideals of painting |
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Formal Analysis: The Horse in Motion, Eadweard Muybridge, 1878 CE, #117
Content: -horse in full gallop -series of photographs to show a horse has all four off the ground at one point in a full gallop -film strip
Style: -photography |
Contextual Analysis: -depiction of motion through photography -known for depicting motion through a series of photographs -leads to motion pictures -Muybridge was at the forefront of motion pictures -scientific series and studies of motion |
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Formal Analysis: The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel (El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel), Jose María Velasco, 1882 CE, #118
Content: -oil and canvas
Style: -romanticism |
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Formal Analysis: The Burghers od Calais, Auguste Rodin, 1884-1895 CE, #119
Content: -bronze--favorite medium -Calais is a French town -Burghers are the people
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Contextual Analysis: -Rodin was the dominant sculptor of the time -stayed true to representation -texture and finish of the work was significant--not just about the realistic depiction of the human body |
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Formal Analysis: The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889 CE, #120
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