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Fête Galante |
Idealistic scenes, often in lush Arcadian settings, with young men and/or women dressed in luxurious costumes engaged in conversations, dance, laughter, and other leisurely activities. Simply put, they are scenes of carefree pleasure and amusement. |
A term "invented" to describe a specific genre of painting that emerged during Rococo period. |
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Pilgrimage to Cythera Antoine Watteau Oil on Canvas Rococo |
Example of carefree youth in extravagant clothing, basically Fête Galante |
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Oath of Horatii Jacques-Louis David Oil on Canvas Neo-Classicism (History Painting) |
Ancient Roman Story Self-sacrifice Shallow Stage-like setting Orderly Composition Main figures in triangular composition Perfect physical form and mental composure of the ancient Greeks |
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Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures Angelica Kauffmann Oil on Canvas Neo-Classicism (History Painting) |
Ancient Roman Story lf-sacrifice Self-sacrificePose and gesture communicate state of mind Shallow stage-like setting Orderly composition Main figures in triangular composition Perfect forms of greeks |
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The Death of General Wolfe Benjamin West Oil on Canvas Neo-Classicism (Portraiture) (Colonial) |
Similarities to the deposition from the cross and lamentation of Renaissance paintings. Eyes look up and points to the heavens to direct his soul. Also portrays a "Noble Savage" taking in the scene and makes it more dramatic. The scene is historical and fiction, he did die but not in a dramatic flare such as this. Majorly went against the norm by portraying a contemporary hero in a contemporary way. |
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps Jacques-Louis David Oil on Canvas Neo-Classicism or Romanticism (Portraiture) |
Napoleon portrayed and glorified as a hero. Riding a white horse, in front of a mountainous setting with flashing lights and inscriptions in the rocks make Napoleon removed from the world of ordinary man. |
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Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa Jean-Antoine Gros Oil on Canvas Romanticism |
Painting was made to go against rumors of Bonaparte poisoning the sick soldiers(which he did) and has him visit soldiers (which he also did) and holds his hand out unfazed by illness |
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The Raft of the Medusa Théodore Géricault Oil on Canvas Romanticism |
Contemporary event and political scandal in Géricault's life. Raft full of the "less important" ship members and they said for 13 days. 14 of the 147 lived. Small hope in the distance with a ship on the horizon and people waving it down. |
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The Third of May Fransisco Goya Oil on Canvas Romanticism |
Departure of depicting heroes, now it depicts victims and monsters. Huge shock as Goya aligned with the French at first for their ideas of enlightenment, but now is against them. |
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The Haywain John Constable Oil on Canvas Romanticism |
Huge upset as his increasingly broad brush strokes and thickly applied highlights exhibited his bold aspirations. It is Romantic due to the equalness seen in nature and mankind, showing untamed nature, and portraying recent history of the English countryside. |
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Burial At Ornans Gustave Courbet Oil on Canvas Realism |
Depicted a real scene of a pleasant funeral for his grand uncle, the people there were used as models for the painting. Note that the title doesn't say who, it just says a burial, to add anonymity to the subject. Style of painting represents the coarseness of life itself. |
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Luncheon on the Grass Edouard Manet Oil on Canvas Realism |
Rejected by the salon for portraying a Naked women instead or a nude Venus. Portrays a Naked prostitute. |
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What is the Nude? |
-idealized form -generally positive associations -pictorial representation of humanism and exaltation of the human condition The Nude may be male or female |
Think ancient greece |
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What is the Naked? |
-implies an absence, usually of clothes -implies shame and social embarrassment -generally negative associations -the figure can be partially clothed and idealized, but still considered naked -the naked form is usually female |
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Impression, Sunrise Claude Monet Oil on Canvas Impressionist |
Loose gestural painting style was very bad in that society due to it being more of an imaginative piece versus the very realistic and detailed painting of the time. |
