| Modernism: late 19th century forward Jacques-Louis David (Dah-veed):
neo-classical painting styler, trains subsequent artists, starts with royal commisions (republican paintings; political components) "Oath of the Horatii" (oil on canvas) neo-classical, draws on ancient source, scene from early republican Rome, depicts Horace and his sons, theatrical quality, Horace in center (citizen of Rome), his three sons are being sent out to fight Alba, civic duty
Men are very carefully depicted, sharp detail, whereas women are weeping and weak. (Code of Conduct for the people; men have physical duty women have emotional duty) Orientalist: used subject matter of the orient (east, and middle east) in an exotic way, away from reality (freer), opposite of the west, and emotions and experience favored over rationality Delacroix "Woman of Algiers"- example of orientalist painting Gericault "Raft of the Medusa"- Realism: accurate observation and detail, looking at the real world and depicting it as best as you can, showing things in all their gritty detail, attempting a contemporary history painting (contemporary event, historical style), charged people to look at his paintings (over 50,000 people viewed it in England), constructed a very strong pyramid to attract the eye up and make it an active scene with order. Goya "The Third of May" - example of Romanticism, depicts a martyr (styled after Christ on the cross), harsh light, dramatic scene (Romantic), emphasizes brutality, lots of blood and gorey detail, reference to revolution and martyrdom, Turner "The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Breath" - national hero in England, atmosphere (clouds, light) Kin to Romantic emotion of the scene, and sense to emotional atmosphere, landscape/seascape Role of the Artist: romantic notion of the artist is very strongly emphasized in the Romantic era, important in the artist psychi to be introspective, how they see themselves and how others view them, to the point of describing the artist's houses to further understand and comprehend the idea of the artist, Art as emotion, art as suffering |
