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19th Century Quiz 1
Dr. Green's Romanticism/Neo-Classicism Quiz (EMU)
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
02/02/2011

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Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatti, 1784.

 

Allegory. Courage, patriotism, sturdyness, contrasting emotionalism of women.

 

Roman Arches, Shallow space-resembling relief sculpture,

*hard, linear clarity, sobriety, economy, moral uplift.

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[image]
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Jacques-Louis David, Death of Marat, 1793.

French, Neo-Classical

 

Memorial. Writer, medicinal bath, stabbed by Charlotte. Logical, spare. Compares to Michelangelo's Pieta. Marat Idealized.

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Canova, Pauline Bonaparte as Venus, 1808

Neo-Classical, Italian

 

Napolean's sister (whore of Europe). Traditional reclining nude.

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Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, 1785

American, Neo-Classical

 

Inspired by Architecture of the Italian Rennaisance.

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Gros, Napoleon in the Presthouse at Jaffa, 1804.

French, Romantic

 

Similar to oath of horatti. Exoticism, muslim. Propaganda.

 

 

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Ingres, Odalisque, 1814.

French, Romantic

 

Exotic, Erotic. Peacock featherfan. Contrast btw wrinkled fabric and smooth skin. Lack of anatomical realism.

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Gericault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1818

French, Romantic

 

Grandfather law-inspired by Baroque Art, diagonal, dramatic dark/light

Neo-classical idealized figures.

Insanity, cannibalism (150 to 15)

Abolitionist sympathy (slave at pinnacle)

 

 

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Delacroix, Death of Sardanapolus, 1826.

French, Romantic

 

Loose and spontaneous brushwork. Ingres thought it was the death of painting. Exotic and Erotic.

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Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830.

French, Romantic

 

Allegorical painting. Featuring common people. Overthrow of Charles X.

Phrygian Cap= Freed Slaves.

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Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1810.

German, Romantic.

 

Spiritual trancendence in nature. Man's alienation, isolation.

 

 

 

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Bayre, Lion Crushing a Serpent, 1833.

French, Romantic

 

French crushing aristocracy?

or Phillipe crushing Republican Anarchy.

primal aggression. no logic.

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Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808, 1814.

Spanish, Romantic

 

Brute force over weak. Robotic, death troops. No heroism. Futility of religion: praying monk, church in background, Jesus figure.

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Allegory
Definition
A symbolic representation of a concept.
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Ancien Regime
Definition
Feudalist monarchy in pre-revolutionary France
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Animaliste
Definition
sculptor of animals
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coffer
Definition
recessed panels (like at Pantheon)
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Fleur-de-lis
Definition
Royal emblem for french divine right
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Picture plane
Definition
Like an imaginary window that exists on the surface of a 2D work, behind which illusionary devices such as overlap and aeiral perspective are implemented to achieve a sense of 3D depth and space.
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Prix de Rome
Definition
Competition organized by the Royal Academy that awarded winning artists the opportunity to study renassaince and antique art for 3-5 years in Rome at the expense of the King of France.
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