History Of Art

He used short heavy brush strokes and bright colours to present intense energy

He painted the starry night

Vincent Van Gogh

He painted the cathedral at Rouen France dozens of times to capture his impression of how it looked it different lights

He was one of the first impressionist painters who experimented with placing colours side by side on the canvas

Claude Monet

What was Eugene Delacroix’s painting style

He used brighter colours and more sweeping strokes

Shared the same ideas as JMW revolutionizing land scape paintings

Painted the hove beach

John Constable

Honoured Daunier wanted to show what in his paintings

He wanted to show life as it really was made no attempt to beautify life but to instead report it objectively

He was the author of Oliver Twist and Moby Dick

Charles Dickens

Honoured De Balzac works of 90 novels

The human comedy

Thomas Hobbes made a book what did he believe would happen if the people had no government

Nasty brutish and short in other words chaos

King James wrote

The bible King James Version and the true law of free monarchs

Sir Issac newton wrote

The mathematical principles of philosophy

He created over 600 musical works

Wolfgang Mozart

Musical heir to both Haydn and Mozart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Claude Debussy wanted to create what effect in his music

Creating a subtle mood rather than stirring emotions

Wrote powerful nationalistic operas

Richard Wagner

Was known for his religious music

Johann Sebastian Bach

American president designed the university of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson

Architect of skyscrapers and split from classical and gothic designs in favour of steel buildings

Louis Sullivan

Louis Sullivan student

Frank Lloyd wright

Why did Robert Owen create the utopian community

He wanted to see if people would work better if they lived in healthier environments

Charles Fourier tried to create utopian society’s called phalansteries what happened

They failed

The first style of art that was heavily influenced by Ancient Greek and Roman

Classical art

The belief “people should be ruled by their hearts not their heads” is

Romanticism

What did artists split from romanticism and lean towards realism

Artists believed their work should reflect a realistic view of life including the ugly parts

Impressionism

Was meant to capture the impression of a moment through visible short brushstrokes pure colours and a focus of changing colours through natural light

Several artists thought Impressionism lacked solidity

What was the new way of art called

Post-Impressionism

Who wrote the “descent man” and the “the origin of the species”

His ideas were met with a storm of protest religious leaders said his theories of evolution went against the bibles

Charles Darwin

Who frequently used rural settings for his novels presenting a realistic view of life

Thomas hardy

Who had operas which were very popular in England

George Fredrick Handel

Who created the card players

Paul Cezanne

Who wrote the social contract

Jean Jacque Rousseau