western art 3 test 1

How is this image representative of this artist’s oeuvre in general? Discuss two aspects.

It represents the rise of photography but also the rise of photography as an art form. Previously it was not considered art.

Social commentary

Lithograph = accessible art

Discuss at least three ways in which the invention of photography affected, was affected by, or

interacted with the art of painting and/or conceptions of the purpose of painting in the mid- to late

19th century.

Painting has to make a new identity for itself, identity crisis from artists, questions like ‘what is painting arise’, photographers want to make photos ‘artsy’.

Edouard Manet, Luncheon on the Grass

Where was this work first shown? Explain.

Salon of Rejects

Why was the subject matter considered scandalous? Discuss at least two aspects.

• nude figure

• Not representative of historic figures

• She is looking at the viewer

• Immodest

• The people in the painting are real artists

Why was the style also considered scandalous? Discuss at least two aspects.

Rougher style, perspective is off, breaking style norms, flatness, not unified

Discuss two ways in which this painting appropriates (makes use of, refers to) art historical

tradition.

Calling attention to the fact that this is a painting (painting about a painting)

Reference to Judgment of Paris

What aspect of the art of painting does this work force the viewer to acknowledge?

Forced to realize its a painting, cannot step into it, illusion is not the goal

In what way does Manet’s approach both resemble and differ from the concerns of Realism?

Critiques the conventions of Realism, similar rough painting style

How is the subject matter of this work typical of Renoir in particular, especially in contrast to Monet?

In what ways is the style of this painting typical of Impressionism? Discuss two aspects.

How does the style of this work reflect a heightened consciousness of “modernity”?

What other visual medium influenced the compositional approach? Explain.

Edgar Degas, Ballet Rehearsal, 1874, Impressionism

Edgar Degas, the Tub, 1886, Impressionism