style periods

Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump style period?

The Enlightenment

The Marriage Contract from Marriage a la mode style period?

Rococo

Death of General Wolfe style period?

Romanticism (odd one out during enlightenment but does have romanticism qualities)

Oath of the Horatii style period?

Neo-Classicism

Death of Marat style period?

Neo-Classicism

How did Neo-Classicism start?

During Louis 16th reign, archaeologists found old classic artifacts from Mt Vesuvius and had a now growing interest in classics.

How was the Royal French Academy important for French art?

The government, king, now sponsors all of the art, they got rid of the guild system. They created this school to train artists to create higher quality art and a new standard of art. They would hold exhibits for artists that reached the top goals.

They wanted to create art with more substance and meaning from it, after the Rococo craze.

David worked in this academy.

What happened in the French and Indian war, with General Wolfe?

Wolfe was shot in the hand and tended to and sent back on the battlefield. After he went back out he was shot again in the torso. He was taken off the field by the medic, into the forest to be tended to. Died shortly after learning that the British was winning the battle.

Grand Odalisque style period?

Neo-Classicism

3rd of May 1808 style period?

Romanticism

Raft of Medusa style period?

Romanticism

What happened May 2nd and 3rd?

Napoleon wanted to conquer Spain, so there was a rebellion in Madrid streets against the French control happening. guerrilla warfare was used, and in response the French rounded up citizens and just shot them in a firing line without a trial or evidence

What happened to the medusa boat?

The ship was being captained by a nepotism baby so his skills were being called into question. They needed up taking on water when they hit rocks, and lifeboats got priority to only wealthy. The remaining 150 people had to make their own raft as they were being abandoned. Alone for 15 days on the sea and they were hospitalized and institutionalized after they were found. 

What is Romanticism?

Similar to baroque with dramatic expression and lighting (sometimes tenebristic). but the topic usually is to evoke emotion and engagement with viewer. talks about difficult topics and is not in ideal classic. sublime.

What is Neo-Classicism?

clarity of line, lack of movement, all-over lighting, shadow depth/plane like a stage, clear story and emotion understood by anyone

“Snow Storm” style period?

Romanticism

“The Oxbow” style period?

Hudson River School, romanticism

“Artist’s Studio” style period?

Early Photography

“The Home of the Rebel” style period?

Early Photography

“The Gleaners”

French Realism

“Luncheon on the Grass”

French realism

“Olympia”

French Realism

“The Gross Clinic”

Realism Outside of France (Philadelphia)

“Horse Galloping”

Realism outside of France

“Banjo Lesson”

Realism Outside of France

Impression Sunrise

Impressionism

Rouen Cathedral

Impressionism

“The Rehearsal on Stage”

Impressionism

The Tub

Impressionism

“Mother and Child”

Impressionism

“Nocturne: Black and Gold”

Post-Impressionism

“Mont Saint Victoire”

Post-Impressionism

“La Grande Jatte”

Post-Impressionism

What is realism?

Examples of work like Caravaggio and dutch baroque. but also photography, that changed what realism was because we could capture what eyes couldn’t see. captures social issues, reality of situations versus how they had originally appeared, in the subject matter.

can be a slippery term because of fabricated photography/landscapes

not cute, not ideal, not happy

What was the modernization of France?

The Haussmannization of Paris, was originally overbuilt and crowded, polluted with crime filled and inhabited by poor people but then was transformed and invites the new artist to come and get new subject matter and ideas:

tear down slums, broad boulevards for transportation, shift demographic because of the industrial revolution, leaving rural communities and moving to urban sphere

center is wealth and outskirts is poor people

broad streets allow for air circulation and urban control, no more small and narrow roads. new architecture is built to house (upper middle class will live here not the poor anymore), cleaner streets with trees to beautify the city with urban lighting (helps crime), underground sewage (helps disease), center plazas and urban parks, originally owned by aristocracy so now public was allowed to roam there, they are oasis. wider sidewalks for traffic (which means new apartments), cafe culture, social gatherings now, could talk at cafes instead of just academy, no rules (like only doing rococo, etc.). this helped artists because of the incredible city walking environment, could build new modern ideas and politics.

what is post-impressionism

artists who are acting or responding to the developing impressionism ideas, building upon it or directly acting against it