Art history - Midterm 3

What artwork is this?

Large Odalisque

J.A.D Ingres

Large Odalisque

Where is this artwork from?

France, 1814

What artwork is this?

Napoleon at the plague house at Jaffe

Antoine-Jean Gros

Napoleon at the plague house at Jaffe

Where is this artwork from?

France, 1804

What artwork is this?

Raft of Medusa

Theodore Gericault

Raft of Medusa

Where is this artwork from?

France, 1818

What artwork is this?

Liberty leading the people

Eugene Delacroix

Liberty leading the people

Where is this artwork from?

France, 1830

What artwork is this?

The stone breakers

Gustave Courbet

The stone breakers

Where is this artwork from?

France, 1849

What artwork is this?

Family of Charles IV

Francisco Goya

Family of Charles IV

Where is this artwork from?

Spain, 1800

What artwork is this?

The sleep of reason produces monsters

Francisco Goya

The sleep of reason produces monsters

Where is this artwork from?

Spain, 1796

What artwork is this?

The 3rd of may 1808

Francisco Goya

The 3rd of may 1808

Where is this artwork from?

Spain, 1814

What artwork is this?

Monk by the sea

Casper David Friedrick

Monk by the sea

Where is this artwork from?

Germany, 1809

What artwork is this?

The hay wain 

John Constable

The hay wain 

Where is this artwork from?

England, 1821

What artwork is this?

The Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying–Typhoon Coming on)

J.M.W Turner

The Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying–Typhoon Coming on)

Where is this artwork?

England, 1840

Describe this artwork:

Landscape; complete opposite of Turner; a Hay wain is a horse-drawn carriage

Describe this artwork:

Social commentary; contemporary history painting; inspires artists of the 1950’s to 2000’s; paints thickly (impasto) 

Describe this artwork:

Romantic painting; contemporary history; ship wrecks and a raft is dragged behind, because of them being “others,” the raft is cut. They resort to cannibalism and few survive until the ship “Artist” appears

Describe this artwork:

Sublime landscape; an expression of mood via landscape; “A God is within the landscape of this painting”

Describe this artwork:

Contemporary history painting; Napoleon invades; rumor of French royals to be executed, Goya is against it; Instead citizens are killed (who were also blocking the storming of the royal capital); Romantic painting; man in the middle represents a martyr

Describe this artwork:

Worked on prints and paintings; believes the royalty were morons; attacks on customs and moments of everyday. The man represents reason; wanted to reawaken the reason of the Spanish people

Describe this artwork:

Commissioned to paint for the royal family; portrayed the royals as foolish, shows them at their worst; late rococo; awkward posing; unknown as to how he got to be a royal painter.

Describe this artwork:

Realism; destroyed in WWII; Very controversial, paints labor as heroic; Leader of the realism movement; about the plight of workers in the country side

Describe this artwork:

A representation of resistance; a romantic painting, July uprising; Notre Dame in the background; the toplessness of Lady liberty emphasizes resistance

Describe this artwork:

A student of David created this piece; history painting, propaganda art; influenced by orientalism; Napoleon is shown as Christ-like despite never going to Jaffa.

Describe this artwork:

A romantic & oriental artwork; surrounded by exotic decorations. “Odalisque,” Turkish term for a harem of women

What artwork is this?

The banjo lesson

Henry Ossawa Tanner

The banjo lesson

Where is this artwork from?

America, 1893

What artwork is this?

The Gross Clinic

Thomas Eakins

The Gross Clinic

Where is this artwork from?

America, 1875

What artwork is this?

The Oxbow

Thomas cole

The Oxbow

Where is this artwork from?

America, 1836

Describe this artwork:

A black artist; depicts the quiet lives of African-Americans, something against the average depiction that white-Americans made; attempted to be palatable towards white-Americans; upset the African-American community as they wanted him to be loud and proud of being black

Describe this artwork:

Shocks the public; critics hated its grotesque nature; the patient’s mother is on the floor passed out; because he was kicked out of art galleries, he studies at anatomy lessons made for doctors/nurses 

Describe this artwork:

Landscapes become popular in American as they gain their “freedom”;  romantic painting, most important landscape painting of the 19th centaury America; self-portrait of the artist can be seen in the background between the bushes