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Lecture 29Marie Antoinette as a person: Not concerned with political decisions and reform. Ran around in luxury, and in outlying gardens (very artificial)NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE- hard edge, very clear detail. As precise as possible.Marie-Louise Elisabeth Vidree-Lebrun, Portrait of Marie Antoinette with her children (1787Very chaste representation of Marie AntoinetteYoungest child, who was dead by the time this portrait was painted, is lying in the overshadowed crib.Painted to satisfy the desires of the people: not made for the court.Dress is elegant but not overly extravagant; wearing no pearls.Jean Baptiste Gautier: Maries Antoinette, Queen of France, in coronation robes (1775)Heavily adorned in pearlsWearing mink furs. The dress is heavily adorned and extravagant. Very luxurious, detailed, and elegant.Wanted to project herself as a woman of extreme beauty and wealthOther exotic features (like ostrich feathers) are included.Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii (against the Curiatii) (1784-85)Soldiers are taking an oath to be soldiers, fighting for their tribe. This is a painting of virtue.The wives and children that these men are leaving are lying to the right, mourning and in distress. Women are portrayed as weak, passive, and concerned only in their emotions.This painting makes a very distinct split between the males and females. Males: very linear structure. Females: curvedDedicated to Rome.Prelude to the French Revolution: Sacrifice must be madeHard lines, very precisely litHeroic, but perhaps there are undertones that undermine this type of heroism.Jacques-Louis David, Death of Marat (1793)This man always fought for the revolution, and because he had to constantly remain in hiding, had to live in the sewers of France.He had received a letter from a young woman, asking to see him. He agreed, and she assassinated him.Painting quotes Caravaggio’s Deposition painting, comparing him and his death to the death of Christ.Marat becomes a martyr, for the first time, that is not Christian.Vincente Lopez, Portrait of Francisco Goya (1826)Francisco Goya, Family of Charles IV (1800)Absolute delicate handling with the brush. Beautiful painting, pre-impressionism.It seems as though Goya dislikes the Royal family and subverts the seriousness of the family.“The Most exquisite portrait ever made of ugly people”Goya, Yard with Lunatics (1794)Bizarre imagePeople are completely unhinged and consumed by a psychotic frenzyPainting also gives you a sense of how these people are treated:Imprisoned in a walled courtyard where they can more of less act out their psychosis. No roof.Francisco Goya, Third of May (1808)Failed uprising by Spanish citizens against the invading French. Each rebel killed one by one.Not realistic, re-imagined. Loosely painted.Christ-like pose- sacrifice.Portrays the in-humanity of military oppressors. Captures malevolence and brutality.Cathedral, ironically lying in the background, vaguely illuminated in the dark.Soldiers are de-humanized: not humans, but weapons. Faces are obscured by the pose of the rifle and uniform.ARTH 112 1st Edition Lecture 29 Marie Antoinette as a person: Not concerned with politicaldecisions and reform. Ran around in luxury, and in outlying gardens (veryartificial) NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE- hard edge, very clear detail. As precise aspossible.  Marie-Louise Elisabeth Vidree-Lebrun, Portrait of Marie Antoinettewith her children (1787- Very chaste representation of Marie Antoinette- Youngest child, who was dead by the time this portrait waspainted, is lying in the overshadowed crib. - Painted to satisfy the desires of the people: not made for thecourt. - Dress is elegant but not overly extravagant; wearing no pearls.  Jean Baptiste Gautier: Maries Antoinette, Queen of France, incoronation robes (1775)- Heavily adorned in pearls- Wearing mink furs. The dress is heavily adorned andextravagant. Very luxurious, detailed, and elegant. - Wanted to project herself as a woman of extreme beauty andwealth- Other exotic features (like ostrich feathers) are included.  Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii (againstthe Curiatii) (1784-85)- Soldiers are taking an oath to be soldiers,fighting for their tribe. This is a painting ofvirtue. - The wives and children that these men areleaving are lying to the right, mourning and indistress. Women are portrayed as weak,passive, and concerned only in their emotions. o This painting makes a very distinct splitbetween the males and females. Males:very linear structure. Females: curved- Dedicated to Rome. - Prelude to the French Revolution: Sacrifice must bemade- Hard lines, very precisely lit- Heroic, but perhaps there are undertones that undermine this type of heroism.- Jacques-Louis David, Death of Marat (1793)- This man always fought for the revolution, and because he had to constantly remain in hiding, had to live in the sewers of France. - He had received a letter from a young woman, asking to see him. He agreed, and she assassinated him. - Painting quotes Caravaggio’s Deposition painting, comparing him and his death to the death of Christ. - Marat becomes a martyr, for the first time, that is not Christian.  Vincente Lopez, Portrait of Francisco Goya (1826) Francisco Goya, Family of Charles IV (1800)- Absolute delicate handling with the brush.Beautiful painting, pre-impressionism. - It seems as though Goya dislikes the Royalfamily and subverts the seriousness of thefamily. - “The Most exquisite portrait ever made of uglypeople” Goya, Yard with Lunatics (1794)- Bizarre image- People are completely unhinged and consumedby a psychotic frenzy- Painting also gives you a sense of how these people are treated:o Imprisoned in a walled courtyard where they can more of less act out their psychosis. No roof.  Francisco Goya, Third of May (1808)- Failed uprising by Spanish citizens against theinvading French. Each rebel killed one by one. - Not realistic, re-imagined. Loosely painted. - Christ-like pose- sacrifice. - Portrays the in-humanity of military oppressors.Captures malevolence and brutality. - Cathedral, ironically lying in the background,vaguely illuminated in the dark. - Soldiers are de-humanized: not humans, butweapons. Faces are obscured by the pose of therifle and


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