ARTS 105 1st Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Lecture 14 Baroque Rococo I Jean Antonine II Francois Bouher III Jean Honore IV Canaletto Pompeii Neoclassical Style V Horatio Greenough VI Canova VII Josiah Wedgewood VIII Angelica Kauffman IX Joseph Wright of Derby Outline of Lecture 15 Neoclassical Art I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX Romanticism X XI XII Joeseph Wright derby Jacques Louis David Academies of Art Jacques Louis David Anne Louis Girodet Tiroson John Singleton Copley Chiswick House Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Latrobe Henry Fuseli William Blake Francisco Goya Current Lecture Neoclassical Art Employing ideas themes and styles that relate to the classical Greco Roman past Linear smooth contours an invisible brush stroke like a sculpture I Joeseph Wright derby These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a An Experiment on a bird in the Air Pump i Seems at first to be baroque due to the tenebrism but can be distinguished by the content interest in science is reminiscent of classic art II Jacques Louis David a Oath of the Horatii i Painted for King Louis XVI appropriated by Revolutionary government ii Shows the sons pledging their loyalty to their father iii Promotes patriotism iv History painting v Women signify personal relationships being hampered by attachments to people and general feelings vi Be like the men do your duty and follow the government III Academies of Art Royal Academy of Painting France first national academy controlled by state officials French Academy in Rome Rome Prize was a scholarship to study in Italy for 4 6 years Other countries began to establish them as well Implications limits what a painter can paint content and style IV Jacques Louis David a Death of Marat Paris i Marat was a martyr hero of the revolution was a journalist for the revolutionary movement ii Is stabbed while in his bathtub iii Very reduced in detail iv Body is still very defined V Anne Louis Girodet Tiroson a Portrait of Jean Baptiste Belly France Neoclassical i Depicts a man that was sent to represent Haiti after their revolution ii Shows him as very elegant suggesting him to be an equal VI John Singleton Copley a Thomas Mifflin and Sarah Morris Boston Neoclassical i Simple background reduced details ii Can be seen as for women s rights because while he is looking at her she is looking at us iii She is making her own lace statement about self sufficiency she is making her own lace because England has taxed them so high VII Chiswick House London Neoclassical i White and simple with columns goes back to Greco Roman temples pantheon ii Perfectly symmetrical in and out VIII IX Thomas Jefferson a Monticello Virginia USA i Very symmetrical has the front temple like columns Benjamin Latrobe a U S Capitol Building Washington DC i Almost every capitol building is in neoclassical style ii This style is popular because government is structured and consistent ideas of democracy Romanticism reaction to neoclassic style Began as literary movement Romantic does not simply mean interest in romantic love Don t give up the ideas of the enlightenment but view it as too much interest in logic and science Romanticism focuses instead on emotion imagination etc as better for understanding human complexity X Henry Fuseli a The Nightmare London Romantic i People are very unhappy with this initially they are used to painting with public lessons ii Shows an incubus sitting on a woman s chest b Thor Battling the Midgard Serpent London i Odd because it is not a Greek god ii Knows his anatomy and foreshortening XI William Blake a Newton London Romantic i Setting is barbaric newton is hunched ii Doesn t understand human musculature iii Self trained XII Francisco Goya a Sleep of Reason Produces monsters Spain Romantic i Upper class man with monsters appearing behind him Aquatint type of intaglio printmaking b What a Golden Beak Spain i Parrot just repeats back doesn t think for itself attacking clergy c Carried Away i During Spanish inquisition people were literally carried off by the priests