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Test 4:
Rococo – Post-Impressionism
Definitions
• Signature style– Techniques, subject matter, and ways artists
paint that distinguish them from other artists
• Subject matter– What the artwork is about– The object depicted
• Provenance– History of ownership– Paper trail of authenticity
Definitions cont.
• Repatriation– Returning artworks to country of origin; rightful
ownership issues
• Forgery– Artwork credited to original artist but not made
by them– Deliberate creation to deceive art experts and
buyers
Rococo
• Continuation of Baroque period
• Closely associated with Paris, France
• Wide usage of pastel colors, especially blues, pinks, and greens
• Major artist: Charles Lebrun
Neoclassicism
• Neo: new
• Virtue, return to Classical ideals
• Patriotism, political themes
• Calm, smooth surfaces
• Glossy, ordered grids
• Major artists:– David– Ingres
David
• Oath of the Horatii• 1784• Leader of the
Neoclassical movement
Romanticism
• Dramatic, emotional• Violent energy• Liberty• Power of nature• Bright color• Motion• Major artists
– Gericault, Delacroix
Gericault
• Raft of the Medusa• 1818• Leader of the
Romantic movement
Delacroix
• Liberty Leading the People
• 1830• Student of Gericault
Realism
• Response to Neoclassicism and Romanticism
• Portrayed life as it was, no idealism
• Subject matter:– Poor people in everyday situations– Landscapes
Realism
• Major artists:– Courbet– Whistler– Harnett
• Sub-genre: Photo realism– Ultra-realistic paintings– Harnett painted photo realism
Courbet
• The Stone Breakers• 1849• Leader of Realism
Whistler
• Nocturne in Black & Gold: The Falling Rocket
• 1875• American expatriate
Impressionism
• Concerned with light and color
• Free brush strokes
• Painted outside, “en plein air
• Influenced by photography, cropping
• Painted using primary colors
• Placed colors side-by-side to fool the eye
• Sub-genre:– Pointillism – using dots of paint
Impressionism
• Associated with Paris, France
• Major artists– Monet– Manet– Seurat– Renoir– Degas
Monet
• Haystack• 1891
Manet
• Luncheon on the Grass
• 1863
Manet
• Olympia• 1863
Seurat
• Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of Grande Jatte
• 1884-86• Pointillist
– Used dots of paint to make paintings
Post-Impressionism
• Grouped together because of time period
• Did not share a similar style
• Major artists:– Van Gogh– Cezanne
Van Gogh
• Starry Night• 1889• Textural paintings• Was sick man
Cezanne
• Still Life with Cherries• 1885-87• Reduced subjects to
basic geometric shapes– Cone– Cylinder
Goya
• The Third of May• 1808• The man without an “-
ism”
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