Review

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”