19th Century Art
Neoclassical Art
Enlightened Art Transitional period between 18th and 19th century art Opposition to the frivolous of Rococo Art Rational art: clear drawings, modeling, no evidence of brush strokes, bold colors Throwback to Greece and Rome (a more rational era) Architecture: Columns, domes, triangular porticos (basically, temples) Becomes Federal Style in America (Synthesis!)
Oath of the Horatii Jacques Louis David 1786 Oath of self-sacrifice to the state Republican Values
Death of Marat Jaquces Louis David 1793 Marat as Christ (Pieta) Martyr for Revolution NOT Christian
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures Angelica Kauffmann 1793 Moral themes from antiquity Republican virtue
Napoleon Crossing the Alps Jacques Louis David 1801 Propaganda: hero Authority of Napoleon Conqueror: Hannibal, Bonaparte, Charlemagne
Church of La Madeleine Pierre Vignon 1807-1845 Built in the style of Greek temples Church as Greek Intended as a military building
Pantheon Jacques-Germain Soufflot & Jean-Baptiste Rondelet Church modeled after Pantheon in Rome
Romanticism
Revolutionary Art Reaction against the Enlightenment: too intellectual Emotion, nostalgia, innocence, nature, chivalry Looking backward to middle ages Landscapes > Human subjects Idealized Revolution Pastel colors, emphasis on brushstrokes, dream-like NOT about romantic love, BUT romantic love is an element
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich German 1818 Man’s place in nature
Ivy Bridge J.M.W. Turner 1813 City in the background, nature is the foreground
Gate in the Rocks Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1861 Mankind is teeny tiny
The Nightmare Henry Fuseli 1781 Swiss-English Supernatural
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with Sun William Blake 1805 English Super symbolic Poetry
Raft of the Medusa Théodore Géricault French 1818-19 Nature’s ability to conquer man
Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix French 1830 “ripped from the headlines” Revolution for all people
Third of May Francisco Goya 1808 Spanish Part of a two painting series Atrocities of Napoleonic Iberian War Christian iconography Death of society No heroism
Friedrichswerder Church Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1824 Neo-Gothic/Gothic Revival
Realism
Industrial Art Began in France after 1848 revolutions Believed that cultural works should record and depict life as it was Reject Romanticism as too emotional Focus on working class: expose the harsh realities Authors: Charles Dickens, Émile Zola, Honoré de Balzac, and Gustave Flaubert Beginning of modern art
A Burial at Ornans Gustave Courbet 1849-50 France Mundane topic and unknown people
The Gleaners Jean-Francois Millet (1857) French Peasant women, lowest classes
Rue Transnonain, le 15 Avril 1834 Honoré Daumier 1834 French Social Injustices Massacre after insurrection against Louis Phillipe
Young Girl Reading Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 1868