18th CENTURY ART
NEOCLASSICISM
ROMANTICISM
The Enlightenment
CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content.
CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable.
FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work.
Assignments:
READINGS:
RESEARCH:
SNAPSHOT SHEET:
APAH 250 Images:
101. The Swing, Jean Honoré Fragonard
98. The Tete a Tete (from Marriage a la Mode), William Hogarth
100. A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery, Joseph Wright of Derby
NEOCLASSICISM

APAH 250 Images:
103. The Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David
105. Self Portrait, Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun
107. Le Grande Odalisque, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
102. Monticello, Thomas Jefferson
104. George Washington, Jean-Antoine Houdon
Enlightenment/NeoClassicism Unit Sheet Part 1
Enlightenment/NeoClassicism Unit Sheet Part 1
ROMANTICISM
Romanticism Unit Sheet Part 2
APAH 250 Images:
106. And There's Nothing to Be Done (Y no hai remedio), Francisco de Goya
* The Third of May 1808, Francisco de Goya
* Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault
108. Liberty Leading the People, Eugene Delacroix
111. Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), Joseph Mallord William Turner
* The Haywain, John constable
109. The Oxbow, Thomas Cole
* Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, Albert Bierstadt
* Twilight in the Wilderness, Frederic Church
112. Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament)
Romanticism Unit Sheet Part 2

Key Ideas: Rococo
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1700-1750
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Shift of power to the aristocrats paralleled in Baroque and Rococo.
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French Royal Academy set the taste for art in Paris
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Strong Satirical paintings
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Epitome: paintings that show aristocratic people enjoying leisures
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Rococo comes from the French words rocaille and coquilles. Rocaillemeans stone and coquilles means shells. So "rococo" is a combination of the two French words, thus meaning "stone shells".AP
Key Ideas: Neoclassicism
(the start of the Enlightenment)
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1750-1815
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Enlightenment brought about the rejection of royal and aristocratic authority
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Supported by Napoleon in order to associated himself with the successes of the Ancient Roman's Empire.
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Jacques-Louis David becomes First Painter of Napoleon
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Neoclassical art was more democratic- themes of courage and patriotism, civil duty
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Current events depicted have classical influences
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Late 18th century = Industrial Revolution (cast iron, and carvings from bronze is cheaper than carving marble- Coalbrookedale Bridge)
Key Ideas: Romanticism
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P.I.N.E. (Past, Irrational/inner-mind, Nature, Exotic/Emotional)
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Early- mid 19th century
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Grande Odalisque is a transition painting
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Influenced by a sense of individuality and freedom of expression
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Exploration of the subconscious and dreams/nightmares
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Feelings/emotions and imagination over reason
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Landscapes express the Romantic theme of the soul + the natural world
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Introduction of Photography
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Revival of Medieval architecture (Houses of Parliament)