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Origins of Modern Art . Chapter 1 “What is Art?”. “I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected a coxcomb to ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face.” John Ruskin, 1877. Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket.
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Origins of Modern Art Chapter 1 “What is Art?”
“I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected a coxcomb to ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face.” • John Ruskin, 1877
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket James McNeill Whistler c1875 Oil on Panel 23 x 18 inches Detroit Institute of Art
Art for art’s sake • The value of “true” art has no didactic, moral or utilitarian function. • Théophile Gautier • “everything useful is ugly”
Truth in Nature • To promote moral value as well as aesthetic pleasure. • John Ruskin • “Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.”
The Changing Art Experience • Prior to the 18th century • Only seen in the galleries of the wealthy • Common people saw art in the Church • During the 18th century • Art Dealers • Salons • Critics • Art Dealers • Collectors
The Modern Artist • Prior to the 18th century • Emulation • Inventiveness within the tradition • During the 18th century • Artist’s unique vision, unconstrained by academic practice and freed from the pictorial conventions that had been obeyed since the Renaissance.
Economic Changes • Mercantilism • Capitalism • Bourgeoisie
Le Salon Carré au Musée du Louvre Giuseppe Castiglione 1861 Oil on Canvas 69 x 103 cm Musee du Louvre Paris, France
Oath of the Horatii Jacques-Louis David 1784 Oil on Canvas 10 feet 10 inches x 14 feet Musee du Louvre Paris, France
Holy Family on the Steps Nicolas Puussin 1648 Oil on Canvas 28 x 44 inches Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH
Grande Odalisque Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1814 Oil on Canvas 36 x 64 inches Musee du Louvre Paris, France
The Disasters of WarPlate 30 Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 1810-11 Etching 5 x 6 1/8 inches Hispanic Society of America New York, NY
The Lion Hunt Eugene Delacriox 1861 Oil on Canvas 30 1/8 x 38 ¾ inches The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
Cloister Graveyard in the Snow Caspar David Friederich 1819 Oil on Canvas 48 x 67 Formerly at the Nationalgalerie Berlin Germany Destroyed during World War II
The Burning of the Houses of Parliment Joseph Mallord William Turner 1834-35 Oil on Canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH
The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest Théodore Rousseau 1854 Oil on wood 31 1/2 x 48 inches The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY
The Angelus Jean-François Millet 1857-1859 Oil on Canvas 21 ½ x 25 7/8 inches Musée d'Orsay Paris, France
Nocturne James McNeill Whistler 1878 Lithotint with scraping, on a prepared half-tint ground 6 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY
For Tuesday • Read Chapter 2