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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
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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”