BELLWORK

1. BELLWORK What do you think about academism compared to the other art forms we’ve learned so far?

2. PLANNER: HOMEWORK Tell me what your life would be like, in a paragraph, if you were a student at L’Academie des Beaux-Arts. Handwritten, please!

3. Artists in Academism 11-05-18

4. Alfred Stevens • Stevens was born in Belgium in 1823 • He was a painter that was known for painting women in the most extreme and elegant of fashions • Stevens came from a family of painters • What does this say, then, about his involvement in the movement of Academism and his place as an artist?

5. Alfred Stevens Looking out to Sea Avant le Spectacle La Myope No Title

6. Jean Leon-Gerome • Gerome was a painter and sculptor • He was extremely involved in the Academism movement, and was against the art movements that were to come next • Much like other artists of the movement, Gerome painted people and scenes that told a story while remaining composed • Gerome taught at the School of Fine Arts • He also was a part of something else...

7. Jean Leon Gerome • Gerome was a big user of Orientalism • He was highly interested in the East and painted scenes from there • After a trip to Egypt, his work was influenced • What do you think about this? • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2y-GFJq2qA&t=21s

8. Check-in • What about this movement makes it important to where we have been? • What do you think about the influence previous art movements have had on this movement? • How do you think this art influences where we are going?

9. Bouguereau • Bouguereau was one of the most influential academic artists of the movement, if not the most influential • He had a lifetime membership to the Academy of the Arts • He grew up in a religious family, and was eventually accepted into art school and then the Academy of Fine Arts • He was known for also despising the later “avant garde” art movements • This is why he might be considered “disliked” after he died • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOP-irscbwA