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Church of the Vierzenheiligen

StaffelStein, Germany

Johann Balthasar Neumann

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Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera, Jean-Antoine Watteau, oil, 1717 - FLASHCARD

Know about fete galante paintings

Triumph of Venus, Francois Boucher, Oil on canvas, 4’3” x 5’3”, 1740

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The Meeting, Jean-HonoreFragonard, oil on canvas,

10’ x 7’, 1771-73

Part of a series of paintings onRococo romantic adventures

Also did the Swing

Pastel colors, aristocracy atplay

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Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke ofDorset, 1730, pastel on paper

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Know about Rosalba Carriera’s rolewith women and academies

Self-Portrait with Two Pupils

Adelaide Labille-Guiard

1785, 7’ x 5’

What is Labille-Guiard saying aboutthe role of women painters?

Enlightenment and the role of womenpainters?

She was one of 2 women elected toFrench Academy

What type of composition is shown?

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Marie Antoinette with HerChildren

Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun

Oil on canvas, 1787

How does this painting try to givea message?

Who was the patron of thispainting?

What kind of career did Vigee-Lebrun have?

Allegory of abundance

THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER

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WEDGWOOD VASE, white jasper bodywith a mid blue dip and white relief 18”

1786

Wedgwood showed classical figuresagainst a pink or blue background

Recognize wedgwood, not necessarily thisspecific piece

Neoclassicism in England-revival ofclassical traditions

How did Josiah Wedgwood feel aboutEnlightenment ideals?

Anteroom, Syon House,

Robert Adam (architect to KingGeorge III)

Middlesex, England (Duke ofNorthumberland’s home)

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Developed style of interiordecoration based on appliedornament; fit taste of wealthy

Aim: “to transform the beautifulspirit of antiquity with noveltyand variety”

Used motifs from Pompeii andrococo

Never accepted by British RoyalAcademy

Unearthing of Pompeii ruins biginfluence in Neoclassicism

The Marriage Contract, William Hogarth, 1743, from Marriage a la Mode series

Flashcard.. Know about satirical paintings & how this showed Hogarth’s views on society

Georgian Silver Collection

Various women artists.. ElizabethMorley, and others

From National Museum ofWomen in the Arts

Be aware of the role womenplayed and what these objectswere used for

Lady Sarah Banbury Sacrificing to theGraces, oil on canvas, Joshua Reynolds,1765

Grand Manner portrait with style of classicalhistory painting combined with portraiture

Reynolds - 1st President of British RoyalAcademy, wrote book on history painting ashighest form of art & preserving classicaltraditions

Lady Banbury playing role of a Romanpriestess making sacrifice to the gods

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Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough

Oil on canvas, 2 m x 1.5 m, late 18thcentury

Gainsborough studied portraits of VanEyck - painted over 700 portraits

Influenced by Watteau in featherylandscapes

Son of a friend (ironmonger), legendthat he painted it in blue to proveReynolds wrong about the viability ofblue as a central color in a portait

Disagreed with Sir Reynolds abouthaving to do classical or history style inportraits

An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump, Joseph Wright, oil on canvas, 1768

Showed Industrial Revolution in dramatic and entertaining way, attempted to popularizescience. Dramatic lighting influenced by WHO?????? (hint: Baroque). Science bringslight into a world of darkness

Samuel Adams, John SingletonCopley, oil on canvas 50” x 40”,1772

Neoclassic style in the colonies

What is Copley trying to say?

How does this reflect theEnlightenment and what washappening in England and thecolonies?

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Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David, oil on canvas, 11’ x 14’, Louvre, 1785

Exemplum virtuitis.. What story does this show? Neoclassical drapery and tripartitecomposition, David was sympathizer with human rights, and did not want education bythe Church

Most famousNeoclassicalpainter

Part of seriesof Royalcommissionedhistorypaintings

Emblem ofFrenchrevolution

Sacrifices forgood of state

Death of Marat, J. Louis David

1793, oil on canvas 5’5” x 4’2”

What event does this paintingshow?

What influences/echoes are therefrom Michelangelo andCaravaggio?

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Richard Boyle, Chiswick House. Gardens designedby landscape architect William Kent, west London

1724-40