Intro In the late nineteenth and twentieth century there was a departure from the traditional art forms. Rather than represent what is real‚ artists were presenting abstractions. Technological innovations influenced the arts. Artists represented electric light in paintings with images of light in buildings. With the development of the camera‚ photography became a fine art. Industrialism During the early years of the twentieth century‚ America went through a period of social and economic change
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Explain the features of Romanticism in architecture. In what ways did this differ from the Classical in terms of both style and philosophy? Romanticism also called The Picturesque Style. Romanticism began in the 1790s and lasted through the 1830s‚ Romanticism is largely a movement that grew out of the lingering effects of the revolt against aristocratic rule that began with the French Revolution (Palmer‚ 10 Jun 2011). This essays will analyse both Romanticism and Classicism differences‚ it will also
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period we see a change in Theatre for its former neoclassical era into the romantic movement of theatre. Before I begin to study the change in the Romantic theatre‚ I need to look at what neoclassic theatre was. In Neoclassicism‚
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While viewing the many paintings‚ the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife by Jacques-Louis David. This portrait was painted when David was at the peak of his powers and had become the standard-bearer of French Neoclassicism. Lavoisier‚ who is pictured sitting down to the right of his wife in the portrait‚ is best known for his pioneering studies of oxygen‚ gunpowder‚ and the chemical composition of water. Lavoisier’s wife was thought to have studied with David.
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refinement‚ and decorum. Theirs was an age of rationalism‚ wit‚ and satire." (Guth 1836) This contrasts greatly with the ideal of Romanticism‚ which was "an artistic revolt against the conventions of the fashionable formal‚ civilised‚ and refined Neoclassicism of the eighteenth century." (Guth 1840) Poets like William‚ "dropped conventional poetic diction and forms in favour of freer forms and bolder language. They preached a return to nature‚ elevated sincere feeling over dry intellect‚ and often shared
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The 18th century is a distinguishing period in British literature. It is a timeline in which classical literary conventions in terms of the literary techniques in different genres are revived. After the Renaissance--a period of exploration and expansiveness--came a reaction in the direction of order and restraint. Generally speaking‚ this reaction developed in France in the mid-seventeenth century and in England thirty years later; and it dominated European literature until the last part
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years‚ Ingres continued to paint and surprise his faultfinders. He eventually ended up on top‚ being viewed as “one of the greatest living artists in France” during that time. (Rifkin 15) He left behind many fans but no apprentices to carry on the Neoclassicism heritage. Ingres painted many historical‚ mythological‚ and religious subjects; however‚ he is probably most respected for his portraits and female nudes. Ingres’s style highlights skilful formations‚ along with smoothly painted surfaces‚ and very
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Neoclassical and Romantic movements cover the period of 1750 to 1850. Neoclassicism showed life to be more rational than it really was. The Romantics favoured an interest in nature‚ picturesque‚ violent‚ sublime. Unlike Neo_classicism‚ which stood for the order‚ reason‚ tradition‚ society‚ intellect and formal diction‚ Romanticism allowed people to get away from the constrained rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. In this movement the emphasis was
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1) Watteau ’s Return from Cythera depicts a ________. For 1 Point Enlarge Image Your Answer: A) fete galante Correct: 1 point 2) Which of the following characteristics does not relate to the Rococo style? For 1 Point Your Answer: B) Poussiniste Correct: 1 point 3) Critics described the Enlightenment style as saccharine‚ frivolous‚ and decadent. For 1 Point Your Answer: False Correct: 1 point 4) Canaletto ’s Basin of San Marco is an example of a type of naturalistic landscape and cityscape painting
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backtoclassics.com/gallery/eugenedelacroix/libertyleadingthepeople-28thjuly1830/ French Revolution. (2012). The History Channel website. Retrieved 9:18‚ November 3‚ 2012‚ from http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution. Gontar‚ C. (2000). "Neoclassicism". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ Retrieved from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm (October 2003) Gentileschi‚ A. (1612-1613). Judith Slaying Holofernes. Retrieved from http://www
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