FA 30b Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Pastoral Concert, Time Landscape, Jean-Antoine Watteau
15 Apr 2017
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Nicolas poussin"s landscape with the burial of phocion depicts the greek general phocion who was executed as a traitor by the uprisers in a democratic revolt. There is a series of plains receding into depth. The general"s fate was unjust as he is to be buried outside of the city (and contrasts a tomb above his corpse). This is a theatrical depiction of a landscape, as opposed to an actual depiction. Nicolas poussin"s landscape with the ashes of phocion uses a diagonal path to guide the viewer. The irregular rock structure above contrasts the structures of the trees. Claude lorrain"s landscape with the village wedding focuses on light and in a series showed contrasting times of day. The painting is constructed to guide the viewer. Claude lorrain"s landscape with procession to delphi shows a rising sun (morning). At the time landscape have been considered inferior to portrait and narrative painting.
