ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hellevoetsluis, Gothic Fiction, Hudson River School
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Arth 120: week 17 lecture notes (feb 6, 2018) So far, have been exploring the status of the artist as an intellect, a noble, a part of the royal court, a craftsman, etc. The oath of the horatii, by jacques-louis david (1784: structures and training of academy system exemplified, elements from antiquity architecture, clothing, planar composition and separate figures, has moral lesson like most history paintings (honouring country and family) Romanticism = moving away from antiquity, less morals: term relates to medieval romance , shows stories of knights and ladies . Or mara , term for a ghost that haunts while one sleeps: very psychological, realms we might have explored while asleep, often referred to in caricature. Horace walpole, by rosalba carriera (1741: soft rococo style, done during grand tour, became fascinated with gothic style. Strawberry hill, by horace walpole, william robinson, and others (1749-1777 /
