ARTH 2280 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
9 Mar 2017
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In the late 18th and first half of the 19th centuries, art and craft in europe was characterized by fascination with classical art and history in general. At the same time, europe was undergoing radical social and technological changes: The french revolution and its emulation elsewhere re-shaped the nature of government and the relationship between church and state. New industrial technologies affected the process and organization of work and production. David painting was seen as a warning that the revolution is coming textures were applied differently then what is associated with the french court. Church as patron made art very heavy with religion. Important technological change was the production of metals steel and wrought iron. Steel is an alloy of iron and usually carbon. Iron is mixed with other impurities when first mined. Smelted iron is casted into standardized shapes and is known as pig-iron. Can be casted into wrought or bar iron.
