CIN105Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Frederic Edwin Church, Caspar David Friedrich, Gustave Courbet
3 Feb 2018
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Classicism: share certain characteristics with the classical films. Formal harmony, symmetry, balance of equilibrium, craftsmanship that is self-effacing, (cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t see the pai(cid:374)ter(cid:859)s perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455), fo(cid:272)usi(cid:374)g o(cid:374) the stor(cid:455) A characterized by a stridently self-aware artistic practice and a corresponding break with two other artistic movements: realism and romanticism. Modernism: profound shift of art making starting during the late 19th century. Two modes of representation artists were consumed with were realism and romanticism. According to gustave cour(cid:271)et: (cid:862)pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g is the represe(cid:374)tatio(cid:374) of (cid:448)isi(cid:271)le for(cid:373)s. the essence of realism is the negation of the ideal. Painting is essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and e(cid:454)isti(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs(cid:863) Rejecting the notion of this unseen ideal. Real is what we experience, as a community can understand and comprehend. Grounded in our everyday experience of the world. Biblical or religious events were not included. Ealisti(cid:272): if the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t see it the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t pai(cid:374)t it.
