ARTH 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hudson River School
21 Sep 2016
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Painterly + love, line + morals; reaction to the rococo. Napolean took over as dictator after the revolution; marat painted him. Chardin: back from the market (domestic scene, kitchen still life. Copley: american, paul revere, watson and the shark. David: the death of socrates (1787, death of marat (french revolution) - 1793. * precise shadows, like caravaggio: lines, not painterly. Houdon: voltaire seated (sculpture) - smiling, george washington (houdon stayed at his house; also franklin and jefferson) West: first american, the death of general wolfe. * the defeat of the french by the english. Exotic, adventurous, gothic (big ben, house of parliament) The reign of terror (from the french revolution) - guillotine. Cole: the ancient of days, english poet; also painter. Constable: salisbury cathedral from the meadows, english painter. Delacroix: posed in liberty leading the people (1830, death of sardanapolus. Goya: became official painter of spanish court in the 1790s, third of may, 1808 (1814)
