CAS AH 287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: George Stubbs, The Horse Fair, Ancient Greek Sculpture
12 Dec 2016
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The barbizon school flourished during the second empire. Gustave courbet: entrance to the puits noir valley. Near ornans, in a narrow gorge shaded by luxuriant vegetation, the br me stream flows gently along. This place, known as the puits-noir, was one of courbet"s favourite sites in an area he knew intimately. During the 1855 universal exhibition, when he presented the stream at the puits noir, valley of the loue (washington d. c. , national gallery of art), the painting brought him his first real success as a landscape artist. Then, between 1860 and 1865, courbet produced a large number of variations, one of which was this black stream, bought by the superintendent of fine art for napoleon iii"s personal collection. The reason these images of puits-noir are so appealing is that they give an impression of entering a haven of peace. The steep-sided ravine is a kind of virgin jungle.
