HISTART 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Academic Art, History Painting, Classical Antiquity

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: History of Art
• Course: HISTART 2002
• Professor: Shelton Andrew

Document Summary

Louis xiv: divine right monarch, reigned for 72 years, k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)su(cid:374) ki(cid:374)g(cid:863, desire for control of all realms of french life art and fashion. Louis xiv & french art: founded royal academy of fine art 1648, uses art and architecture to suppress nobility and impress foreign dignitaries. I(cid:373)itate (cid:272)lassi(cid:272)al pre(cid:272)ede(cid:374)t (cid:894)(cid:449)orks of high re(cid:374)aissa(cid:374)(cid:272)e, espe(cid:272)ially (cid:862)di(cid:448)i(cid:374)e(cid:863) raphael(cid:895) Hierarchy of genres: monumental history/religious painting, portraiture, genre painting, landscape, animal painting, still life. Lebrun the family of darius before alexander 1660: linear, figures show range of gestures and facial expressions, alexander depicted as a noble person (idealized, sprezzatura nonchalance, effortless gesture (raphael) Lebrun: human expression, physiognomy make analogies between human and animal features, assess different personalities. Informed by italian renaissance: classicism, graceful gestures, history painting can be read idealized figure forms. Palace of versailles: ceiling decorated with history paintings, great(cid:374)ess of louis xiv"s authority (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e diso(cid:271)eyed. Early rococo: de troy, reading moliere, salon culture in paris, hold weekly salon events.