ARTHI 121A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Charlotte, Princess Royal, Anthony Van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens
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Came from artisan tradition, began as printer w/ asparations to do more. Influences american artists, passes on information as a friend an teacher. Someone told him that he should go after painting high art. Desire to do more than portrait painting, do to more such as history painting. Seen by revere smith, invited him to study with him. Gravelot, "death of socrates," frontispiece from charles rollin, Asparations to go to europe to study architects. Agrippina landing at brundesium with the ashes of germanicus (1768) Agrippinas are large scaled work, subjects based on classical history, classical mythology, bible meaning that the artist was schooled. Presented in large scale and multi-figural (anatomy), you have to understand proportion and perspective, being convincing in the anatomy of these figures, and being convincing in the subject matter. Adam, south wall, palace of diocletian, plate viii (1764) Copying the roman law into art, freeze-like setting. Figures look white, look kind of like the structure.
