VIS 22 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jules Joseph Lefebvre, July Revolution, Mental Disorder
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His intention in painting is connected to the desires of the culture. Into romanticism era, artists begin to wander a little bit. The working class tries to get their freedom (before was the bourgeois) Eugene delacroix, liberty leading the people (1830) Towards realism, not the idealized view (of battle) Pre-modern society as a critique of bourgeois materialism. What come out of french revolution are loss of spirituality, extreme violence and secuality. Romanticism is the search of cultural symbol to challenge that. Turn other cultures(africa) into resources as particular ideological job to challenge the bourgeois. Wants to find a pre-modern culture and prove that to be the model. Eugene delacroix, arabs skirmishing in the mountains. Jean leon gerome, pelt merchant of cairo. Eugene delacroix, greece expiring on the ruins of missolonghi. Women can enter arts but to be symbolic for establishing the male artists. Gericault brings home body parts in order to paint the realistic look.
