The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 78 - 79 Flashcards
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Contributions
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- Delacroix aimed to capture the essence of life
- Delacroix had enough compositions for two lifetimes and projects to last 400 years
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Constable: Field and Stream
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- John Constable (1776-1837)
- work not well received during his lifetime
- unlike other paints he based his work on what he actually saw, not on tradition
- rural scenes reflect an intense love of nature, but he insisted they were not idealized
