Neoclassical and Romantic Period Paintings

Question 1

The art style in this period was brought about by the renewed interest in Greek and Roman classics. Art pieces generally portrayed Roman History which elevated the Roman heroes

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Neoclassicism (1780s - 1840s)

Question 2

Artistic interpretations of classic greek and roman history were restored to realistic portrayals.

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Neoclassical Painting

Question 3

Major Characteristics of Neoclassical Painting (C.S.S.U)

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Clarity of form
Sober colors
Shallow Space
Use of horizontal and vertical lines

Question 4

Considered to he the pre-eminent painter of the era. Subject of paintings were more on history

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Jacques-Louis David

Question 5

Showed a strongly idealized view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his army made across the Alps through the Great St Bernard Pass in May 1800

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Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Jacques-Louis David

Question 6

Depicts a scene from a Roman legend about the dispute between the rome and Alba Longa

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Oath of the Horatti, Jacques-Louis David

Question 7

His paintings were usually nudes, portraits, and mythological themes. One of the great exemplars of academic art and one of the finest Old Masters of his era.

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Question 8

Napoleon in his decadent coronation costume, seated upon his golden encrusted throne hand resting upon smooth ivory balls

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Portrait of Napoleon on the Imperial Throne, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Question 9

Depicts an image of Homer, receiving all the brilliant men of Rome, Greece, and contemporary times.

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The Apotheosis of Homer, Jean Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Question 10

It embraced a new of distinctive themes such as longing for history, supernatural elements, social injustices, and nature.

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Romanticism (1800s-1810s)

Question 11

Portrait paintings gave more emphasis on emotion. Artists expressed as much feeling and passion as it could be on canvas.

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Romantic Painting

Question 12

depicts the physical world that surrounds us and includes features such as mountains, valleys, vegetation, and bodies of water

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Landscape Painting

Question 13

First french master and the leader of the French realistic school. His masterpieces were energetic, powerful, brilliantly colored and tightly composed

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Jean Louis Theodore Gericault

Question 14

Similar in portrayal to the Napoleon Crossing the Alps by J David. but different in terms of characteristics such as Napoleon Crossing the Alps that is more detailed, clarity of form and using of lines.

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Changing Chasseur, Jean Louis Theodore Gericault

Question 15

Portrays a woman that has a mental illness.

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Insane Woman, Jean Louis Theodore Gericault

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The greatest French romantic painter of all. He is also the most influential to most of Romantic painters and eventually his technique was adapted and extended by the impressionist artists.

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Eugene Delacroix

Question 17

Commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France

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Liberty Leading the People, Eugene Delacroix

Question 18

A commissioned Romantic painter by the King of Spain

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Francisco Goya

Question 19

Depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (Saturn), who fears that he would be overthrown by one of his children.

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Saturn Devouring His Son, Francisco Goya

Question 20

Spanish ceremony celebrated on Ash Wednesday and was a symbological burial of the past to allow society to he reborn, transformed with new vigor

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The Burial of Sardine, Francisco Goya

Question 21

Members of the Barbizon school that led the Romantic landscape painting in France

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Theodore Rousseau and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Question 22

Paintings of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (T.L)

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The Church of Marissel, Near Beauvais
Le repos sous les saules

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Paintings of Theodore Rousseau (D.L)

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Der kleine Fischer
Landscape with a Plowman