Week 1 Flashcards by Aaron Cranford | Brainscape

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1

Jacques-Louis David. OATH OF THE HORATII. 1784-1785

Painted in Italy just before the revolution

On the left there are Roman warriors

They just gave an oath to fight to the death.

The columns are Tuscan with medieval round headed arches.

This work gave Jacques-Louis his breakthrough to dominance over French painting for the rest of his long life.

2

Jacques-Louis David. NAPOLEON CROSSING THE SAINT-BERNARD. 1800-1801

A very styistic painting. It's neoclassical because it's an imitation of sculpture.

It uses local color: every object has its own color and isn't being reflected from anything else.

This was painted after he conquered venice

3

Joseph Mallord William Turner. RAIN, STEAM, AND SPEED-The Great Western Railway. 1844 (detail)

Ruscan wrote a lot about turner and hpw he could create these amazing atmospheres.

Ruscan talked about how in the mediebal ages they could express themselves much better..

He felst that the artists in the 14th century could be inspired much more deeply instead of focusing more on the next assignment.

4

Antoine-Jean Gros, NAPOLEON IN THE PLAGUE HOUSE AT JAFFA. 1804

There was a war and Naploeon wanted to show e was sympathetic toward them.

He took his glove off to greet them. Naploeon is ouching the sore which is crazy because at that time it was dangerous.

French flag in the background means the area was captured.

The just beat the Turks and the oval stripe represents that. It's like a mosque. Horseshoe arch on the left- Islamic.

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