Week 1

Question 1

Answer 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.

Question 2

Answer 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

Question 3

Answer 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.

Question 4

Answer 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.