Types of Art: Main Periods
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Visual Arts Appreciation Part 2
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Pre-historic Ancient Medieval (Middle Ages) Renaissance Baroque / Rococo 19th Century 20th Century
6. 19th Century Art
19th Century Art: Neo-classicism
Includes:
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Neo-classicism Romanticism Realism Impressionism
Rebirth to the art of ancient Rome and Greece, and the Renaissance Costumes, settings, and details depicted with much accuracy
“Napoleon Crossing the Alps” (1800) by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Oil, 264 × 231 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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19th Century Art: Neo-classicism
Subject matter derived from classical history and mythology Artists include JacquesLouis David and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
“The Source” (1820) by Ingres (1780-1867) Oil, 83 x 163 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
“Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine” (1806) by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Oil, 629 x 979 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris
19th Century Art: Neo-classicism
19th Century Art: Romanticism
Emphasis on emotional and spiritual themes Also focus on landscape, nature, and the human figure Artists believed in spontaneity and freedom from boundaries and rules
“The Cornfield” (1826) by John Constable (1776-1837), Oil, 143 × 122 cm
“The Turkish Bath” (1862) by Ingres (1780-1867) Oil, diameter 108 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris
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19th Century Art: Romanticism
19th Century Art: Romanticism
Also depictions of ruined churches, shipwrecks, massacres and madness Artists include Eugene Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Caspar David Friedrich, and John Constable
“The Wanderer Above the Sea Fog” (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich(1774-1840), Oil, 98 × 74 cm, Kunsthalle, Hamburg “Liberty Leading the People” (1830) by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) Oil, 260 x 325 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris
19th Century Art: Realism