He gained fame as a model of Roman virtue. Evander is king of Pallanteum (a region of Arcadia‚ in Italy) and father of Pallas. Curatii is the name of the triplet brothers who fought the Horatii brothers‚ they were from Alba. They ended up losing the battle and dying. Horatii is the name of the triplet brothers who fought the Curatii brothers‚ they were from Rome. They ended up winning the battle. Horatius Cocles was a legendary Roman hero‚ defended the bridge across the Tiber when
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in the impression of stability and solidity. 4. It is against the decorative Rococo style. Slide 3 Jacques Louis David – Oath of Horatii The leading painter of this period is Jacques-Louis David. He has three representative paintings. They are “Oath of the Horatii”‚ “Death of Marat”‚ and “Death of Socrates” The “Oath of the Horatii” Illustrates an event from Roman tradition in which honor and self-sacrifice prevailed. The three brothers are willing to sacrifice their
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discipline on the expression of sentiment in his work. This inhibition resulted in a distinct coldness and rationalism of approach. David ’s reputation was made by the Salon of 1784. In that year he produced his first masterwork‚ The Oath of the Horatii (Louvre). This work and his celebrated Death of Socrates (1787; Metropolitan Mus.) as well as Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons (1789; Louvre) were themes appropriate to the political climate of the time. They secured for David vast
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Janet King Professor Miller ART 1030 17 August 2010 The Glorification and Horrors of War through the Arts Artistes have always painted scenes of war from the Ancient worlds of Egypt and Greece. The relief inside the Abu Simbel Temple showing Ramses in the Battle of Kadesh and of his victory over the Hittites is an excellent example. The Athena Frieze depicting the battle of Greeks against the Persians‚ which are some of the earliest example of a specific historical event being‚ sculptured (Greek
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The Raft of the Medusa is a Romantic painting by Théodore Géricault from the early 19th century. Géricault was a French artist and lithographer who had a short but influential career. The Raft of the Medusa‚ arguably his most famous work‚ was first exhibited in the Salon of 1819 and proved controversial at the time as whilst it adhered to aesthetic standards of fine art but focused on an event from contemporary history rather than an interpretation of an Ancient Greek or Roman tale. The painting
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period and a political propagandist of the French Revolution. His most famous work from this time is “The Death of Marat”. David career was completely tied up with the politic of the day and this is first noticed in his painting “The Oath of The Horatii”. Painted in 1784 “a number of historians have identified an element of pre-revolutionary radicalism and was seen as profoundly anti acadamie.” He soon joined the revolutionary “Jacobin Club” and was then commissioned to paint his first truly political
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Romanticism and Classicism Romanticism and Classicism are two different styles of art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ they are both famous for varied and contradictory definitions.But however‚ they are also two styles that are not very easy to tell apart at some points. While the Classicists considered of the world as having a rigid and stern structure‚ the romanticists considered of the world as a place to express their ideas and believe. Romanticism allows the artists to free their
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The eighteenth century in Europe is consistently called a time of Enlightenment. The considerations of the Enlightenment orchestrated the way for the snappy progress of the following century. In the distinctive branches of human expressions‚ new musings were making‚ taking up with each other‚ and framing the lifestyle and innovative legacy of Europe. It was starting now‚ and particularly in the midst of the manage of Peter the Great that Russia began to take an enthusiasm for the standard marvelous
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again interfered in natural or human affairs. Pietism- Philosophes- leaders of enlightenment. Encyclopedie- First great awakening- Phillip Spener- Jonathan Edwards- Mozart- Departure from Cythera- 1717 oil on canvas Oath of the Horatii- 1785 Ch17 Revolutions Capitalism/laissez-faire- rule by the people and government keeps out of economy. romanticism- sublime- Industrial revolution- switch to mass production. american revolution- seeking independence from great britian
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NEOCLASSICISM IN FRANCE As in Britain‚ the reaction against the Rococo in France first appeared in architecture. This sublime phase of Neoclassicism had a profound impact on painting. Architecture: Rational Classicism The first phase of French Neoclassical architecture was a reaction to the excesses of the Rococo‚ which had been about asymmetry‚ graceful movement‚ decorative flourishes‚ and curvilinear elegance. The new architecture was about rational design‚ and hence is often called Rational
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