ART UNDER NAPOLEON Brenda Tidwell Art Appreciation 101 Jamie Cooper October 31‚ 2011 ART UNDER NAPOLEON In 1794 Jacques-Louis David barely escapes death‚ due to his connections in the revolutionary war. He stood trial and went to prison. After his release he worked hard to reconstitute his career. The highlight of his career is when Napoleon asked Jacques-Louis David to work for him. Of course David accepted. Napoleon knew that David was a very accomplished artist‚ whom style was
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Anthro 121AC December 2013 Jeans and The Blue Denim In Japan‚ people have kimono‚ in China‚ they have cheongsam as a long dress with a high collar and slit skirt that traditionally worn by Chinese women‚ and in USA‚ people have jeans as their fashion identity. Fundamentally‚ jeans can be described as blue denim and it is very functional‚ durable‚ and mainstream in the public. Every facet of American society has worn jeans since 160 years ago. The story of jeans started by Levis Strauss‚ and
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Simon Schama’s Power of Art‚ Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) David is associated with neoclassicism and the Enlightenment “Death of Marat‚” 1793 “A painting both beautiful and repulsive” “Unforgettable masterpiece and unforgettable crime” The Marriage of Figaro‚ play by Beaumarchais‚ 1778 Denounces aristocratic privilege‚ the king called it detestable “Oath of the Horatii‚” 1784 Paradigm of neoclassical art Three brothers from the Roman Horatii family agree to fight with three brothers
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The portrait of Marat encapsulates the artist’s grief‚ political fervour and artistic abilty. It is a personal homage to his friend‚ as seen by an inscription on the side of a make shift desk.’ A marat David’ Find brushwork in the corpse. The artist has striped the painting to its bare essentials in which the artist created a powerful and moving image with a tragic solemnity of the Pieta. A gruesome subject to depict. The artist has commorated an event. Created a portrait of a martyr. A
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The Green Room ’The Green Room’ is the name Munch gave to a series of eight or so works painted in the later part of 1906 and in 1907. They are: ’Weeping Girl‚’ ’Zum Sussen Madel‚’ ’Desire‚’ ’Hatred‚’ ’Jealousy‚’ ’Consolation‚’ ’Cupid and Psyche’ and ’The Murderess’ motifs. The series is a cheerless combination of the Love‚ Anxiety and Death motifs in ’The Frieze of Life;’ there is none of the rejoicing of love found in ’Eye in Eye’ or ’The Dance of Life’ nor is there the acceptance that the pain
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Question: What are the reasons for the execution of Maximilien Robespierre? Works Cited Hampson‚ Norman. The Life and Opinions of Maximilien Robespierre. N.p.: Duckworth‚ 1974. Print. In the Suggestions for Further Reading section of A Short History of the French Revolution by Jeremy Popkin‚ he recommends this book for further reading on Revolutionary Politics. This would be a good secondary source to look into. Sections of this book can be found on JSTOR. Jordan‚ David P. The Revolutionary Career
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Essay assignment: Death of Marat A analysis of death in neo-classicism I love the story of a conversation that took place at an English country house during a dinner party‚ where the host had just started up the discussion of death and asked the various guests what will happen to them after they die. Some thought about reincarnation and others though about different plains of being‚ and others thought that they were going to be annihilated. All of the guests had answered the question except
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Comparison of Essays by Sartre and Blanchot In his essay “Why Write?” Sartre focuses on the relationship between the writer and the reader. He analyses the process involved in writing and reading. He says that literature involves both the writer and the reader‚ for one cannot survive without the other because a writer cannot produce a piece of literature for his own pleasure and the reader cannot enjoy the benefits of reading if there is nothing for him to read. In other words‚ writing creates
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Sartre and Rousseau define freedom differently. But both think‚ although; for different reasoning that humans have no choice‚ but to live in a state of freedom. Rousseau believes freedom means being able to be oneself‚ and to not be restrained or forced to conform. He thinks humans should be forced to be free; meaning they are only allowed to live in a state of freedom. Rousseau came to this conclusion based on his observations of the French Enlightenment; which he saw as a time where people lost
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Andrew Kang 11/12/10 Philosophy of Human Nature Sartre proposes an interesting view on free will when he says‚ "either man is wholly determined or else man is wholly free." This quote shows us that Sartre believes that man is free to do what he wants. For Sartre‚ freedom is the most basic value‚ which renders possible all other values the way our fundamental plan precedes and grounds our small choices. In that sense freedom is the source of all values. It is not logically possible to
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