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18th Century Art The Enlightenment, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism

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18th Century Art The Enlightenment, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism

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The Enlightenment

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A new enlightened way of thinking critically about the world and about humankind, independent of religion, myth, or tradition

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Voltaire (1694 – 1778)

One of the most important figures of the Enlightenment. He was a French writer and philosopher critical of the rule of Kings and the selfish privileges of the nobility and the church

Voltaire protested for freedom of thought and religion

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Jean-Antoine Houdon

Voltaire Seated

1781

Terra Cotta model for marble sculpture

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Seated Portrait

Smile of Voltaire shows his satisfaction in his old age that he helped change France with his activism.

Voltaire helped pave the way for the French Revolution (1789 – 1799)

Voltaire believed “all men are created equal”

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The Enlightenment was grounded in empirical evidence (using reason and

needing evidence)

Scientific Questioning

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Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768, Oil on Canvas

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Drama of candlelit scene (Inspired by Baroque Style)

The wonders of scientific knowledge

Need to prove ideas scientifically / evidence

Air Pump related to discovery of oxygen / “power of steam” – steam engines used in England for industrial revolution

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Comparison

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Neo-Classicism

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Renewed interest in “Classical” Ancient Greek and Roman art and culture

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Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, Oil on Canvas

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Inspired by Classic Greek and Roman Art and Art of the Renaissance

Oath of the Horatii – Roman History – 3 Horatius brothers and their father swear to “win or die” for Rome (conflict between Rome and Alba, Italy)

Statuesque figures

Emotional female figures on right

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Comparison

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Jacques-Louis David

The Death of Marat

1793

Oil on Canvas

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“Neo-classical spareness” – cold, empty space above

Inspired by French Revolution

Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat (revolutionary radical and friend of David – stabbed to death)

Narrative details to tell story – the knife, the wound, the blood, the letter

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Antonio Canova, Pauline Borghese as Venus, 1808, Marble Sculpture

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Napoleon’s sister as the goddess of beauty (Napoleon Bonaparte – French Emperor)

Napoleon commissioned several Neo-classical artworks by Canova

Holding a golden apple – symbol of goddess triumph in the Judgment of Paris (story from Greek Mythology – who’s the most beautiful goddess)

Pose and drapery recall Greek sculpture

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Comparison

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Antonio Canova

Cupid and Psyche

1787

Marble Sculpture

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Illustrates story from Greek Mythology (Love story between a human and a God involving jealousy)

Psyche – beautiful human daughter of King and Queen

Cupid – god – son of Venus – Venus jealous of Psyche’s beauty

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Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun

Self-Portrait with her Daughter, Julie

1789

Oil on Canvas

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Artist was one of a very few women admitted to the art academy

After the French Revolution, they took back her degree because women were no longer accepted to the art academy

Neo-Classical clothing

Closeness between a mother and child (reference to Renaissance Art - Virgin Mary / triangle composition)

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Romanticism

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Interest in Personal Freedoms (freedom of thought, freedom of feeling, freedom of action, freedom of

speech, etc.)

“Feeling is all”

- Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749 – 1832)

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William Blake

The Ancient of Days

1794

Illustration (Hand-colored etching)

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Blake was a visionary poet, painter and engraver

Blake visited by “spirits” in his dreams

Classical references (ideal, classical anatomy of figure) – Blake admired ancient Greek art

Energy and Movement – Ancient of Days leans forward unleashing power into rays of light - wind through his hair and beard

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Henri Fuseli

The Nightmare

1781

Oil on Canvas

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Fantasies of artist’s imagination (Human subconscious – dreams)

Incubus – mythological creature that preys on women at night

Title is a play on words – “nightmare” – mara is a ghost horse who torments and suffocates sleepers

Composition related to Baroque art - Dynamism

Neo-Classical details – woman lying on bed with draped cloth

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Francisco Goya

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

1798

Graphic Arts (Etching and Aquatint)

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If you forget reason, “monsters will appear” (connection to Enlightenment)

Goya, himself, asleep

Attacked by owls and bats (Fear)

The unleashing of imagination, emotion, and nightmares

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Francisco Goya, The 3rd of May 1808, 1814, Oil on Canvas

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French soldiers killing Spanish people

Violent scene – blood / dead Spanish people

Resistance and Patriotism of Spanish

Emotional / Dramatic – use of strong light and dark


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