April
10
Eighteenth Century
1664 the
French Academy begins to hold annual Salons |
The Salon,
a salon and salon style |
The salon
= annual display of art established as a venue to show the works of
Academy members |
A salon
= a fashionable assemblage of notables held by custom at the home of
a prominent person |
Salon style
= method in which artworks are exhibited in a gallery that utilizes
the maximum amount of space possible |
Piero Antonio Martini.
The Salon of 1787. 1787.
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. Revised
Second ed. Vol. 2. New York: Prentice Hall Inc., and Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
The French Revolution
Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. Portrait of Marie Antoinette with Her Children. 1787.
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Significant
Events of the French Revolution
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1789-1799
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1789
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Storming of the Bastille |
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1792
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Monarchy abolished |
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1793
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Louis XVI beheaded |
| European states declare war against French Republic | |
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1793-1795
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Reign of Terror |
| Robespierre outlaws worship of God | |
| 40,000 suspected "royalists" killed | |
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1796-1797
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Napoleon conquers most of Italy |
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1798
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Napoleon abolishes papal rule |
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1799
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Napoleon controls France |
Jacques-Louis David
1748-1825
Jacques-Louis David.
The Sabine Women. 1799.
Fred
S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya, Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Twelfth
ed. Vol. 1. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 2005. 2 vols.
Jacques-Louis David. Oath of the Horatii. 1784 - 85. 10'8 1/4" X 14'.
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Neoclassicism
= new classicism
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Characteristics
of the Neoclassic style:
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"Severe"
style with an emphasis on line, order and reason
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Polished technique
(no sign of the hand of the artist)
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Classicizing
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Idealized
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Moral message
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Clear detail
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Jacques-Louis
David. The Death of Socrates. 1787.
Janson, H.W. and Anthony F. Janson. History of
Art. 6th Ed. Vol. 2. North Carolina: Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
2 vols.
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Jacobins =
totalitarian democrats who abolished the French monarchy and presided
over the reign of terror
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The Reign
of Terror = period during the French Revolution when all perceived opponents
of democracy and royal supporters were killed
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Jean-Paul
Marat = Jacobin leader and writer/ publisher of several political journals
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Jacques-Louis David. Death of Marat. 1793.
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"The
Pieta of the Revolution"
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Michelangelo.
Pietà. c. 1500.
Richard G. Tansey & Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Tenth ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996. |
Jacques-Louis
David. Death of Marat. 1793.
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Jean-Honore
Fragonard. The Meeting. 1771 - 73.
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. Revised Second ed. Vol. 2. New York: Prentice Hall Inc., and Harry N. Abrams, 2005. |
Jacques-Louis
David. The Death of Socrates. 1787.
Janson, H.W. and Anthony F. Janson. History of Art. 6th Ed. Vol. 2. North Carolina: Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, 2001. 2 vols. |
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Events of
the American Revolution
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1775-1783
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| 1773 | Boston Tea Party |
| 1775 | Battle of Lexington and Concord |
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1776
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Declaration of Independence |
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1787-1788
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Constitution ratified |
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1789
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George Washington elected first President |
Jean-Antoine Houdon. George Washington. 1788 - 92.
Horatio
Greenough. George Washington. 1832 - 34.
Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya, Gardner's
Art Through the Ages. Twelfth ed. Vol. 1. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College
Publishers, 2005. 2 vols.
John Trumbull
1756-1843
John Trumbull. The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775. 1786.
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Benjamin
West. The Death of General Wolfe. 1770.
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John
Trumbull. The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill,
June 17, 1775. 1786.
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