Neoclassicism 1770 1820 Jacques Louis David Neoclassic artist

Neoclassicism 1770 -1820

Jacques Louis David • Neoclassic artist that imitated classical art as a reflection of 18 th and 19 th century empire building • Subject matter primarily historic or mythological • Contemporary subjects painted in a classical tone • Revolutionary and imprisoned after the fall of Robespierre

Oath of the Horatii

Death of Socrates

Death of Marat

Court Painter to Napoleon

Romanticism • 1800 -1850 • Emotion valued over reason • Revived interest in Middle Ages and religion • Appreciation of nature and the supernatural • Anti-middle class • Dramatic colors and composition

Delacroix

Liberty Leading Her People

British Romanticism Landscape Painting

John Constable

Joseph Mallord William. Turner

Realism • 1850 -1880 • Influenced by the invention of photography • Reaction against the Romantic Movement, but a reflection of technology • Precise painting • Realistic colors, a restricted palette • Style favored by American painters

Winslow Homer

Edouard Manet

Impressionism • 1870 -1905 • Subject of all paintings is light, objects in paintings are arbitrary • Same subject painted numerous times, just at different times of day • Painted quickly, usually outdoors • Smaller canvases are the norm • Technique utilizes small dabs of paint • Excessive use of white paint • Reaction against realism

Claude Monet

Rouen Cathedral

Water Lillies

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Edgar Degas

Post Impressionism • • 1886 -1920 Reaction against Impressionism Too of much same had become accepted Artists desired to explore their individual style and techniques • Works are eclectic and diverse

Henri de Toulouse-Latrec • Broke both legs as a child, stunted growth • Suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction • Poster painter • Painted Parisian underworld • Used garish colors

Georges Seurat • • Used technique of pointilism or divisionism Wanted to arrange color, not paint light Painstaking process with large canvases Wanted a mechanized look of industry

Vincent Van Gogh • Dutch painter • Dismissed as a missionary due to extremely violent temper • Suffered from severe bipolar disorder and epilepsy • Would commit suicide in 1890 while in an asylum • Yellow was favorite color and painted with a palette knife • Only sold two works during lifetime