The Nightmare, John Henry Fuseli, oil on canvas, 1781, 39” x 49”. Preceded surrealism and...

The Nightmare, John Henry Fuseli, oil on canvas, 1781, 39” x 49”.

Preceded surrealism and Freudian studies by a century

Erotic theme; horse as male symbol, woman in tortured sleep, incubus suffocating her. Sensation of terror… reaction to jilted romance? Figueal style from where?

Elohim Creating Adam, William Blake, writer/poet who illustrated his own work. Rejected rationalism of ________________….

Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa, 1804, Antoine Gros (Student of David)

Shows Napoleon visiting sick & dying during Turkish campaign, shallow stage with classical references, exotic locale- Christlike figure of Napoleon helping the sick.

(2 months after this was painted, Napoleon ordered all the plague victims poisoned)

Gran Odalisque… fill in what you know about this painting!! Very famous by Ingres!

Massacre at Chios, Delacroix, 1824, oil on canvas, 14’ x 12’

How did this reflect the ORIENTALIZING or Turkish theme popular at the time?

What did Lord Byron do about the Greek revolution?

What event is depicted here?

What color themes are echoed throughout?

Who painted this?

How did this painting symbolize the destiny of France?

What philosophies(s) of art would be shown here?

What does the child with pistols symbolize?

Who is the woman carrying the flag?

Is this a literal narrative painting?

Departures of Volunteers of 1792 (Marseillaise), 1835, Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Popularly known as Marseillaise, the French national anthem

Volunteers who protected France from invasion by Austria-Prussia

Winged figure of Victory or France…tangled volunteers surging forward

None really looks ready for war, some old, some young

Scene to mythic proportions

Typical Romantic in departure from fact

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, Goya, 1799, Etching.

Los Caprichos

How could this be a political statement?

Is it just literally about the Romantic idea of the subconsious and nightmares?

Or is there a parallel Goya is trying to tell us?

Family of Charles Iv, Goya, 1800 (huge 10’ x 11’)

Compare w/ las Meninas

Triptych figures

Goya in shadow in background

Queen in center w/youngest kids

2 canvases in rear like Las M.

Trappings of Royalty

Third of May, 1808, Francisco Goya. Oil on canvas, 9’ x 13’, 1814.

Massacre of Spanish rebels after failed uprising against French

How are the French soldiers portrayed? Is this more than just a narrative painting?

Central figure reminds us of whom?

Wanderer above a Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich, German Romanticism, 1918, oil on canvas

Man contemplating grandeur of nature

Romantic vision of nature different than Enlightenment.. Nature more powerful, unpredictable, than people.. Also AWESOME

Inspired by the poet Goethe

SUBLIME: :any cathartic experience from the catastrophic to the intellectual that causes the viewer to marvel in awe, wonder, or passion

Snowstorm: Hannibal & His Army Crossing the Alps, Oil on canvas, 4’9” x 7’9”, 1812, oil on canvas. Extremes in nature, concept of vortex in his work

The White Horse, John Constable, oil on canvas, 1819,

Vibrant shimmering paint w/careful atmospheric perspective

Sense of momentary clouds

Harmony with nature, oneness w/nature, reaction against WHAT?????????

The Oxbow, Thomas Cole, 1836 (4’ x 6’) - actual view of river in Mass.

Founder of Hudson River School

In response to British book accused Americans of polluting the New World

Romanticism on left, Claude on right

Cole’s self portrait on left foreground.. Man’s touch on fields on right

Houses of Parliament, 1836-60, England… fill-in blanks

Hint: this building used the IRON technology in an ironic way.. What FIRSTS were done by this building?

Labrouste (architect) trained at Ecole des-Beaux Artes, suggest both learning and technology in this innovative library Bibliotheque St. Genevieve.. Slender Corinthian columns of IRON support barrel vaults.. Cut stone exterior “noble” .. Building was open at night and gas lit, had to be fireproof! Exterior has iron arches symbolizing print lines, 2 barrel vaults represent 2 columns of newspaper. Main door 2 columns surmounted by lamps that show open at night, look like bookmarks.

Grand Staircase, the Opera, 1861-74, Paris

Paris opera house designed by Charles Garnier

Historicism style-different periods combined

Part of urban redevelopment plan for Paris under Napoleon III

Based mostly on Baroque style

Temple of pleasure.. Opulent

Garnier: “to hear, to see, and above all, to be seen”

Mirrors on columns for ladies to check their hair

Iron under structure

The Artist’s Studio, Louis-Daguerre, daguerrotype, 6.5” x 8.5”, 1837, still life photo inspired by vanitas still life paintings.. Textures, new art form capturing older art form

This photographer invented daguerrotypes (sharp focus, clear details)

Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, Nadar, 1863

Forehead often highlighted

Controlled camera angles, often left one eye or side of face in shadow (as did Baroque painters!)

Calotype: early photograph that produced both a positive and negative image, negatives allowed multiple reprints

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, 1867