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| Ingres: Thetis Asking Jupiter's Aid |
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Definition
-1805-1811
-Torso is emblem of male power and artistic merit
-Endless, slow, exquisite lines (ie: her back)
-Langour (female) vs. power (male)
-Used sleek and continuous contours
-Thetis' head: prophetic abstraction, strange distortions |
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| Ingres: Valpinçon Bather |
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Definition
-1808
-Desert of flesh
-A reversal of priority (light is cast on the drapery)
-Enamel-like finish |
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-1814
-Odalisque: moorish, oriental, in repose, nude
-Nude out on a platter
-Long contours
-Consistent mix of extremes (realism and abstraction) |
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| Ingres: Odalisque and Slave |
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Definition
-1842
-Archeological fascination, historical accuracy
-Romantic dream of textures and colors; sensual
-Ingres focused on the use of color |
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| Ingres: Madame d'Haussonville |
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Definition
-1845
-Didn't believe in reflecting the artists's gesture in portraits
-Made women look vapid and dumb
-In portraits, men had strong, topographical, telling faces |
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-1832
Man potrait: focus of eyes, serious mouth, hands on knees, imposing black silhoutted shape
-Immediate, spontaneous
-This level of acuity not seen in the face of women in Ingres' portraits |
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| Delacroix: Massacre at Chios |
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Definition
-1824
-Vignettes of oppression
-Contortion and energy
-Able to accurately give suffering form and evoke sympathy from viewer |
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| Delacroix: The Death of Sardanapalus |
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Definition
-1827
-What holds the piece together is the reverberation and movement of lines and color
-Fast-paced, sensual
-Unlike David's work, there is no nobility in death; instead, devestation and chaos |
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| Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People |
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Definition
-1830
-"If I can't fight for my country, I will paint" -Delacroix
-Allegorical figures |
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-1837
-Delacroix was incorporated into a world of exciting intellectuals |
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Definition
-1832
-Depicts him as inspired, trance-like, raw excitment
-Evocation of man becoming music
-Willfully distorted scale is an analogy of body and music (the artist controlling the instrunment) |
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-1855
-Speed, excitement, search for power/destruction
-Torn, broken lines
-His aim: to produce the most powerful
-Emotional response
each gesture of brush is an outpouring of energy and passion to bring viewer into work |
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| Delacroix: Baron Schwiter |
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Definition
-1826
-Popular for men to imitate women fashions |
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