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| Pompeii, August 24, 79 CE |
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| its rediscovery begins by the mid-18th century and is a significant influence on art by the late 18th century and well into the nineteenth century. |
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weight shifts to one leg and the other leg is slightly bent and at ease.
its a counterpoise |
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| *B. West, Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, 1768 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven) |
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J. Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos, 1809-14
nude v. naked |
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*Raphaelle Peale, Venus Rising from the Sea (After the Bath), c. 1822 (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO)
trompe l’oeil |
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H. Greenough, George Washington, 1840 Zeus/Jupiter
- studio in italy- american citizen
- close to ancient sources: good marbel and models.
-greenough didn't cut the stone, skilled labors did that.
- looks like greek god zeus
- the public thought that the artist was making fun of G.W.
one figure is christopher colombis thinking of the world being roung.
one is a depressed native american
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H. Powers, The Greek Slave, 1843 (replica at the National Gallery in DC)
- chain is a problem: shes not a free: shes a victim
- shes modest: shes trying to cover up, looking away and down at us.
- clothed in christian viture
Islam vs. Christian Girls.
turks captured her and her familied and killed them all besies her.
- ancient greek of love: Aphrodite
contrapposto (counterpoise);
Praxiteles (ancient Greek sculpture of the 4th C. BCE) |
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H. Powers, California, 1850-55 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)
- contrapposta
-relates to the natural resources of cali. leaning up on crystals
-definded rod is covering her.
-troubled finding a family, but the asher family bought it |
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*Erastus D. Palmer, The White Captive, 1857 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)
-shes tied up: shes fully exposed
- the name "white" means because of the marble and because she is white.
-her face shows that she is worrying about something
-her hair is cut, her clothes are all cut up: probably from her captive which is Native americans
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R. Rogers, Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii, 1853 (replicas at PAFA in Philadelphia and the Met Museum).
-winds blowing: from how the fabric is
-trying to listen but she is hearing impaired and shes blind because her eyes are closed.
-and she has a hard time walking
-top of a coloum almost fell on her
-she is the last sivour of pompeii |
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*E. Lewis, Forever Free, 1867 (Howard University, Washington, DC) |
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visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object.
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a painting or design intended to create the illusion of a three-dimensional object.
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