Age of romanticism

-1750-1900

-revival of earlier styles (middle ages, Romanesque, gothic) during ancient Greece and rome

-reaction to rococo by being elaborate on designs

Gothis revival

-1748-1766

-combined Romanesque and gothic styles

-ex) strawberry hill

-style thought of haunted, wild, exotic, remote, magical, supernatural

John Nash and the royal pavilion

-1815-1818

-british architect

-designed sea side resort

-designed in indian gothic style

-designed for George the 4^th

Jean Jacques Rousseau

-1712-1778

-French philosopher during age of romanticism

-extoles the natural man in his work

-searched for natural expression of emotion

Delacroix

-1798-1863

-French romantic artist

-liberty leading the people is an example

-famous for use of color lively patterns and energetic figural groups

Realism

-1840- late 19^th century

-trying to convey a truthful and objective vision of contemporary life

-focus more on common people and everyday lives

-ex) Gustave Courbet’s the stonebreakers

-rejecting idealism of the classical art and the exotic themes of romanticism

Gustave Courbet

-1819-1877

-exiled to Switzerland because he was an activist

-french painter

-known as the man of the people because he was anti church

-political activist

-wanted to tax rich instead of poor

-painted of stonebreakers

The Stonebreakers

-painting by Gustave Courbet

-1849

-painting is destroyed

-shows physical people born into poverty and line of work

Joseph- Nicephore Niepce

-1765-1833

French inventor of photography

-experimented with silver chloride on back of the camera

-he met duguiierre and had his ideas stolen

 Louis Daguerre

-1788-1851

-claims to be inventor of photography

-gallery owner

-uneducated hustler

-stole ideas from Niepce

-Creates black and white images by treating the silver plate of the camera of obscura with mercury vapors

-named some findings after himself

William henry fox talbot

-1800-1877

-English photographer and obtician

-Inventor of negative film

-Daguerre also steals his inventions

Camera obscura

-17 century

-optical device that projects it’s image of it’s surroundings on a screen

-johannes kepler developed portable camera obscura

-been around since 10^th century through accounts of Leonardo da Vinci

Edouard Manet

-1832-1883

-french realism painter

-painted the dejeuner sur iherbe in 1863

-olympia in 1865

Louis Sullivan

-1856-1924

-known as the father of skyscrapers and modernism

-the architect to the wainwright skyscraper which was built in 1890-1891 and is 9 stories

Claude Monet

-1840-1926

-one of the founders of French impressionist painting

-ex) the rouen cathedral in 1894

-ex) impression sunrise 1872

Impressionism movement

-late 19^th century and lasted till early 20^th

-visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and color

-impressionist painters: monet, Renoir, Pissarro

-influenced by edouard manet

Eadweard Muybridge

-1830-1904

-english photographer

-worked on and developed the motion picture projection

-ex) the galloping horse in 1878

Carl Laemmle

-1867-1939

-american film maker pioneer

-founded universal studios

-ex E.T. or any movie universal studios made

-alive in the making of over 400 films

Universal Pictures

-motion picture studio

-founded by carl in 1912

-oldest movie studio in US

-exact number 3,424 films made through universal studios

-frankenstein

Karl Freund

-1890-1969

-cinematographer and film director

-cinematographer for metropolis in 1927

-worked on movie Dracula

Frankenstein

-1931

-directed by james whale

-one of the movies from universal studios

Busby Berkeley

-1895-1976

-hollywood movie director and musical choriographer

-famous for elaborate music production numbers

-often used geometric patters

-ex) from movie gold diggers

Hitchcock Characteristics

-often had innocent man accused of something in movies

-loved the look of cool platinum blonde hair

-used darkness to symbolize impending dume

-in his movies there was often a case of mistaken identity

-commonly a character would switch sides or would not be trusted

Salvador Dali

-1904-1989

-Spanish surrealist painter

-born in Spain

-painted the persistence of memory 1931

-in his pictures there are many things referring to time

-afraid of bugs

Surrealism

-20^th century

-literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter

-the elephant Celebes by max Ernst

Samuel Goldwyn

-1879-1974

-hollywood film impasarrio

-offered contract to Vera Ellen for better pay

-vera ellen blamed him for ruining her career

-because he saw her as unable to be a leading lady in films and would only give her the second role 

MGM (lion)

-1924-present

-stands for metro Goldwyn mayer

-conglomeration of three motion picture companies

-Samuel was no longer attached to company

-vera ellen had contract with them starting in late 1940’s

Gene Kelly

-1912-1996

-famous movie dancer and singer

-radio personality and all around Hollywood guy

-one of his most famous movies is singing in the rain

-in 1948 he was Vera Ellen’s dance partner in the movie words and music

-he also sought to change Vera Ellen’s image into something sexier

Fred Astaire

-1899-1987

-very famous film dancer and actor

-usually known for his routines with ginger rogers (dance partners for a long time)

-developed a tradition of combing multiple dance styles into a single routine

-first worked with Vera Ellen in the movie Easter parade

Vera- Ellen

-1921-1981

-movie actress and dancer

-dancing partner of Danny Kaye in wonder man

-film maker hit with public but studio never saw her as having potential to be a leading lady

-received more fan mail then stars of the movies

-used Fred Astaire tradition of combining dance style to a single routine

The Belle of New York

-Movie made in 1952

-starred Fred Astaire and Vera Ellen

-box office disaster

-first Fred Astaire film to lose money

Danny Kaye

-1913-1987

-comedian of film radio

-under contract with Goldwyn

-many characters in movies had the same personality of the roles that Eddie Cantor did

-in multiple films with Vera Ellen ex) wonder man

White Christmas

-famous Christmas movie

-1954

-starred Vera Ellen, Danny Kaye, Ben Crosby, and Rosemary Clooney

-a work of irving berlin and Robert altin

-vera ellen was given part

Bing Crosby

-1903-1977

-famous singer, actor, radio personality

-he was in white Christmas

-special kind of singer (crooner)

-famous for the song White Christmas

The Rothschilds

-family 1900’s

-however Victor Bennett Rothschild

-1910-1990

-family is a rich title originated in Germany

-Rich because of banking

-victor was married to Vera Ellen

-he grew up poor

-made his money independently through oil

-because of family connections vera ellen marrying him made her Hollywood royalty