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1750-1900
· D – A movement that influence the visual arts, politics, social philosophy, music and literature. Nostalgia for antiquity, and idealistic participation on current events.
· Often depicted the struggle of the individual over the state.
· A reaction to age of enlightenment, believed in expressing emotion.
· Eugene Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” (1830) an example.
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1748-1840
· D – An art period that desired to return to the middle age, Gothic style of architecture.
· An architectural movement that began in England.
· An increased desire to learn about the middle ages because of the rise of Romanticism.
· Began with Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill (1748)
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1752-1835
· D – Architect of the Royal Pavilion, a fashionable seaside resort in Brighton, England.
· John Nash was a British architect.
· Nash built the pavilion for his patron Prince Regent.
· Indian Gothic Style with the interior designed in a mix of Chinese/Indian elements. |
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1712-1778
· D - French philosopher who’s writing inspired the French Revolution and the Romantic Movement.
· His ideas influenced the French revolution
· Heavily influenced the Romantic movement
· Was inspired by stories of American Indians. Decided that man was good when in a state if nature, but corrupted by society.
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1789-1863
· D – The most prominent French Romantic painter whose paintings are characterized by broad sweeps of color, lively patterns, and energetic figure groups.
· Painted “Liberty Leading the People” (1830)
· Used thick brushstrokes and studied the optical effects of colour.
· His passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement.
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1840s – 19th century
· Realism art concerned itself with direct observation of society and nature, and political and social satire.
· Introduction of photography – a new visual source that created a desire for people to produce things that look objectively real.
· Realism was heavily against romanticism, which had previously dominated French literature
· Undistorted by personal bias, Realism was of the ideology of objective reality and revolted against exaggerated emotionalism. |
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1819-1877
· D - The painter most directly associated with the Realism movement, who believed that artists could accurately represent only their own experiences.
· Created the painting “The Stonebreakers” 1849.
· Rejected historical painting, as well as romantic depiction of exotic locals and revivals of the past.
· Believed art could be taught. One needed individual inspiration fueled by study/observation. |
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