ART 105 Quiz 1

-advanced art in america
-went to boston to buy art supplies
-very stiff portraits, they were ugly and not detailed

-VERY good at the self portrait
-was from Boston and had talent since age 15
-paintings looked so lifelike
-eyes would follow you
-could not see his brush strokes
-used bright colors and was good at clothes
-> two girls on the sofa, girl with dog, big fat italian man, anyone in nice clothes that shined, women dressed up, kid wiht mouse, tea kettle painting, props, and young soldier. He did French vs. British

-loved science and biology
-found in American Revolution
-at age 9 he had ot bring in money and looks happy in self portrait
-Goes to find Copley in Boston
-Got $ from friends to go to London and learn more
-created "museum of Great Men"
-helped the first art school in America
-->the man over the woman, did happy pic of GW after battle, staircase painting, long room FP

-focused on FACE
-Went to London during the american Revolution
-cheated ppl out of money
-used darker colors and became popular when came back to America
-rushed through everything but the face
-did GW on dollar bill
-rarely did a background
-> did skater man, girl on fense, old woman in white gown, unfinished background pic, john adams, three faced girl

-Given money to go to Rome from America
-could handle detail and was very talented
-tackled big history paintings
-was King George's History Painter
--> the ghost, women in white walking, fight that looks liek it has dragons in it, Ben Frank. with key

-brain sutures overlapped
-blind in one eye
-> dec of ind, battles reenacted in class, GW at Trenton with horses in background, women with indians

-kickstarted landscape
-did SCHOOL portraits (same subj. in same style)
-> fake castle and mtn one, waterfalls, foliage, lake on mtn, random trees, oxbow, world coming to end wiht angels, roman campagna

-quiet and poetic
-sky was quiet
-did engravings
-BOATS!
-had polio at a yougn age

-calm, silvery waters and nature
-STAFFAGE
-> flat waters on beach coast, tiny waterfall

-loud pictures
-included marshes
-light and weather could change the way the looker felt
-sunsets and sexual flowers
-> hersey kidd hay, open flat land, troll under set, single boat on lagoon with storm rolling in

Created first permanent photograph

Created Morse Code and brought the photography to America

-black americans in his paintings
-loved violin and music