Definition of Art History Flashcards

Dejeuner Sur L'Herb (1863)Edouard ManetRealism
-Statement of artistic freedom -The painter can choose what to paint -The nude serves no purpose but to be nude, you can also see her clothes on the ground, much more erotic than the classic paintings were
-Contains references to well known pieces of art History
-Thick use of paint
-Shocking to the French public
-She has rolls of fat around her waste, making her unidealistic, removing her from the ideals of romanticism and the classics

Olympia (1865)Edouard ManetRealism
-Same model as in Dejeuner Sur L'herb
-Throwback to the classics, venus of urbino and sleeping venus, but again this is different because it is much more erotic and less idealized, something we come across in the day to day -the spectre of VD which was rampant in Paris at the time
-title is a play on the classical/modern switch
-She is a prostitute, receiving flowers from a patron
-harsh light puts the focus right on her
-She is not modest
Important because it started a move toward going against what the Salon liked, saying fuck off salon and doing their own thing

A Bar at the Folies-Bergere (1881-1882)Edouard ManetImpressionism
-Impressionist color, light, and brush techniques
-both small and large space-the space is made bigger by the use of the mirror, but it is still a small area
-Orange bowl is the greatest point of color -use of white light makes the light sparkle
-atmospheric pollution in the air, throwback to the industrial revolution which was a focus of impressionists, also similar to photography

Galloping Horse (1878)Eadweard MuybridgePhotography
-First time the movement of an actual galloping horse was recorded
-found out that horses are off of the ground when galloping
-started a trend in using photography as a method for studying nature

Dancing Lesson (1883-1885)Edgar DegasImpressionism
-reflects a significant japanese influence in the form of color and shape
-wide range of movement -they are all in different positions and stuff
-oblique angle gives a unique perspective

Letter (1891)Mary CassattImpressionism
-Her relationship to another person is implied in the letter, she looks lonely but at the same time she does have someone out there
-She appears apprehensive, the letter is of great import
-her face contrasts the pattern on wall
-voyeurism
-similar to japanese painting -The prints are from japanese woodblocks

Impression: Sunrise (1872)Claude MonetImpressionism
-The painting that inspired the term impressionism-it was negative -he was saying that it was sketchy and unfinished looking
-He was trying for the transient nature of color and all that bullshit
-Broken Color -the perfect circle sun is shown as broken shapes on the water

Rouen Cathedral, West Facade, Sunlight (1894)Claude MonetImpressionism
-One in a series on the Rouen Cathedral, painted as studies of light at different times of the day
-compared to one in the morning they look very different, the sculptures and whatnot still fade from light into shadows
-colors are creamy and light, like peach yogurt
-blue sky

Pont-Neuf (1872)Pierre-Auguste RenoirImpressionism
-Elevated vantage point reflects photography as an influence
-Human activity and a "slice" of the city-common impressionist topics
-Condensed panorama of different social classes

The Thinker (1881)Auguste Rodin19th Century Sculpture
-Influence of the Renaissance, monumental, idealized human figure
-Strong sense of energy
-he is a tense yet calm figure

Nocturne in Black and Gold (1875)(The Falling Rocket)ImpressionismJames Abbott McNeill Whistler
-Caused a big scandal
-it was called unfinished by a critic-he ripped it apart and so Whistler sued and they went to court and Whistler said the ear for music thing

Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge (1892)Henri de Toulouse-LautrecPost-Impressionism
-Inspired by Degas
-Loose brushwork and sketchiness serve the mood of Parisian nightlife, adds a sense of dynamic and motion
-The woman has a determined air but at the same time looks like she is going to start getting down
-clear outlines, typical of post impressionist work
-similar to degar in the use of oblique angles inspired by photography

Still life with Apples (1875-1877)Paule CezanneImpressionism
-He places narrative at the bottom of his list of importance, highlighting the idea of form and color instead
-He wanted to astonish Paris with an Apple
-Patched coloring-layered
-they seem to be fighting for a position
-unidentified resting place

Mount Sainte-Victoire (1900)Paul CezannePost-Impressionism
-Subject he had liked for a long time
-Again distinct lines, not a faded mixing of colors but forms are distinct.
-Patchwork of color in the landscape
-geometrical shapes can be seen throughout

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte (1884-1886)Georges SeuratPost-Impressionism-Pointillism
-uses a bazillion little points to make a pictures of something
-solid forms and rigid people
-uses new methods of color theory -two different colors are merged together by the eye if they are close to each other -two colors of the same hue next to each other accentuate one another