ART H102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Body Plan, Solidity, Vanishing Point
4 Jul 2016
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Classical tradition, what follows after this will be a reaction to it: assumed connection between freedom and liberty of society and the perfect art, symbol of democracy. No greek painting survived, but there was lots of sculpture and architecture: casual relationship between what they saw in art, and what they assumed greek society to be. Production of beauty and perfect art because it was produced by free people (democracy): therefore, artists paired the concept of classical art with: Simplicity (visual and conceptual, i. e. clarity of message) Idea of the revolution: serious (even unrealistically so) After french revolution, he switches his viewpoint entirely, and joins the revolutionary cause. Uncanny ability to zero in on the issues, and choose the correct political situation to involve himself in: king louis revolution napoleon. Composition divided between men and women: men take up most of painting, gender divisions of the enlightenment portrayed in this painting.
