ARH 375 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: July Revolution, Human Pyramid, Los Caprichos
25 Sep 2016
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Madame de pompadour very famous mistress of louis the 15th important patron of art and a key patron of the encyclopedie (an illustrated encyclopedia that contained all contemporary knowledge. Maurice-quentin de la tour in the painting she is reading with a stack of books, surrounded by a guitar and an art portfolio symbolizes her role and influence in art and culture. La font de saint-yenne was a critic of art, especially critical of rococo art he is shown with a walking stick to show that he is blind blind to what is god art. German literary scholar wrote the history of ancient art in 1764 many consider him the father of the discipline of art history influenced the start of neoclassicism. Herculaneum and pompeii interest in the classical led to the new field of archaeology were among the first great excavations.
