VIS 22 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Horatii, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Lead Poisoning
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Solitude vs couples the king is dead, versailles not as important. Shifty manipulative people, don"t show true emotions. Single people looking at grass or people being coupled up. Doesn"t show what the couple is really like. Everyone is legible - shows sense of authority fantasy, everyone is clear. Doesn"t correspond to the truth tried to make everyone transparent. Efficient people that get things done and learn. Paints people as if they were still life. Nothing looks right bc he didn"t study anatomy and only worked. Died by lead poisoning bc he painted with his fingers sometimes. Everyone is busy showing emotions live only in terms of emotional acting out family, puberty, death. Wants to upset social order showing that the middle class has extreme emotions as well. Emotions would only be shown throughout high-class plays. Everyone is excited af, overjoyed that they can vote, has the same emotion. 1 sad guy bc he can"t vote.
