MPC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paul Delaroche, Gustave Courbet, Ornans
27 Jan 2016
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Paul delaroche- the sons, execution of lady jane grey. Reaction to art that preceded it, e. g. delaroche, neoclassicism, Romanticism: very stylized, idealized, looked to past, e. g. Thomas couture"s romans of the decadence: criticizing moral decadence of france . Memorialized 2nd republic (1848), represents strength of france feeding. Derived from del sarto, didn"t win salon competition but set the stage its people for realism, which was like the subculture: depicts working class, ordinary > ideal. Faces were of people he knew, it was huge like a history painting, but it wasn"t heroic. Stone breakers: faces = every man and no man. Destroyed during ww2 because it promoted socialism. Pictorial voice for poor laborers, doesn"t give them individuality, no. Young and old will die doing the same job. He"s in the middle, inside painting, whereas realists were people who. Represents process of painting where you have the subject on left, him liked to paint outside typically.
