FAH245H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Post-Impressionism, Photogram, French Revolution
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Overview of all the themes presented in this class. They compete for your attention from the furniture: fits easily with other luxury objects, carrier of the values of france, leading up to the french revolution. A superficial story taken place: the dominant strain of paintings, the texture, giving illusion. The discovery of ruins are easily digged out and are like a bomb", a big culture shock(?) They swear an oath on their swords to protect their civilization: can imagine this painting as a threat to their (france"s) way of living and their leaders. Woman are powerlessly crying: really different from fragonard"s progress of love: the pursuit, how does the picture trying to say, relate to what the picture looks like. The few resident of madrid that remained to stop them from taking over. The man with a white shirt puts his arms up in surrender: this picture as a bookend of the french revolution. (beginning with.
