Death of Marat:
- David was part of one of the most extreme groups in favor of the French revolution, he was even one of the people to vote for the beheading of King Louis XVI
-The Death of Marat was a image that he created to depict the revolution. The painting made the martyrs of the revolution look heroic. Marat is made to look beautiful and is in a pose similar to an image of Christ is order to help achieve this.
-- This painting was revolutionary in two ways, since it was painted during the French Revolution and that it depicted a contemporary event. Before this, he had painted classical scenes.
Cassatt:
- Pictures of mothers and children were created many times, but often times as religious figures. Cassatts painting brings a new closeness between mother and child in a painting of a mother bathing her child.
- The mother and daughter seem very focused on each other, which also helps the viewer get drawn into this moment they share. It is shown in unexpected angles to make it seem more like a real life moment
- The mother and daughter seem very focused on each other, which also helps the viewer get drawn into this moment they share. It is shown in unexpected angles to make it seem more like a real life moment
Monet:
- The atmosphere and suns light helped to contribute to the images he was painting
- Monet sometimes only had about 7 minutes to work on a canvas before the lighting changed too much and the effect he was painting was gone, so he would have to return day after day to capture the same effect
- he returned to a scene many times to try and capture it perfectly.
- Monet sometimes only had about 7 minutes to work on a canvas before the lighting changed too much and the effect he was painting was gone, so he would have to return day after day to capture the same effect
- he returned to a scene many times to try and capture it perfectly.
Early Photography: Making Daguerreotypes
- Louis Jacques-Mande Daguerre created the technique to make Daguerreotypes and sold it to the French government, so that it could be made freely to the public without dealing with copyright restrictions - Daguerreotypes were expensive to make and took a lengthy time to prepare the camera, take a photo, then develop the photo
- Daguerreotype mania swept across France, then the world. It became most popular in America, as it was an affordable way to get your portrait done that was very true to life
Beyond The Great Wave:
- Hokusai wanted to live to be 110, because he believed that by then he would be so skilled that every line he painted "would come to life" - The two paintings are thought to be a reflective self portrait of Hokusai towards the end of his life
- Hokusai wanted to live to be 110, because he believed that by then he would be so skilled that every line he painted "would come to life" - The two paintings are thought to be a reflective self portrait of Hokusai towards the end of his life
Delacroix:
-Delacroix made this painting very large to depict a contemporary event, when paintings of this size were often reserved for historical events
- The painting depicts a battle of people of all classes coming together to fight in the revolution against the monarchy
-Delacroix made this painting very large to depict a contemporary event, when paintings of this size were often reserved for historical events
- The painting depicts a battle of people of all classes coming together to fight in the revolution against the monarchy
-This painting defies many of the rules of the Art Academy at the time
2-Both the reading and the videos go into the depth of why the art were made the way that they were. But the text gives more detail overall than the videos do.
3-I enjoyed the films I liked the 'Cassat one the most because I am use to seeing such paintings when I go to church so its nice to have a sense of familiarity.
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