7/20/16 Art History II

Today's Class- Today we continued our look at 18th Century Art, mostly painting.  Artistic training moved from the studios of artists to academies (often linked to specific nations), and the most respected topic became history painting, although portraits, still life, genre, and religion all had their demand as well.  We also saw the beginning of the Romantic movement, art that expressed a lot of emotions.  Academic training produced artists skilled in rendering objects. spaces, and people, so the best works of this era often match the skills developed in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Important terms- academy, history painting

Important works- The Marriage Contract (Hogarth), An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump (Wright of Derby), Academicians of the Royal Academy (Zoffany), The Death of General Wolfe (West), The Nightmare (Fuseli), Watson and the Shark (Copley), The Village Bride (Greuze), Death of Marat (David)

Homework- The third current events article should be ready to be presented in class tomorrow.

Tomorrow's Class- We move into the 19th Century, a march toward modernism.