Art History Midterm Review Writing Assignment

Ch 29
What were the key stylistic elements of Rococo art? What class of people did this art appeal to?
-          Rococo style is characterized by elaborate ornamentation, asymmetrical values, pastel color palette, and curved or serpentine lines.
-          Rococo style developed first in the decorative arts and interior design, and its influence later spread to architecture, sculpture, theater design, painting, and music.
-          Rococo art works often depict themes of love, classical myths, youth, and playfulness.
-          Appealed to upper class
How does Rococo art compared to Baroque art? How does it compare to “Natural Painting?” What Neoclassical sources did they draw on?
-          Rococo architecture was a lighter, more graceful, yet also more elaborate version of Baroque architecture, which was ornate and austere.
-          Rococo emphasized the asymmetry of forms, while Baroque was the opposite.
-          The Baroque was more serious, placing an emphasis on religion, and was often characterized by Christian themes; Rococo was more secular and light-hearted.
-          Rococo architecture brought significant changes to the building of edifices, placing an emphasis on privacy rather than the grand public majesty of Baroque architecture.
How and why did artists and architects look to art of the classical past in the late 18th century? What sources did they draw on?
What political motivations may they have had?
What role did art play in the French Revolution? Connect David and revolutionary art. Be able to describe the notion of “art as activism.”
-           During french revolution - rococo and neoclassicism,
Ch 30
Discuss Romanticism as an artistic style - name some of its frequently occuring subject matter as well as its stylistic qualities
Understand the philosophical and stylistic differences between Neoclassicism and Romanticism
Discuss realism as an artistic style in Europe and America - name some of its frequently occurring subject matter as well as its stylistic qualities
Understand the debates about the nature of art in the 19th century - what belonged in the Salon & what did not & why
Discuss initial reactions by artists and the public to the new art medium of photography
Ch 31
Understand Clement Greenberg's definition of modernism in art & apply the ideas to art in the late 19th century
Understand Baudelaire’s discussion of modernism and apply the ideas to art in the late 19th century
Discuss the tradition of Royal Academics & Academic Salons in Paris/Britain & the tensions that developed with the independent
Exhibition in the 19th century
Understand the development of color theory in the 19th century and the role that played in impressionist and post-impressionist painting
Distinguish between impressionist and post impressionist movements - subjects, styles, artists
Distinguish the identifying traits  & interest of the architectural movements of the 19th century - Art & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Skyscrapers & modern architecture