Jean Dominique Ingres “The Apotheosis of Homer” 1827

Ingres was trying to preserve the tradition of neoclassicism.

•Clarity

•Classical idealized forms.

•Solid modeling of objects in value.

in his view great art could only be made from great subject matter such as.

•History

•Mythology

•Classic literature

•Biblical scenes

Eugene Delacroix “The Death of Sardanapalus” 1827

Romanticism promoted

•Imagination

•Intuition

•Emotion

•Individual experience

Romantic art is characterized by

•Mysterious landscapes

•Scenes of exotic cultures

•Extreme often violent human events

•Sensuality of subject

•Dynamic diagonal rhythms

•Fluidity of line

•Brilliance of color

Gustave Courbet “The Stone Breakers” 1849

Realist’s were concerned primarily with

•Everyday contemporary life

•The mundane and trivial

•Working class laborers and peasants

Edouard Manet “Le Dejeuner sur L’herbe” 1863

Edouard Manet “Olympia” 1863

Claude Monet “ Impression Sunrise” 1872

•Conventions associated with Impressionism

•Brushstrokes are clearly evident

•No blending of the pigments

•No smooth tonal gradations

•A sketchy quality

Claude Monet “Saint-Lazare Station” 1877

Edgar Degas “The Tub” 1886

Georges Seurat ”Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte” 1886

Paul Gauguin “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” 1897

Vincent van Gogh “The Night Café” 1888

Paul Cezanne “Mont Saint-Victoire” 1902-04

Henri Matisse “Woman With the Hat” 1905

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner “Self-portrait as soldier” 1915

Vassily Kandinsky “Composition VI” 1913