The Nude Maja

The Nude Maja


Artist: Francisco de Goya (1746–1828)
Title: The Nude Maja
Deutsch: Die nackte Maja
Español: la Maja desnuda
Français : La Maja nue

Year: 1800-1803
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 97 × 190 cm


References

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Orientalism (1800-1900)

Orientalism

(1800 - 1900) Following the conquest of Egypt by France and the subsequent takeover by the British in late 18th century, Western Europeans found a new interest in the Near and Middle East. The Orientalist movement began when artists began painting their experiences as they traveled to countries such as Turkey, Persia, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Arabia, and North Africa. The movement lasted about a century and captivated many of the major artists of the 19th century, who created detailed and realistic paintings of their new subject matter.


The Harem Bath (also known as A Bath, Woman Bathing Her Feet) by Jean-Léon GérômePygmalion and Galatea 2 by Jean-Léon Gérôme


Orientalism (1800-1900)

Romanticism (1800-1850)

Romanticism (1800-1850)

The Romantic Movement spread from art into literature and philosophy. It emphasized emotional, spontaneous and imaginative approaches. In the visual arts, Romanticism came to signify the departure from classical forms and an emphasis on emotional and spiritual themes. Caused by the sudden social changes that occurred during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, Romanticism was formed as a revolt against Neoclassicism and its emphasis on order, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality. Romanticism began in Germany and England in the 1770’s, and had spread throughout Europe by the 1820’s. Not long after, its influence had spread overseas to the United States. The movement focused on imagination, emotion, and freedom by way of subjectivity and individualism. Artists believed in spontaneity, freedom from boundaries and rules, and living a solitary life free from societal boundaries. Romantic artists believed that imagination was superior to reason and beauty. They loved and worshipped nature and were dedicated to examining human personality and moods. Romantics were inherently curious, investigating folk cultures, ethnic origins, the medieval era. They admired the genius and the hero, focusing on one’s passion and inner struggle. Romantics also were interested in anything exotic, mysterious, remote, occult, and satanic. As a movement that began as an artistic and intellectual movement that rejected the traditional values of social structure and religion, it encouraged individualism, emotions, and nature. Artists held personal spirit and creativity above formal training and saw the artistic process as a transcendental journey and spiritual awakening. Romantic techniques were developed to produce associations in the mind of the viewer. These foundations of the Romantic Movement were influential in the development of Symbolism and later Expressionism and Surrealism.


Liberty Leading the People by Eugène (1830)


Romanticism (1800-1850)

Western Art

Western Art

When Shadows Hint Death by Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926)
Western Art, American, XIX

Naïve Art (1780- )

Naïve Art

Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true.

The term naïve art is often seen as outsider art which is without a formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide.

The characteristics of naïve art are an awkward relationship to the formal qualities of painting. Difficulties with drawing and perspective that result in a charmingly awkward and often refreshing vision, strong use of pattern, unrefined color, and simplicity rather than subtlety are all supposed markers of naïve art. It has, however, become such a popular and recognizable style that many examples could be called pseudo-naïve.

Whereas naïve art ideally describes the work of an artist who did not receive formal education in an art school or academy, for example Henri Rousseau or Alfred Wallis, 'pseudo naïve' or 'faux naïve' art describes the work of an artist working in a more imitative or self-conscious mode and whose work can be seen as more imitative than original.

"Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, subsaharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art.

There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gaugin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee, Sergey Zagraevsky etc.)

Many art critics view the term "naïve art" as a condescending reference to academically untrained painters - alternatively "vernacular art" can be used.

The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Julien Félix Rousseau
Post-Impressionism, Naive, French, XIX


Naïve Art (1780-)

Perseus und Andromeda (Anton Raphael Mengs)

Perseus und Andromeda
Painting information Artist: Mengs, Anton Raphael Title: Perseus und Andromeda (Deutsch) Year: 1770-1776 Technique: Öl auf Leinwand (Deutsch) Dimensions: 227 × 153.5 cm
Creator/Artist Name: Mengs, Anton Raphael Date of birth/death: 1728-03-22 / 1779-06-29 Location of birth/death: Aussig (Böhmen, Deutsch) / Rom (Deutsch) Work location: Rom (Deutsch), Madrid, Dresden
Anton Raphael Mengs, PD-Art (Yorck Project), Classicist paintings, Perseus, Andromeda

Marie-Louise O'Murphy (François, 1751)

Marie-Louise O'Murphy (François, 1751)


Artist; François Boucher (1703–1770)
Title: Ruhendes Mädchen (Louise O'Murphey).
Alternate title(s): Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737-1818), mistress to Louis XV of France.
Year: 1751
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 59.5 × 73.5 cm (23.43 × 28.94 in)
Current location: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

Neoclassicism (1750-1830)

Neoclassicism (1750-1830)

The term Neoclassicism refers to the classical revival in European art, architecture, and interior design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. This period gave rebirth to the art of ancient Rome and Greece and the Renaissance as an opposition to the ostentatious Baroque and Rococo art that preceded the movement. Although the movement spread throughout Western Europe, France and England were the countries that used the style most frequently in their arts and architecture, using the classical elements to express ideas of nationalism, courage, and sacrifice. The movement was inspired by the discovery of ancient Italian artifacts at the ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Neoclassicism emphasized rationality and the resurgence of tradition. Neoclassical artists incorporated classical styles and subjects, including columns, pediments, friezes, and other ornamental schemes in their work. They were inspired by the work of Homer and Plutarch and John Flaxmann’s illustrations for the Illiad and Odyssey. Other classic models included Virgil, Raphael, and Poussin among others. Neoclassical painters took extra care to depict the costumes, settings, and details of classical subject matter with as much accuracy as possible. Much of the subject matter was derived from classical history and mythology. The movement emphasized line quality over color, light, and atmosphere.


Cupid and Psyche by Guillaume Seignac


Neoclassicism (1750-1830)

A Summer Pastoral (1749)

A Summer Pastoral (1749)


Title: A Summer Pastoral
Français: Un Été pastoral
Русский: Летняя пастораль

Year: 1749
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 259 × 197 cm (101.97 × 77.56 in)

Artist: François Boucher (1703–1770)
François Boucher (September 29, 1703 – May 30, 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, and intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture.


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Apollon et Daphné, vers 1743-1744

Apollon et Daphné, vers 1743-1744 Creator/Artist Name: Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista Date of Birth/Death: 1696.03.05-1770.03.27 Location of Birth/Death: Venedig / Madrid Work location: Venedig, Veneto, Würzburg, Madrid
Its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of no more than the life of the author plus 100 years.
Daphne, Apollon

Diana leaving her Bath (1742)

Diana leaving her Bath (1742)



Artist: François Boucher (1703–1770)
Title: Diana leaving her Bath
Diane sortant du bain
Year: 1742
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 57 × 73 cm (22.44 × 28.74 in)
Current location: Musée du Louvre, Sully, Department of Paintings, 2nd floor, room 38, Paris


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