_Arts

Barbizon School The Barbizon school (1830–1870) of painters is named after the village of Barbizon near Fontainebleau Forest, France, where the artists gathered. The Barbizon painters were part of a movement towards realism in art which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. In 1824 the Salon de Paris exhibited works of John Constable. His rural scenes influenced some of the younger artists of the time, moving them to abandon formalism and to draw inspiration directly from nature. Natural scenes became the subjects of their paintings rather than mere backdrops to dramatic events. During the Revolutions of 1848 artists gathered at Barbizon to follow Constable's ideas, making nature the subject of their paintings. One of them, Jean-François Millet, extended the idea from landscape to figures — peasant figures, scenes of peasant life, and work in the fields. In The Gleaners (1857), Millet portrays three peasant women working at the harvest. There is no d...

Naturalism Naturalism in art refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting. The Realism movement of the 19th century advocated naturalism in reaction to the stylized and idealized depictions of subjects in Romanticism, but many painters have adopted a similar approach over the centuries. One example of Naturalism is the artwork of American artist William Bliss Baker, whose landscape paintings are considered some of the best examples of the naturalist movement. Another example is the French Albert Charpin, from the Barbizon School,with his paintings of sheep in their natural settings. An important part of the naturalist movement was its Darwinian perspective of life and its view of the futility of man up against the forces of nature. Naturalism began in the early Renaissance, and developed itself further throughout the Renaissance, such as with the Florentine School. Naturalism is a type of art that pays attention to very accurate and precise details, and portr...

Liberty Leading the People (Eugène, 1830) Artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) Title Liberty Leading the People Deutsch: Die Freiheit führt das Volk. Español: La libertad guiando al pueblo. Français : La Liberté guidant le peuple. Русский: Свобода, ведущая народ. Tiếng Việt: Nữ thần Tự do dẫn dắt nhân dân Year 1830 Technique Oil on canvas Dimensions 325 × 260 cm (128.0 × 102.4 in) Current location Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Notes Romantic history painting. Commemorates the French Revolution of 1830 (July Revolution) on 28 July 1830. Español: Pintura histórica romántica. Conmemora la Revolución francesa el 28 de Julio de 1830. Français : Peinture historique romantique. Commémore les Trois Glorieuses (la Révolution de Juillet) le 28 juillet 1830. Tiếng Việt: Tác phẩm trường phái lãng mạn. Minh họa cuộc cánh mạng tháng Bảy năm 1830 tại Pháp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_La_libert%C3%A9_guidant_le_peuple.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro...

Victorian Classicism Britain, Mid to Late 19th Century. Victorian Classicism was a British form of historical painting inspired by the art and architecture of Classical Greece and Rome. Although the word classical often implies direct inspiration from antique art, but this is not a necessary part of the concept, and according to context the word might be intended to convey little more than the idea of clarity of expression, or alternatively of conservatism. In the context of Greek art, the term `Classical' has a more precise meaning, referring to the period between the Archaic and Hellenistic periods, when Greek culture is thought to have attained its greatest splendor. The term `classic' is used to refer to the best or most representative example of its kind in any field or period. In the 19th century, an increasing number of Western Europeans made the Grand Tour to Mediterranean lands. There was a great popular interest in the region's lost civilizations and exotic cult...

Hebe (Charles, 1826) Description: Portrait of Hebe, oil on canvas Date: 1826 Source: http://www.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/index.aspx?local=nl&p=object&query=identifier=%221826-A%22# Author: Charles Picqué (1799-1869) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Picqu%C3%A900.jpg Charles Picqué (painter) | Hebe (mythology)