Courbet’s “the Stone Breakers”

“No painter can paint well without a thorough knowledge of geometry” (qtd. in Butterfield 27). The Italian Renaissance is famous for its art which includes unique style of painting and sculpting, however, the Renaissance made significant remark on the use of scientific techniques which also can be considered as the influence of classical ideas. Although, classical ideas were not advanced like in the Renaissance, it provided the foundation for the Renaissance to revive it again. The Italian Renaissance transformed the manner of viewing the arts. Before, most people in Italy were bounded by religious thoughts and beliefs. Renaissance helped people to shift their mind and behavior towards the secular ideas, instead of vague ideology like

Realism was painted to depict real life situations. It was developed by artists to create an illustration of common people and

As illustrated by the Bearded Hercules, the sculpture reaches a height of nearly eight feet and possesses a wide, thick and robust torso elucidating solidity, strength and ascendancy. Even though the arms were not restored, the unknown artist amplified Hercules’ heroic stance by carving out negative space in between the legs and around the original arms allowing light to strike solely upon the body, highlighting his chiseled physique, meanwhile projecting an immense shadow simultaneously. Thus, successfully transmitting a sensation of superiority and dominance as it demands recognition from the marveled spectators gazing upon its powerful, heroic and influential

Courbet's subjects were usually the mundane, "the everyday." And for this reason, he is generally thought to be a realist painter rather than an impressionalist painter. He rejected traditional political and moral dimensions of realism in favor of a more subjective approach, this new style of realist subject matter would lead the way and eventually dominate this new brand of realism (Sayer, 392).

The Laocoon is a magnificent piece with a lot of mystery. A lot of people have speculated as to the creator and period of the foundation. A few questions I will answer during this discussion pertains to whether I believe this piece is a Greek, Hellenistic, or Roman original. Was Michelangelo the creator? I have expressed my opinions along with some supporting evidence as to my beliefs.

On the images of the sculptures of “Warrior” and “Alexander the Great” it can be noticed the progress of the Greeks to represent their power through sculptural portraits. Yet, still having the influence of the movement of naturalism, during the classical period the “Greek statuary was much admired” such as the sculpture of “Warrior” in 460-450 BCE and later the one of “Alexander the Great” from the 3rd century BCE developed during the late classical period, demonstrate certain intimidation of authority. However, the sculptures of “Warrior” and the head of “Alexander the Great” present some difference based on the representation of power and the composition of these works of art.

He was a determined painter and he was known as one of the important artists of the country. He was a good man and he turned away from the rebellion after contributing his image of the known revolt. The painting had been bought by the government of French but it was thought to be stirring and the government restricted the public to see it. Yet through his life, Delacroix kept getting the commissions from the government. Delacroix's art work transformed the art world. Several artists that had come after him felt his inspiration in their work. But it was his only political work; it has taught many artists about the methods to apply differing neoclassicism to

Daumier's made paintings and drawings of morals and manners that are highly original both in style and subject. He added contemporary Parisian types, lawyers, politicians, businessmen, professors, doctors and the petit-bourgeois to his list of subjects. He also continued to attack the government regime and any form of society that he found pompous or hypocritical. Daumier is among the outstanding draughtsman of the past two centuries. His skill in drawing links him to the Old Masters, but he was also much admired for his ability to use

On the emotional side of the poem, the author placed words in the way that readers acknowledge what the writer is talking about. As an example of this is

He tended to explore the darker aspects of life and death in his paintings. Rebelling against conventional ideas- divine intervention, Virgin Mary, and death- he came to create his own style, forcing civilization ahead, and forcing others to follow his path. His paintings show pleading through man's direct knowledge of God (Cunningham and Reich 1640). By revolting against the classical traditions, he created his own style, which other artists wished to portray also. Thus, he created a forward movement in the fashion of art and architecture.

His early paintings had an unconventional, unique, and unfinished look about them. The images were known to everyone in everyday life.

“While some may deem Leonardo da Vinci paintings tame in their total effect on our society’s modern sensibilities, his development of techniques that immersed the viewer in the world of the painting, and the impact of those techniques cannot be understated.”1

Let’s first begins with who Jean Desire Gustave Courbet was. Gustave Courbet was a famous French painter. Courbet was born in Ornans, France on June 10th of 1819. Ornans, France is a filled with forests and pasture’s perfect for realist paintings. At the age of 14 Courbet was already in art training receiving lessons from Pere Baud a former student of a neo-classical painter named Baron Gros. Courbet’s parents hoped he would go off and study law when he moved out in 1837. To there misfortune he had enrolled in at the art academy. At the art academy Courbet received lessons from Flajoulot another famous neo-classicist. At twenty years old Gustave Courbet went to Paris, the European center for art, political,

One of the pieces defining characteristics, what makes it such a marvel, is how the physique is anatomically perfect. This speaks of a highly developed culture, with an intricate understanding of anatomy and physiology. But, also of a culture that privileges physical strength and beauty. The Greeks of the time were either artists or warriors, or often both, so strength and beauty were central in their world. Laocoon and His Sons is a much more naturalistic piece than earlier Greek works; in which the figures were often idolized; lacking luster, life, emotion, humanity. Cleobis and Biton, a set of sculptures from the Archaic Period, exemplify this quite well; posing, rigid, golem like figures; lacking the humanity they are supposed to represent. The Hellenistic baroque style of Laocoon and His Sons gives us a much more true-to-life representation in comparison to earlier works. This work has inspired artists and regular humans alike down through the centuries, one of whom it is particularly well known to have influenced greatly was Michelangelo; as can be seen in some of his pieces; e.g: The rebellious Slave.

El Greco was fascinated by the Italian Reinassance and by Mannerism, he uses art to express his religious fervor and devotion in paintings like "Burial of Count Orgaz" instead Courbet is living in a period of political instabily and fights for the civil rights so he found himself closer to Realism, an art movement that express these values and produce his masterpiece "Burial at Ornans" to show that common people have the same dignity and were not inferior to other social classes such as aristocracy and that art should focus more on the depiction of the common. The transition from what is pleasant and idealized to what is its opposite is abrupt and not gradual and it is caused by political events like the French reovolution where the painters, spokesman of the society along with writers, refused to represent what is good to be seen but the reality that still should be valued and this is why the Burial at Ornans had become more popular and appreciated over time even though at the beginning it was highly criticized instead The Burial of Count Orgaz can be clearly put in the category of religious art in this case intepreted according to the Mannerist convections. However nothing is removed to the creativity of these two artist that have interpreted the same theme to reach two completely different results that will remain unique in art