Essay about On Delacroix and Courbet

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While the painters after the Impressionism period were collectively called the “Post-Impressionists,” the label is quite reductive. Each artist had their own unique style, from Seurat’s pointillism to Signac’s mosaic-like divisionism, Cezanne, Émile Bernard, and others. These artists were all connected in that they were reacting to the aesthetics of Impressionism. Two of the more influential painters from this movement were Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, who aimed to connect with viewers on a deeper level by access Nature’s mystery and meaning beyond its superficial, observable level. However, each artist’s approach to achieving this goal was different. In close examination of Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin) and Paul Gauguin’s Self-Portrait with Portrait of Émile Bernard (Les misérables), one may clearly see the two artists’ contrasting styles on display.

French Romanticism developed relatively late because of Neoclassicism being rooted in French art and especially in the society’s structure. Eugène Delacroix’s painting Liberty Leading the People depicts the July Revolution of 1830. Parisian coup d'état resulted in Charles X dethroning and replacement with Louis-Phillipe, the “citizen-king.” Although the painting is historical, it is full of contrasting human emotion, a fundamental characteristic of French Romanticism. In the foreground despair is represented by human death of both sides of the battle. In the central figure, Liberty, an allegorical symbol of freedom, shows grand heroism. Delacroix’s use of brilliant and shocking primary colors opposes classicism’s use of color as subordinate and of subtle modulation. The Death of Sardanapalus by Eugène

Edgar Degas and Leonardo Da Vinci were the two prominent artisans in the history of art. During these eras, Degas and Da Vinci gained enormous fame as a result of masterpiece they produced. This essay compares and contrasts these two eminent artists. There are several differences between Edgar Degas’s paintings and Leonardo Da Vinci’s paintings, which include the background, style, emotions and personalities.

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.

The number one problem of the world is war. War, conflict, badness, and narcissism. Everyone is so ego-centered that nothing ever gets done. But, one artist used his love of himself for a greater cause. The cause being that of pretty art (and some social commentary), but it is still a cause nonetheless. Gustave Courbet interjected himself in his art as a way to show himself off and let the world know how much talent he had. In his paintings, Self Portrait with the Black Dog and Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet, we see Courbet’s vanity grow and his personal development as an artist and person.

The elements and principles of his paintings were based on the reflection of contemporary life of the ruling class instead of the upper class. Courbet wanted the focus of his paintings to depict daily life for peasants and workers. Courbet’s The Stone Breaker is an iconography of Courbet’s concern for the lower class. You see an old man and a young man who are breaking and removing stone from a road that is being built, a powerful image in today’s world because such labor is used only as a punishment per say. You can tell by their appearance that the two men belong to the lower class giving the world a perspective of what the real life is like for those that deem themselves too good to do such work. In Comparison, Manet’s paintings were of similar concept as Gustave. Manet who belonged to the upper class, was also influenced by Louvre Museum where he studied Old Painters such as Diego Velazquez, Frans Hals and Francisco Jose de

Nineteenth century France is characterized by rapid change, political, and social movements, and time of instability. The artists of this time were exposed to an extensive range of influences, events, and advances that led to a constantly revolving art style and take on the world in general. With such rapid change in France, artists were left with the decision to either embrace the new, innovative styles of the day or cling to past standards that were previously instituted by the Académie Royal in the seventieth century. One of the those artists who were rooted in the academy’s style was French Romantic artist, Eugene Delacroix. A well-noted artist who is known for his work of depicting subjects of imagination and passion. His legacy does

Eugene Delacroix was born on April 26th, 1798 in Saint Maurice, France. At the time of his conception Eugene’s “father” was suspected to be infertile thus shifting the paternal title over to Talleyrand, a family friend. While Delacroix was young he received and education at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand and in 1815 he began artistic training. At the age of 17 Eugene Delacroix began his training under Pierre Narcisse Guerin. Delacroix was trained in the Neoclassical style, which is shown in his extreme attention to detail and precision in his works. Four of Delacroix's most well know pieces are, Women of Algiers, Massacre at Chios, Liberty Leading the People, and The Death of Sardanapalus.

While Eugene Delacroix utilized expression in his forms, he did not employ abstraction. Abstraction is defined as the freedom from representational qualities in art, Delacroix availed forms in a representational manner. His figures were considered realistic, this is in accordance to the fact they closely resemble the natural form of a human body. The figures depicted in Delacroix’s composition are not examples of the artist's own interpretation of the human form but rather the natural appearance.

Since these French Romantic paintings have been discussed for centuries, they also have deep influences on French people and society. In France society, the various classes can be recognized by the clothes they are wearing. In Eugène Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People”, the young boy, the representative Parisian street urchin, positioned on the right hand side of the painting epitomizes political awareness, for he takes his destiny in hands. (Curatorialintern, 2010) The street urchin’s figure seems to illustrate the character named “Gavroche” in Les Misérables, which is written by Victor Hugo. Therefore, it is widely believed that this character—“Gavroche”, is inspired by Eugène Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People”. In addition, some

Born in the town of Strasbourg in the Alsace province East of France to parents of education and means, Paul Gustave Dore happened upon a lucrative business that made him the bane of Parisian art critics but the most sought after illustrator in England and The United States. His father was a civil engineer and he was the second of three male siblings. His father hoped to break him of his wild imaginations and his propensity to put them to paper with pencil. While accompanying his father and older brother in Paris, Gustave discovered the allure of Paris and made known his intention to remain and pursue his career as an artist (Hubbard 5-8). His work is generally considered as Romanticism and he has been labeled one of the

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,

Although many characteristics of romanticism tied Gericault and Delacroix together, they were very different artists, both in the scenes they chose to paint and in the styles they used to paint them. Gericault paintings pioneered many aspects of romanticism, depicting emotional, dramatic scenes, but he also retained elements of more conventional styles of painting. Delacroix's style was far more experimental. It ran with the romantic impulses of Gericault's painting, adding adding his own violent, style of brushwork, composition, and color to it. This development is shown very clearly by a late in the life painting by each artist: Gericault's The White Horse Tavern and Delacroix's A Turk Surrenders To A Greek Horseman.

How might one live, and why do meaningfulness matter? This question brings us to the idea four writers, Foucault, Deleuze, Blanchot, and Dr. May. Since there are four philosophy writers, to expand and relate all them to this paper, can be challenging. That is why throughout this paper it will focus on Deleuze and Blanchot. I believe that I demonstrate this in my values of compassion and giving, which I would define as an appreciation for time (repetition and habit) and space with the engagement of perspectives writers of Deleuze, and Blanchot. Through the paper, I demonstrate this by first looking at quotations from Deleuze, and Blanchot, and analysis them to the topic chosen time and space. Also looking at my values, the values that I