1 Napoleonic Europe 1800 - 1915. 2 1.Origins and spread of the luxurious and decorative style known as Rococo. 2.Main styles of Neoclassicism and Romanticism.

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Napoleonic Europe 1800 - 1915

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1. Origins and spread of the luxurious and decorative style known as Rococo. 

2. Main styles of Neoclassicism and Romanticism in the early 19th century Europe and America.

3. Reasons for the broad range of subject matter, from portraits and landscape to mythology and history.

4. Discuss initial reaction by artists and the public to the new art medium known as photography

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Rococo: The French Taste

1. Luxurious artistic expressions of salon culture which culminated in the style known as Rococo.

2. Completeness of the style, in decorations, accessories, paintings and sculpture, interiors, and architecture.

3. Extreme development of the Rococo style in Germany.

Rococo InteriorsExamine the development of the Rococo style, its materials, colors, and design

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Art of the French SalonsExamine the artistic expressions of salon cultural style known as Rococo.

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Scientific Art of the Enlightenment•Motivation of the Enlightenment and the interest in science and the natural world and its effect on artistic expression.

•Philosophical concepts of Voltaire as they relate to artistic expression.

•Early applications of technology and scientific advancements to art. The Taste for the Natural

•Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in contrast to Voltaire, his interest in the ‘natural’ as opposed to the ‘artificial,’ and artistic expression of these ideas.

•Different styles of the “natural” in France, England, the United States, and in Italy.

•Choices of ‘ordinary’ life, the natural world, and sentimentality as subjects in art.

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Revival of Classicism

•Discovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii creates an interest in classical art.

•Formal elements of classical art and their revival in 19th century art and architecture.

•Neoclassical art and architecture in France, England, and in the United States.

•Adaptation of classical and mythological subject matter in Neoclassical art.

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Neoclassical Art in France•Formal elements of classical art and their revival in 19th century.

•Adaptation of classical and mythological subject matter. French Neoclassical Architecture

•classical revival in architecture as an expression of French power and glory.

Neoclassical Art and Architecture in England•classical elements of art and architecture, Palladian influence, and their revival in 19th century

The Neoclassical in the United States•Neoclassical as the national style in art and architecture in the United States in the early 19th century.

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From Neoclassicism to Romanticism

• Philosophical and stylistic differences between Neoclassicism and Romanticism.

• Growing interest in the exotic, the erotic, the landscape, and fictional narrative as subject matter.

• Mixture of classical form and Romantic themes, and the debates about the nature of art in the 19th century.        

• Identify artists and architects of the period and their works.

The Move toward Romanticism• how the artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres combined classical form with Romantic themes.

Rise of Romanticism• exotic, erotic, the landscape, and fictional narrative as subject matter.

• Understand the mixture of classical form and Romantic themes

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Drama, Action, and Color in Spanish Romanticism• issues of drama, action, and color in the art of Francisco Goya.

The French Debate: Color vs. Line•French debate over theories related to color (expression) vs. line (drawing or form) as appropriate to artistic expression.

Romantic Landscape Painting• Romantic interest in the landscape as an independent and respected genre in Germany, England, and the United States.

Romantic Revivalist Styles in Architecture• Variety of revivalist styles in architecture, the origins of the designs and their impact. Photography• Origins of photography and its impact in visual art.

• Initial uses of the new art medium known as photography.

• artists and the works of early photography.

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