Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe: A Modern Masterpiece by Édouard Manet
Le Dejeuner SUR L’Herbe (Edouard Manet): 1.Temps:
1863 2.Context landmark passed a series of things that affect society and art:
Home sufragistaComuna movement in Paris.
Berlin Conference (meet all countries collective lonitzadors to carve up Africa. They have the art come from Africa and other parts of the world including Japan. Rome is no longer the capital of art (still the capital rating academic art.) era of scientific and tècnics.París: capital of modern art.
, where all movements are born
The Baroque Period: Art, Architecture, and Urbanism
The Baroque Period
Introduction
The Baroque period spanned the 17th and first half of the 18th century. Originating in France, it flourished under Pope Sixtus V. The religious division between Catholics and Protestants fueled the Baroque’s development, with the Jesuits playing a key role in its ideological dissemination. Baroque art emphasized grandeur and aimed to overwhelm the senses, contrasting with the rationality of the Renaissance. It featured capricious, disproportionate, and dramatic forms.
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José Luis Rodríguez González: Biography
Early Life and Family
José Luis Rodríguez González, known artistically as El Puma, was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 14, 1943. His father, a businessman, passed away when José Luis was only six years old. He is the youngest of eleven children. Due to political reasons, his mother, Ana Rodríguez González, was forced into exile in Guayaquil, Ecuador, for two years. He has three daughters who are actresses: Lilibeth Morillo Rodríguez, Liliana
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Humanism and Renaissance in Spain
Humanism: A School of Thought
Humanism was based on the “studia humanitatis,” which emphasized learning classical Latin, as it allowed direct access to the works of ancient authors. Reading these works led to imitation in the writing of poetry. In their humanistic nature, works are excited and pleased to show an optimistic and confident vision of the world.
Spain’s Collection (15th-16th Centuries)
Spain gave importance to humanistic principles. The work of Cardinal
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Neoclassicism (1750-1830)
The surge of Neoclassicism coincided with the Enlightenment and enlightened absolutism, continuing through the French Revolution (1789-95), the Napoleonic empire, and the Restoration. This era significantly changed life, history, and thought. Art became a tool for the enlightened bourgeoisie, guided by reason and the state, against the old political and ideological regime.
From 1785, with Jacques-Louis David’s “The Oath of the Horatii,” a new aesthetic emerged, reflecting
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Baroque Art
Architecture
Exuberance (decorative excess). Living plants and cajón. The transept tends to be small or disappear. A single ship. First Stage: Dim Baroque, the influence of Juan de Herrera. Wood and gypsum (poor materials). Encamonada vault: wood covered with plaster. Juan Gómez de Mora (clergy of Salamanca, Plaza Mayor, Casa de la Panadería, Madrid City Council) and Toledo, Altarpiece Clerecía (zigzag broken line, spiral columns). Second Stage: Outside Baroque, plane stipes (inverted
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