Realism Artist

The Stone Breakers: Courbet's Ordinary People

Courbet Gustave is known as being the leader of the French Realist Movement. He used to paint ordinary people such as in “The Stone Breakers”. It was painted in 1849, which Gustave show two common workers; one of the men is too young for hard work, while the other one is too old. Courbet wanted to express the feelings of hardship and exhaustion that was what he tried portray in this painting. He was disguised by the upper class and he showed sympathy for the workers by painting these men with a dignity of their own.
 

Gustave Courbet. 2013. Gustave Courbet. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/boheme/courbet.htm. [Accessed 27 February 2013].

Realism

Realism

Realism movement begins in the mid-19^th century in a Parisian Bar (Temple du Realisme), were a group of artists, writers and intellectuals used to meet there to discuss and so from there Realism movement emerged. When Realism started was a time of social hardship and political difficulty in France when early in 1848 the Third Revolution took place in Paris. Realist painters wanted to interpret what they saw without being unrealistic and they used to choose their subjects from everyday life from common places. They were against the severely academic production of the French school. One of the realists’ artists is Courbet Gustave.
 

2013. . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/realism-art.html#ixzz2M1kbL48Z. [Accessed 27 February 2013].

Romanticism Artists

 

 

	Eugene Delacroix - Liberty Leading the People, 28th July – 1830   Eugene Delacroix in his painting “Liberty Leading the People” wanted to tell the story of Three GloriousDays-the Parisian uprising on July 27, 28 and 29 of 1830, because he was touched by the three daysof revolt by the upper-class, the middle-class and the lower-class. In this artwork Liberty is depicted in the form of an energetic, disobedient woman who leads the people to victory while carrying the flag proudly. Delacroix used the pyramid shape as composition; the figure of Liberty is the peak and focal point, while the dead fighters beneath her are the base. He repeated the colours of the French flag to show the power of France and the power of her people. He uses light to illuminate Liberty and also a death fighter beneath her. The tone he used invokes a sense of freedom, power and victory, while of course commemorating those who dead fighting for their cause and country. This artwork was rejected by contemporary critics and was hidden from public view until the year Delacroix died, because critics at that time refused to accept Delacroix’s mix of reality with fiction, because for them it was too advanced and imaginative. This painting entered the Musee du Luxembourg in 1863, the same year Delacroix died and then 11 years later it was moved to the Louvre.             Bibliography Artble. 2013. July 28: Liberty Leading the People. [online] Available at: <http://www.artble.com/artists/eugene_delacroix/paintings/july_28:_liberty_leading_the_peoplel> [Accessed 21 February 2013].     Francisco Goya - The Executions of May Third, 1808 – 1814     Francisco Goya wanted to depict the execution of patriots from Madrid by a firing troop from Napoleon’s army, who were punished for their revolt against the French position on the second of May, 1808. He painted the French soldiers on the right of the composition with their rifles aiming the Madrilenian who were going to die. Goya in his painting used light to show drama and tension in the scene and he also illuminate it the heroes, making it possible to distinguish their characters and attitudes in that particular situation. This painting entered the Prado Museum as part of the Royal Collection in Madrid.   Bibliography Museo Nacional del Prado. 2013. Museo Nacional del Prado. [online] Available at: < http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-3rd-of-may-1808-in-madrid-the-executions-on-principe-pio-hill/ > [Accessed 21 February 2013].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Romanticism

Romanticism

Romanticism begins in the late eighteen century till nineteenth century. It started as a revolt to political instability of that time, and the invasion of distant art coming from Canada, Asia and around the world. They were also against recognized values such as social order and religion. So the Romantic period was a rebellious one. Romanticists were inspired from nature. Their art was individual, free, emotional, and imaginative and they really focused on self expression. Their art usually represented madness, horror, violence, supernatural and even nature was represented as wild. Artists were attracted by the Middle Ages, historical scenes and from Medieval. Some Artists during that period are Eugene Delacroix and Francesco Goya.

Bibliography

Moffat, C. 2006, updated November 2010. Romanticism The Art History Archive - Romanticist Art. [online] Available at: <http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/romanticism/arthistory_romanticism.html> [Accessed 21 February 2013].