Similar to the way I am drawn to Gericault's portraits of the insane for their "timelessness" and expression of a human emotion, or state, I really love David's paintings of lovers. I can relate to them, and feel something very direct from them hundreds of years after they were painted. This is because they are expressing something so universal, something that is essential to the experience of a human being.
While the paintings of lovers we saw were obviously loaded with references to the time period, the social class of the subjects, and so on, this portrayal of the tenderness between couples can no doubt be engaged with by viewers in various settings.
I really love David's imagery. In the five paintings shown, we are always immersed in the story as it is happening. I find it interesting that the viewer is always staring at these fantastical scenes that capture this momentum. I think that his use of the gaze not only engages me, but brings the characters to life, as opposed to Titian's paintings where the characters feel very static and staged.
I love David's style of painting people. They all have young, soft appearances. They appear to be overcome with emotion at the moment that the painting portrays. His use of light makes the images appear very realilstic, as well as the fabric in many of the paintings.
As I was looking through David's paintings, the final one that was in the section (that was thought to be unfinished) looked so different from the others. Not just because it was not painted in color, but because of the actual image itself. The other paintings posted showed his style of painting people who had a personal story to them. The characters of the painting seem aware of the viewer and are telling us something about them whereas the last painting of the Tennis Court Oath has such a different feel to it. It seems like the people in it are just absorbed in the moment and they don't seem to be trying to tell their story to the viewer, we are just watching the events unfold.
David’s period of Neoclassicalism was so clear and crisp in the lines and delineations of his panels. Almost, nearly photographic. Neoclassicalism had its rebirth, new classicalism, maybe because of the discovery of Herculaneum in 1737 and Pompeii in 1748. Geological diggings reawakened the spirit of the artwork of the ancient Greeks and Romans. His subjects are so clean and clear, it is almost, for me, like being present in the setting. I love his lighting especially. This style was a more managed and classical response to the garish Rocoo style. It was a dominant force in art for much of the 18th century. Art took on the evidence of the ancients for a very very long time. No wonder the Industrial Revolution brought on such a new force of visual art....nothing like the past. Enormous creativity that moved American in to a leader in the art world. Selene
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Similar to the way I am drawn to Gericault's portraits of the insane for their "timelessness" and expression of a human emotion, or state, I really love David's paintings of lovers. I can relate to them, and feel something very direct from them hundreds of years after they were painted. This is because they are expressing something so universal, something that is essential to the experience of a human being.
While the paintings of lovers we saw were obviously loaded with references to the time period, the social class of the subjects, and so on, this portrayal of the tenderness between couples can no doubt be engaged with by viewers in various settings.
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I really love David's imagery. In the five paintings shown, we are always immersed in the story as it is happening. I find it interesting that the viewer is always staring at these fantastical scenes that capture this momentum. I think that his use of the gaze not only engages me, but brings the characters to life, as opposed to Titian's paintings where the characters feel very static and staged.
I love David's style of painting people. They all have young, soft appearances. They appear to be overcome with emotion at the moment that the painting portrays. His use of light makes the images appear very realilstic, as well as the fabric in many of the paintings.
As I was looking through David's paintings, the final one that was in the section (that was thought to be unfinished) looked so different from the others. Not just because it was not painted in color, but because of the actual image itself. The other paintings posted showed his style of painting people who had a personal story to them. The characters of the painting seem aware of the viewer and are telling us something about them whereas the last painting of the Tennis Court Oath has such a different feel to it. It seems like the people in it are just absorbed in the moment and they don't seem to be trying to tell their story to the viewer, we are just watching the events unfold.
David’s period of Neoclassicalism was so clear and crisp in the lines and delineations of his panels. Almost, nearly photographic. Neoclassicalism had its rebirth, new classicalism, maybe because of the discovery of Herculaneum in 1737 and Pompeii in 1748. Geological diggings reawakened the spirit of the artwork of the ancient Greeks and Romans. His subjects are so clean and clear, it is almost, for me, like being present in the setting. I love his lighting especially. This style was a more managed and classical response to the garish Rocoo style.
It was a dominant force in art for much of the 18th century. Art took on the evidence of the ancients for a very very long time. No wonder the Industrial Revolution brought on such a new force of visual art....nothing like the past. Enormous creativity that moved American in to a leader in the art world. Selene
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