19th Century Quotes

Question 1

Rodin presents his …. as complex and …..’ - Met (New York)

(Burghers of Calais, 1889)

Answer 1

‘Rodin presents his ‘‘heroes’’ as complex and individuals’ - Met (New York)

Question 2

‘Each of them is isolated in front of his …. They are still …. themselves to know if they have the strength to accomplish the …. …..’ - Met (New York)

(Burghers of Calais, 1889)

Answer 2

‘Each of them is isolated in front of his conscience. They are still questioning themselves to know if they have the strength to accomplish the supreme sacrifice’ - Met (New York)

Question 3

‘Would …. my work, I am dead against the principle, it produces works that is …., static and ….’ - Rodin

Rodin talking about the academy style

Answer 3

‘Would emasculate my work, I am dead against the principle, it produces works that is cold, static and conventional’ - Rodin

Question 4

‘As if they were …. in order to go to the …. ….’ - Rodin

Rodin talking about why he didn’t want a pedestal for the Burghers of Calais

Answer 4

‘As if they were leaving in order to go to the enemy camp’ - Rodin

Question 5

‘That one should be able to capture the …. reality in stone and …. it for ….’ - Rodin

Rodin about sculpture

Answer 5

‘That one should be able to capture the soul’s reality in stone and imprison it for centuries’ - Rodin

Question 5

‘Eve is a physical …. of ….’

Eve by Rodin (1881)

Answer 5

‘Eve is a physical manifistation of remorse’ - Met (New York)

Question 5

‘He sat down before any object and painted it without …. or …. preconceptions’ - Zola

Zola talking about Manet’s way of working

Answer 5

‘He sat down before any object and painted it without intellectual or emotional preconceptions’ - Zola

Question 6

‘They appear …. and idealised: A universal …. of …. …., oblivious to all else’ - Alastair Sook

About ‘The Kiss’ by Rodin (1882-89)

Answer 6

‘They appear timeless and idealised: A universal representation of sexual infatuation, oblivious to all else’ - Alastair Sooke

Question 6

‘A large sculpted …. following the usual ….’ - Rodin

Rodin about ‘the kiss’ (1882-89)

Answer 6

‘A large sculpted knick-knack following the usual formula’ - Rodin

Question 6

‘The …. reveals a complex understanding of …. and ….’ - Eisenman

The Bar at the Folies Bergere - Edouard Manet (1881)

Answer 6

‘The Bar reveals a complex understanding of class and gender’ - Eisenman

Question 7

‘It is largely a …. of a ….’ - Honour and Flemming (WOA)

Bar at the Folies Bergere - Edouard Manet (1881)

Answer 7

‘It is largely a reflection of a reflection’ - Honour and Flemming (WOA)

Question 8

‘The combination of the …. and the …., of illusion and ….’ - Honour and Fleming

Talking about Manet and impressionism

Answer 8

‘The combination of the artificial and the natural, of illusion and reality’ - Honour and Fleming (WOA)

Question 9

‘So …. in her uglyness, she would stand out in the vilest …. in France or the lowest …. …. in Britian’ - Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens about Mary in ‘Christ in the House of His Parents’ by John Everett Millais (1849-50)

Answer 9

‘So hideous in her uglyness, she would stand out in the vilest cabaret in France or the lowest gin shop in Britian’ - Charles Dickens

Question 10

‘Manet’s Dejeuner sur l’herb provided a shocking …. to …. images’ - Facos

Answer 10

‘Manet’s Dejeuner sur l’herb provided a shocking contrast to conventional images’ - Facos

Question 11

‘…. …. was the first consious and sucessful attempt to halt the succession of …. revivals’ - Honour and Fleming (WOA)

Talking about Art Noveau

Answer 11

‘Art Nouveau was the first conscious and sucessful attempt to halt the sucession of historical revivals’ - Honour and Fleming (WOA)

Question 12

‘…. strove to reproduce …. effects accurately’ - Facos

Answer 12

‘Renoir strove to reproduce optical effects accurately’ - Facos

Question 13

‘No way inferior to his other work in its incoherance of …., composition and ….’ - Leon de Lora in 1877

Leon de Lora responding to ‘Moulin de la Galette’ by Renor (1876)

Answer 13

‘No way inferior to his other work in its incoherance of draftsmanship, composition and colour’ - Leon de Lora in 1877

Question 14

‘The …. of agricultural labour and …. nobility of rural poverty’ - Eisenman

Eisenman talking about ‘The Gleaners’ by Jean-Francois Millet (1858)

Answer 14

‘The virtue of agricultural labour and biblical nobility of rural poverty’ - Eisenman

Question 15

‘An …. soft painting’ - Smarthistory

Smarthistory talking about ‘The Gleaners’ by Jean Francois Millet (1858)

Answer 15

‘An oddly soft painting’ - Smarthistory

Question 16

‘…. peasants exemplified a stable relationship between …. and ….’ - Facos

Facos talking about ‘The Gleaners’ by Jean Francois Millet (1858)

Answer 16

‘Millet’s peasants exemplified a stable relationship between people and nature’ - Facos

Question 17

‘The natural world disapears into near …. patterns of vibrating …. and ….’ - Honour and Fleming (WOA)

Honour and Fleming talking about the ‘Waterlily Pond’ by Claude Monet (1899)

Answer 17

‘The natural world disapears into near abstract patterns of vibrating light and atmosphere’ - Honour and Fleming (WOA)

Question 18

‘Delicate …., exquisitely subtle colour …. and expansive centreless ….’ - Honour and Fleming (WOA)

Honour and Fleming talking about Claude Monet’s ‘The Waterlily Pond’ (1899)

Answer 18

‘Delicate brushwork, exquisitely subtle colour harmonies and expansive centreless compositions’ - Honour and Fleming (WOA)

Question 19

‘Thus while…. flouted convention by representing an …. dancer, he reinforces social ….’ - Facos

Facos talking about the ‘Little Dancer Aged 14’ by Edgar Degas in (1879-81)

Answer 19

‘Thus while Degas flouted convention by representing an unattractive dancer, he reinforces social stereotypes’ - Facos