Chapter 8 (Oct. 3/16)

Question 1

What is the main way sublime is used in the romanticism era?

Answer 1

DELIGHTFUL HORROR
beautiful and ugly
underpinnings of TURMOIL

Question 2

who painted the Death of General Wolfe in 1770?

Answer 2

Benjamin West. Self taught but not very educated

Question 3

Who was the battle between in the Death of General Wolfe?

Answer 3

French vs British

Question 4

how do we think of the Nobel Savage? What did he embody?

Answer 4

We think of the “Noble Savage” as the original way the people were. He embodied neo-classicalism

Question 5

What does the GothicK focus on?

Answer 5

fascination w/ the medieval but also the fantastical, the ghastly and the grotesque

Question 6

What did Henry Fuseli paint?

Answer 6

1781/1791 various elements pointing to sleep paralysis.

Question 7

What colours were in Fuseli’s painting?

Answer 7

Red–aggression and danger
white–only colour that touches her
yellow– betrayal (heart shaped locket)
Blue– loyalty

Question 8

Who was Fuseli obsessed with?

Answer 8

Anna Landolt. She was already engaged and was in a different class too.

Question 9

What did William blake accomplish?

Answer 9

made print maker (so things wouldn’t have to be made backwards)
He made children type nursery rhymes but weren’t for children.
He had visions as a child from brother that made the print press process

Question 10

What was one painting Rowlandson did? What was his style?

Answer 10

He did the “Exhibition Stare Case” 1811 also the famous Dr. Syntax Series with a difficult middle man
Social Satire

Question 11

What did aerial landscape pictures of people’s land act as?

Answer 11

it was basically their deed to their land. “all you can see is yours” from the Bible.

Question 12

What was the purpose of the “scenic route”?

Answer 12

To stop at beautiful places and paint pictures of it. Everybody had a set of watercolours with them

Question 13

What were some “picturesque” rules?

Answer 13

calm body of water in middle
dark foreground
trees framing pic
calm/leisurely ppl or animals

Question 14

what did John Constable paint? was it accurate to current life?

Answer 14

He painted “The Haywagon”. the painting is what it looked like as a kid, but not when he painted it. He mostly did landscapes

Question 15

What painting did Joseph Mallord William Turner paint when he was 14 or 15?

Answer 15

A View of the Archbishop’s Palace

–he started taking advantage of the people’s love for him and made a painting that people didn’t like

Question 16

Were John “Mad” Martain paintings popular when he was alive or after he died?

Answer 16

They were popular when he was alive and then became disregarded and irrelevant.

Question 17

What were some of the famous paintings he did?

Answer 17

Sadak in Search of water Oblivion (1812)
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (1852)
Tryptic–the last judgement
He took words and created these amazing depictions of them.