Chapter 9 Flashcards
Where was she from? What relationship did France have with that country?
She is from Austria and they HATE each other but she was the only daughter left so she “will do”
What did she do that was “Scandalous”?
- have strawberry blonde hair–had to use hair chalk to alter it
- wanted to raise her kids– a queen isn’t a good mom! She had to socialize
- she was from Austria
- buying property for her younger children
What techniques did Pierre Paul Pruid’hon use?
He liked shading and contour as to opposed to the popular harsh solid lines of light and dark
What was happening in the “intervention of the Sabine Women” painting? Who painted it?
The women were trying to stop the fighting because they had husbands and brothers/fathers fighting against one another–it would have caused more distress
How tall was Bonaparte? Why did he divorce Josephine?
He was average height (5’6) but it didn’t get translated from one system to another (5’2). She couldn’t have kids so he divorced her and got a new womb. josephine was still important though.
What plant is symbolic of Bonaparte?
The laurel leafs
How old was Marie Antoinette when she got married and became Queen?
12, 19
