Unit 3 Art Notes - Chapter 3 Flashcards
Quiz
- What were the goals, philosophy, and typical subjects of Realism?
The goals of Realism are followed as paint things from your own time by eliminating all subjects that happened outside your country or occurred before you lived.
Realism philosophy needs to be objective, less emotional, and more factual.
The typical subjects for Realists needed to be contemporary and social relevant.
- How would you describe the artistic style of
Realism? Why was it called modern art?
The artistic style of Realism is visually realistic, beautiful, and plain, but not so pretty as it was based on real life.
It is so called modern art because it is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation.
- Explain why the Pavilion of Realism and Salon des Refusés were important events.
Both Pavilion of Realism and Salon des Refusés were important events for innovative artists whose works had been rejected by the official Salon because there are things they do like and things they don’t.
- Was Courbet crazy or a genius in his drive to challenge the traditions in art?
Courbet was crazy to challenge those traditional arts because he was called ‘the painter of the ugly’, he did not make much money, and eventually he painted popular scenes to pay rent and buy food.
- What were the criticisms against the Stonebreakers, A Burial at Ornans, Dejeuner sur l’Herbe and Olympia? Were the criticisms valid?
All critics against the Stonebreakers, A Burial at Ornans, Dejeuner sur l’Herbe and Olympia were made the people displeased by the ugliness of the painting, and the association with the prostitution.
Their criticisms are not valid because the subjects and figures of each paintings were too coarse and too large.
- How is Manet’s art both traditional and modern?
Manet’s art is both traditional and modern in the mix because of his bold style, contemporary subject matter, and determination to challenge entrenched academic models.
