The Neoclassicist Standard on Landscape
Please explain the Neoclassicist expectation and standard for landscape painting. I'd like to know what a Neoclassicist critic would look for or applaud in an exhibition at the 19th Louvre Salon. By expectation I mean in terms of the "functions" or "representation" of an acceptable landscape painting. Things that the Romantic ...continues
Science and society are briefly discussed in terms of art development.
This posting suggests how new ideas in science and society reflected the art of the late 19th and early 20th century. References are also added.
Specific works are: 1)Gustave Caillebotte's "Paris: A Rainy Day" 2)Edgar Degas's "The Absinthe Drinker" 3)Eduoard Manet's "Bar at the Folies-Bergeres" -A summary of the artists' personal philosophies of art (if they can be found in published sources), the prevailing trends and schools of thought in the art world at the tim ...continues
Influences on Artist during WW I & II are emphasized.
How did the development of Communism, Fascism, and the two World Wars influence artists?
Feminism and Literature are correlated.
Based on "The solitude of self" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton how do you think Feminist literature has influenced our contemporary thinking?
