Lecture 19: Realism to Impressionism

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What is the responsibility of the modern artist?
- Courbet Burial at Ornans, 1849/details: 1 & 2.
- Zoffany (English) The Royal Academy 1 & 2, 1770.
- Eakins (American) The Gross Clinic (portrait of Dr. Gross), 1875 + details: 1, 2, & photo/Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632.
- Homer (American) Long branch, NJ, 1869/detail.
- Manet (French) Luncheon on the Grass, 1863/Giorgione Concert Champetre
- Manet (French) Olympia, 1863/Titian Venus of Urbino.
  - Daumier Viewers of Olympia
What did salon audiences consider to be good art?
- Gerome The Cock Fight, 1846/Bouguereau, Arcadia, 1860. {tight finish, historical subject, distance from present}
- Garnier, Opera House, Paris, 1861-4/interior
- Carpeaux The Dance, 1867-9.
"Impressionism": light, color, loose brushstroke = immediacy, authenticity.
- Renoir Le Grenouillere, 1869/Luncheon of The Boating Party, 1881.
- Japanese influences: 3 prints Hokusai 1 & 2 and Hiroshige. 1830s, 1840s {diagnol, hovering point of view}
- Degas
  - Women on the Terrace/Two Laundresses, 1884.
  - Ballet Rehearsal, 1874.
  - Sculptures of Dancers:
- Monet
  - Impression, Sunrise, 1872.
  - Rouen Cathedral - series 1890s./detail
  - Haystacks 1, 2, & 3