Time Periods - Baroque Age - French Baroque
3 important questions on Time Periods - Baroque Age - French Baroque
In the French Baroque, Classicism was founded. Can you explain?
- Classicism (Louis XIV).
- Classicism = the official style.
- Art as propaganda for Absolutist policies.
- Symbols of the Sun and Apollo.
What can you tell about the Royal Academy?
- Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1648).
- Royal Academy.
- Goals:
- Define standards to value and rank art.
- Centralization arts production.
- Serve political and economic interests King.
- Artists had to learned the occupation by a critical doctrine and knowledge of literature, bible & history.
- Members were highly respected artists.
- Poussinistes and Rubénistes.
What are the characteristics of French Baroque paintings?
- Poussinistes or Rubénistes.
- Pussinistes:
- Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665).
- Classicism.
- Clarity order logic.
- Appeals to the mind (instead of emotion).
- The Abduction of the Sabine Women.
- Rubénistes:
- Color.
- Senses & emotion.
- Closer to nature: Appealing to everyone.
- Appeals to emotion, not to the mind.
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