Seismic Shifts in Subject and Style

<p>Uncover the philosophical undercurrents that propel a century of artistic revolution jolting cutting-edge French art from the calm elegance of David's<em> Madame</em> <em>Recamier</em> (1800) to the psychedelic world of Matisse's <em>Luxe Calme et Volupte</em> (1904). How? By looking at 18 leading artists through the lens of their paintings and of their writings on several hotly debated topics in the 19th-century art world. </p><p><em>Seismic Shifts</em> is essential for understanding specific artists such as Monet movements such as Romanticism and Impressionism and more broadly how abstract philosophical ideas translate into art.</p><ul><li>The issues: 1) In creating an artwork is reason or emotion more important? 2) Is style more important than subject? 3) Is rigorous training necessary - or even desirable - for an artist? 4) Who is competent to judge artworks? </li><li>Styles covered: Neoclassicists Romantics Naturalists Impressionists Post-Impressionists Pointillists Symbolists and Academics</li><li>Artists discussed: David Ingres Corot Gros Gericault Delacroix Millet Courbet Manet Monet Renoir Degas Cezanne Van Gogh Gauguin Seurat Moreau Bourguereau</li><li>Art critics included: Baudelaire Ruskin Zola</li></ul><p></p>