Notes on David’s portrayal of the event “The Tennis Court Oath 20th June 1789”
- Use of light shines very brightly on the most important persons in the painting
- The gesture of people
- Use of colour as the people who are supposed to stick out wear red, blue or other colourful clothes and people in background wear brown, grey or black
- Use of perspective – background: you can see a crowd cheering, discussing, etc.
- Foreground: Man on podium, men pointing at him, reaching for something
- People are even looking over the windows from outside
Now I am going to read Chapter 15 “Romanticism to Realism”. Looks like a lot to read and I hope it is easy to read and an interesting topic because then no matter how much it is to read I still enjoy it.
Caspar David Friedrich’s “The Wanderer above the Mist” is one of my favourite paintings of all time – I love its simplicity and it speaks to me through its sensitive and gentle use of colour - I wonder what the wanderer would see if the mist would be gone and he could overlook the valley. I love the way the wanderer stands on the rock, with an elegant outfit and a cane. The colour of his hair perfectly integrates in the colour of the painting and I never get tired of looking at it.
Notes about whether mythological themed paintings have become irrelevant as not many people did have a classical education:
- I don’t think that it necessarily became irrelevant but I rather feel like it became more important to artists to express themselves individually, their feelings for current events and the longing for being more involved in society some even politically.
- It is also interesting to see how specific persons were portrayed in painting of contemporary events as far as size, clothes, rank are concerned.
Project 3 Exercise: Decorate a town house
I am not sure how to do this exercise – as for this I am going to skip this exercise for now and come back to it later.
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