Painting for the Public 1760-1850

Academies
1. London 1768
  2. contemp war themes
    1. success in war
2. Paris 1648
  1. exhibitions
    1. paris - exhibitors members only
    2. london exhibitors entry fee
    3. public had access to art
      1. opinions
        high art commercialised?
      2. eye catching
    4. primacy of history genre
      1. Death of General Wolfe 1770
        democratised
      2. sublime
        Copley's Watson & the Shark 1778
    5. primacy of history genre
      1. classical themes
      2. NO modern & violent subjects
        sublime popular after 1800
        decline of Academy influence
        Girodet The Deluge 1806
        spectator a victim of history not a participant?
        Gericault The Raft 1773
        progressive aspects - a way of attacking govt
        spectacle - high art/entertainment
        asserted the artists liberal values
        dominance of classical
  2. classical themes
    1. Oath of the Horatii 1785
      1. democratised
        spectator a participant
    2. decline in patriotism
3. drawing class
  1. women excluded
exhibitions
1. Paris - priority to hierarchy of genres
  1. BUT Marriage Contract - Greuze 1761
    1. democraticised history genre
      1. challenged history genre - size/moralising
    2. very popular middle class could relate - (Habermas)
2. London - priority to full lengths portraits
  1. no patronage
  2. Wright's An Experiment Bird Air Pump 1768
    1. challenged history genre
      1. domestic scene
        we can reflect/ moralise

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