versailles
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- what is absolutism?
- ruler has unlimited power
- how does Louis XIV follow the theocratic tradition? and how does absolutism work?
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Louis XIV was "divine"
-absolutism works through enforcement - what does louis XIV see as the source of his power? and what does it mean for louis to say "i am the state?"
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Sun; hence the Sun God
-absolutism, decision maker - what does le roi soleil mean?
- the sun god
- how does this typify louis
- the "sun King"
- Versailles orginally was... and why did louis put so much time, money and effort into it?
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father's hunting lodge
-to symbolize his absolutism - how was Versaille laid out? why would he set it up this way?
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- geometric, and the chateau that housed his bedroom was higher that everthing else
-higher, oversees everything, sets up this way to be higher - whats the architecture of the chateau like? what is a balastrade? what are porticos and pediments?
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-long 2000 ft facade, accented with corinthian columns
-rail
-porticos are row of columns supporting the roof
-pediments are low triangular gablelike decoration as over a door/ window - regarding architecture, how do the fromal elements come together to convey a consistent content?
- - classical, controlled, (control over nature)
- what are Le Norte's landscape designs like?
- - geometric, human control over nature
- what is a salon?
- drawing room
- how was Versailles originally decorated?
- - germanic architecture and decoration
- what is the SALON DE LA GUERRE like? what classical elements does it show?
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- equestrian Louis receiving victors crown, decorated in marble
- symmetry - what is the hall of mirrors like? what do the windows and the mirrors do?
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-long hall, one side mirrors the other side windows
- reflect outside to the inside (bringing nature inside) - what was the function of the French Royal Academy of Language and Literature, and why would Louis institute it
- - Louis subsidized govt sponsored institutions in the arts
- what other academy's were there?
- -painting and sculpture, dance
- what is NEOCLASSICISM?
- - the revival of classical style and subject matter
- what is Girardon's statue of the APOLLO ATTENDED BY THE NYPTHS like? what is the content of the work, and how would it fit into the entire complex of Versialles?
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- marble, nypths serving him
- obvious refrence to louis as the le roi soliel - who is Poussin? what is the subject of the Arcadian Shepards? how do the subject and technique combine to convey the content?
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french artist
-painted the arcadian shepards: men and women live in harmony w/ nature
- his work appears to mind rather than senses - what is MOMENTO MORI (poussin)
- - reminder of death
- who was Lorrain? how does his art compare with Poussin? how did he create the ideal landscape?
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- french artist, THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH
- he has ideal landscape
- painted in high minded, idealized style usually found in traditional moral subjects - what is Rigaud's portrait of Louis like? how is it a good example of portraiture? what elements are included, how are they renedered?
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- bold
- shows entire body length
- gives sense of character & how they want to be presented
-clothing slection is noble -
WORKS TO KNOW....
Riguad - portrait of Louis XIV
- Girardon
- Apollo attended by the Nymphs
- Poussin
- Arcadian Shepherds
- Lorrain
- The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah