Painting for the Public 1760-1850

Painting for the Public 1760-1850

1. Academies

   • London 1768
     • contemp war themes
       • success in war
   • Paris 1648
     • exhibitions
       • paris - exhibitors members only
       • london exhibitors entry fee
       • public had access to art
         • opinions
           • high art commercialised?
         • eye catching
       • primacy of history genre
         • • Death of General Wolfe 1770
             • democratised
         • sublime
           • Copley's Watson & the Shark 1778
       • primacy of history genre
         • classical themes
         • 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
     • classical themes
       • Oath of the Horatii 1785
         • democratised
           • spectator a participant
       • decline in patriotism
   • drawing class
     • women excluded

2. exhibitions

   • Paris - priority to hierarchy of genres
     • BUT Marriage Contract - Greuze 1761
       • democraticised history genre
         • challenged history genre - size/moralising
       • very popular middle class could relate - (Habermas)
   • London - priority to full lengths portraits
     • no patronage
     • Wright's An Experiment Bird Air Pump 1768
       • challenged history genre
         • domestic scene
           • we can reflect/ moralise