The Rite of Spring was not well received at its public premiere in 1913. Answer the following questions about its reception, and be sure to number each section’s response. Write 6.7 sentences per section.
1. What did the audience not like about its music? Provide specific examples to support your ideas. 2. What did the audience not like about its dancing? Provide specific examples to support your ideas.
The artist Jacques-Louis David really embodied the Neoclassical spirit in his work. like in The Oath of the Horatii. While depicting a morally complex tale from Roman history, this painting also stood as a message from the current French King. Louis XVI, to his people on the brink of rebellion. Answer the following questions about this artwork listed below. Be sure to number each response. Write 6-7 sentences for each point.
1. Discuss both the Roman and French political contexts expressed in David’s The Oath of the Horatii. 2. How does the painting exemplify Neoclassicism in its artistic qualities of composition, colors, and brushwork?
Edouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass (Dejeuner sur I’Herbe) didn’t adhere to the prescribed Academy Standard set by the French Royal Academy. By discarding convention, the painting came to be considered radically different and set a course for future modern works. Answer the following questions about this artwork listed below.
1. How does Manet’s Luncheon on the Gross discard convention with regard to nudity? 2. What other artistic techniques are considered radically different? How does this work set a course for future modem works?
