Episode 002: The French Salon

Example of Rococo art

 

Oath of the Horatii by David

This Neoclassic piece is an example of what the French Academy of the Arts looked to as an "ideal" for the images accepted into the Salon.

Lourve

The Salon de Paris moved to the Lourve in 1725.

Luncheon on the Grass by Manet 

Pastoral Symphony by Titian

 Manet's piece was an updated version of Titians. Luncheon on the Grass was displayed in the 1863 Salon des Refuses--the first of this tradition that would give a start to Impressionism.

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Episode 001: Who Owns Art

Fabriano
Adoration of the Magi 1423

This International Gothic piece was commissioned by the Strozzi Family. The father of the family can be seen kneeling before the baby Christ with his sons on either side of him.

Edward Curtis
Wyemah 1905

Brancusci
Bird in Space 1930

Matisse
Le Bonhour de Vivre (The Joy of Life) 1905-06

Each of these pieces is from major collectors: JP Morgan, Rockerfeller, and Barnes.

A frieze and statues from the Elgin (or Parthenon) Marbles, on display in the British Museum in London, England. 


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