Compare/contrast one pair of the three below. In your answer, discuss all relevant details you observe and can draw out of the works and this juxtaposition, and address the following:
Explain the subject and any themes treated in the work. What is the historical context?
Was the artist part of a movement? Note the significant elements of the pictorial approach. What can you say about the medium and/or style? Is either a decisive factor in our understanding of the painting/photograph? How so? Why do you think these two examples have been juxtaposed?
- Jacques Louis David / Eugène Delacroix
The Death of Socrates, 1787 <-> Ovid among the Scythians, 1862 - Julia Margaret Cameron / Clementina Hawarden
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/268713
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co204479/clementina-maude-photograph-albumen-print - Gustave Courbet/ Paul Cézanne
Courbet, An After Dinner at Ornans, 1848 (see powerpoint)
Cezanne, The Card Players, 1890-92
Important: this paper assesses, first and foremost, your powers of (informed) observation.
Do not think of simply cutting and pasting information from the web. This is the easiest thing for us to look up and discover. We are also well aware of the kinds of points expert art historians make—after years of studying the subject—versus what kind of commentary is possible as one is learning about the artists and the history. So know this. Your effort to be precise, thorough, and original will contribute greatly to your grade.