Introduction to ArtificiaI Intelligence in Higher Education
France & the Aristocratic Style
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2. 27 years as absolute monarch
No meeting of the representative assembly
Disliked feudal nobility
Placed the Church beneath the state
Policies created allies out of enemies, such as the
wealthy and upper middle class
Insignia of Apollo, the sun god, referring to
himself as le roi soleil (“The Sun King”)
3. Louis XIV unintentionally added the arts as a
strong adjunct to royal life
His father founded the French Royal Academy
of Language and Literature in 1635
Formed government-sponsored art institutions
Academy of Painting and Sculpture (1648, age 10)
Academy of Dance (1661)
Academy of Sciences (1666)
Academy of Music (1669)
Academy of Architecture (1671)
4. Neoclassicism became the accepted form for
academic art
Most influences drew from Greek and Roman
pieces
Apollo Attended by
the Nymphs
Girardon (1666-
1672)
5. Studied in Rome to absorb the Classical style
Formalized rules governing art criticism of the
Neoclassical period
Only serious subjects (battles, miracles, death, etc.)
Classical or Christian history
Rejection of crude or simple subjects
Avoidance of exaggeration or ordinary physicality
Balance and harmony in compositions
6. Et in Arcadia
Ego” — “I
[death] dwell in
Arcadia”
Arcadian Shepherds
Poussin (1638-1639)
7. Focused on landscapes with attention to
relaxing light
Use of mythological or biblical settings and
subjects
Seaport at Sunset
(1639)
8. Focused on landscapes with attention to
relaxing light
Use of mythological or biblical settings and
subjects
Farewell to Dido