The Third of May
GoyaAttacks government abuse
The Raft of the Medusa
GericaultUses two triangles
The Slave Ship
TurnerDissolving image foreshadows later paintings
Liberty Leading the People
DelcoixStrong use of French Colors
Plowing the Nivernais
BonheurCelebrates dignity of human labor in nature
Woman Baking Bread
MilletCelebrates the Peasant as romantic hero
Volterra
CorotTries to capture nature as the eye sees
Rouen Cathedral
MonetExample of impressionism
The Picnic
ManetShocking Nudity
The Banjo Lesson
Tanner Images presented in strictly realistic manner
On the Bank of the Seine at Bennecourt
MonetExample of impressionism
In the Dining Room
MorisotExample of Impressionism
Le Moulin de la Galette
RenoirExample of Impressionism
The Child's Bath
CassattExample of Impressionism
Sunday Afternoon on the Island
SeuratExample of Pointilism
Mont St. Victoire
Cezanne Use of geographic shapes in construction
Harvest at La Crau
van GoghReflects use of Complimentary Color
Franz Schubert
GermanStudied with MozartHe writes 8 1/2 symphonies, which are all conservative The 8th one is called the "Unfinished
Felix Mendelssohn
German Writes 5 symphonies, which are conservative, and also have titles3rd one, he travels to Scotland, it's called the Scottish Symphony 4th one, he travels to Italy, called the Italian Symphony
Robert Schumann
German He writes 4 symphonies In the last one, he connects all the movements, influenced by Beethoven;s 5th symphony Piano ConcertoSolo Piano Music
Frederic Francois Chopin
PolishTwo piano concertos Solo piano musicDid not write any symphonies
Doemnico G M Donizetti
Italian Opera composerElixir of LoveLuciaDonpasquale (I'm sure that's spelled wrong lol)
Gioachino Antonio Rossini
ItalianOpera composer Writes 39 operasCinderella Silk and LadderItalian girl in...Barber of CavilWilliam Tell
Hector Berlioz
French He writes 2 symphonies Herald in Italy Symphonie Fantastique He writes operasHe writes a treatise on instrumentation Idee Fixe: fixed idea
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Opera Composer DutchmanTanhauserLohengrin The Ring Cycle: 4 operas that are 15 hours of music...Dasrhingold...Die Walgure...Siegfried...GotterdammerungTristan-und-isolde (again...idk)The Master SingerMusic Drama: his term for his operasLudwig of Bavaria Bayreuth: his theater
Cesar...Frank
FrenchComposer and AcademicHe writes 1 symphony, all movements are connected
Johannes Brahms
German The heir to the Beethoven tradition Composed late in lifeHe writes piano and chamber musicHe writes 4 symphonies, which are all conservative (He feels the shadow of Beethoven over his shoulders when he writes.)
Giuseppe Verdi(Joe Green)
Italian Opera composer RigolettoTrovatoreTraviatta (prostitute woman, lover man...confesses love then for each other then she dies)AidaOtello (based on Shakespeare)Falstaff (based on Shakespeare)
Antonin Dvorak
CzechStudied with BrahmsComes to America: Iowa and NYHe writes 9 symphonies 9th one is called "From the New World" which he wrote while he was in America
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Russian1 opera6 symphonies Ballets...Swan Lake...Nutcracker...Sleeping Beauty
Nikolai Korsakov
Russian Apart of a group called the Mighty Handful (group of composers)Academic (professor)He writes a symphony subtitles...The Shahrazad
Beethoven
Studied Haydn1st major freelance composerWrote 9 Symphonies5 piano concertos 1 violin concerto 1 opera
Symphony 1
Written in Enlightenment stylehad 4 movements (Fast/Slow/Minuet/Fast)
Symphony 2
Replaced minuet with scherzo
Symphony 3
Was "Eroica" (heroic)Dedicated to the heros of the French Revolution Gave the slow movement and title of "Marcia Funebre" (funeral march)
Symphony 4
ConservativeHad 4 movements (fast/slow/scherzo/fast)
Symphony 5
Links the 3rd and 4th movement with a bridgeRepresented "dark to light" Adds 2 instruments: piccolo and contrabassoon
Symphony 6
Pastoral 5 movementsDepicted sounds of birdsPeasant danceDepicts thunder and lightening It tells a story
Symphony 7
Conservative4 movements, not connected
Symphony 8
ConservativeTries to depict the sound of a metronome Kid and Beethoven going back and forth, high and low. Imitation
Symphony 9
Dark to Light Huge 4th movement, revolutionary Revitative-cyclic Big theme with variationsSolo bassChoirSolo quartetMilitary Band (no strings just wind)Almost an hour long