Module 7: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Key Characteristics of Art: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Identify and describe key characteristics of art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include:

• Reading: Fragonard’s The Swing
• Reading: 1700–1800 Age of Enlightenment
• Reading: Neo-Classicism
• Reading: David’s Death of Marat
• Reading: Romanticism in France Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People
• Reading: Hokusai’s Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
• Reading: Becoming Modern
• Reading: Early Photography
• Reading: Impressionism
• Reading: Nkisi Nkondi

Take time to review and reflect on each of these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.