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LION OF LUCERNE

Era: Neoclassical
Painter: Bertel Thorvaldsen
Description: A sculpture of a dying lion in Lucerne,
Switzerland that commemorates the swiss guards
who were massacred in 1792 during the French
Revolution.

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INSANE WOMAN

Era: Romanticism
Painter: Theodore Gericault
Description: Insane Woman is an 1822 oil on canvas
painting by Théodore Géricault in a series of work
Géricault did on the mentally ill. It is housed in the Musée
des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France. Mental aberration and
irrational states of mind could not fail to interest artists
against Enlightenment rationality.
PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON ON THE IMPERIAL
THRONE

Era: Neoclassicism
Painter: Jean-Auguste- Dominique Ingres
Description: The painting depicts Napoleon in his
decadent coronation costume, seated upon his golden-
encrusted throne, hand resting upon smooth ivory balls.
During his reign, the painting was owned by the Corps
Legislatif which was a part of the French Legislature, The
painting was believed to be commissioned by Napoleon
as King of Italy.
THESEUS SLAYING MINOTAUR

Era: Romantic
Painter: Antoine-Louis Barye
Description: In the first episode of season one, The Earth
Bull, Jason enters the labyrinth. He is helped by Ariadne
to slay him, as the myth of the Minotaur. Jason is based
on the characters of Theseus, Perseus and the myth of
Jason And The Argonauts.
SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY HALL

ERA:
MY ASSIGNMENT
IN
ARTS

SUBMITTED BY: SHEIKKA


MATUTE

SUBMITTED TO: MRS.


MICHELLE E. PAREJA

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