Goya-The Third of May 1808
-what event was Goya depicting in the Third of May, 1808?
-why did he have to wait until 1814 to paint this scene?
-how does he draw the viewer’s attention to the main figure?
-the main figure is supposed to make the viewer think in terms what type of image?
-how does Goya make the viewer identify with the victim rather than the soldiers
-what was Goya’s position in the royal Spanish court
-what was the earliest style in which he worked
-what is significant about the time of day
-where else does Goya deal with this type of theme
-what is the importance of light in this painting

Delacroix-
- discuss the stylistic features associated with Romanticism (space, subject, colors, application of paint, etc.)
-how does the artist express the idea of blood and horror?
-what artistic precedent did the artist look to for the figure on the bed?
-how did the artist visually single out the figure with the power?

Courbet-The Stonebreakers
-what types of art did he reject and why?
-what did he think were important subjects to paint?
-why was this work controversial?
-be able to discuss how Socialism was associated with this painting?
-what are the figures doing and what is significant about this?
-why is the year 1848 important when discussing this painting?
-why did he reject the Legion d’honneur?
-how did Courbet change the Salon and art market?

Manet-Le Dejeurner sur l’herbe
-how was a print after a work by Raphael important to this work
-why was the painting considered scandalous for its content
-why was the painting considered scandalous for its painting technique
-how was the city of Paris changing physically and socially
-what was Manet trying to say about the 2-d surface that was different from earlier artists
-why wasn’t the nude Venus at the regular Salon considered scandalous
-what was the Salon des Refuses
-what was the government essentially saying about itself when it held the Salon des Refuses
Monet-La Grenouillere
-what does the term Impressionism mean
-what technical innovations made by the Industrial Revolution impact painting
-be able to discuss some of the societal changes that were happening at this time
-how does the idea of modernity affect many Impressionist paintings
-in La Grenouillere what influenced the cropping of the boats in the foreground
-why did Impressionists paint series of pictures
-when they painted objects, like houses, how did the “see” or understand the object
-what is important about light for Impressionism
-what is “broken brushwork”

Japanese Prints, Ando Hiroshige, A Sudden Shower at Ohashi Bridge
(be able to identify for a slide id) -Contrasts of near and far
-Contrasts of size
-Emphasis on arrangement of objects across surface (NOT on depth)
-Flat areas of color contrast with use of line
-Interest