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The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan
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The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan
Bethany Albright, Katie Vogel, and Veronica Toth
wrote "The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale" in 1813
Painting a Story
- The Giaour = a Turkish infidel
- The Hassan = a Muslim who drowned the Giaour's lover
themes of war, vengeance and love
"The bickering sabres' shivering jar;
And pealing wide or ringing near
Its echoes on the throbbing ear
The deathshot hissing from afar;
The shock, the shout, the groan of war,
Reverberate along that vale..."
The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan (1826)
creation of the Byronic hero
Lord Byron: 1788 – 1824
Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
- Born in 1798 near Paris, France.
- Began formal training in arts at age 17 in Neoclassical style.
- Traveled widely in Europe and north Africa.
- Died in 1863.
Death of Sardanapalus (1828)
The Bride of Abydos (1857)
19nth Century Shadow Effect
Artistic Context
Liberty Leading the People (1830)
Lived towards end of Neoclassical period.
- Focus more on accurately depicting historical events.
Helped usher in Romantic era.
- More about glory, emotion, and divinity found in nature.
- Emphasis on man's creativity and sense of self.
Delacroix's Techniques
Works Cited
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/Rococo/Combat
http://www.egs.edu/library/lord-byron/biography
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lord-byron
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/byronic-hero-definition-characteristics-examples.html#lesson
http://www.eugenedelacroix.org/biography.html
http://www.artble.com/artists/eugene_delacroix
- tension in movement
- loose brushwork
- monochromatic background
- Baroque influence
- Giaour and Hassan positions