/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

tldr;

neoclassicism/antiquity = empirical aesthetic standards; there is a formula for constructing a perfect image,
predates romanticism

rationalism= rational understanding of the world, science over emotion. aesthetics largely drawn from antiquity.
predates romanticism

academicism= the greeks and the italians were right about everything, draw lots of naked people very accurately; original gitgudfags.
predates romanticism, but ultimately incorporates it


baroque= the greeks and italians were faggots. we're rich, put gold on everything and be as garish as possible
predates romanticism

pre raphaelite brotherhood= raphael was a faggot. gitgud but paint new stuff
angloboos
concurrent to romanticism, but different philosophy & goals.

peredvizhniki= the academy are faggots, paint realistically but paint slavshit with relevance instead of wanking over the old masters
sort of concurrent to romanticism, but effectively quite different

romanticism= response to rationalism & neoclassicism, paint based on imagination and emotion, things can be scary and ugly. also paint napoleon. original norulesfags.

realism= the romanticists are faggots, emotions are gay. paint what you see.