Art, témoignage et contestation sociale

📋 Plan du Cours

1. L’artiste témoin de son époque
2. Peindre et conserver l’histoire
3. L’art et les émotions
4. Dénoncer l’ordre établi
5. Messages et formes subversives
6. Soutenir les opprimés

📖 1. L’artiste témoin de son époque

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Art engagé : Committed or protest art uses artistic creation to express opinions, denounce injustice and take part in social or political debates.
• Artiste témoin : An artist is a witness of their time because their work represents the society, events and places in which they live through different media.

📝 Points essentiels

• Art creates beauty, provokes an emotional response and reaches out to viewers, readers or spectators.

💡 Astuce mémo

Observer son époque → la représenter → toucher le public

📖 2. Peindre et conserver l’histoire

★ À maîtriser

• The figures concerned were:
  • historical figures
  • political figures
  • powerful figures
  • religious figures

Compléments

• Writers and painters portray people and describe or depict the landscapes and cities of their time.

• John Trumbull's portraits help later generations imagine the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers.