Discussion topic:
the definition of the individual in the 18th century through political texts and heroic portraiture

Assignment:
Complete the readings and prepare answers for the following questions in your journal.

1) How do the American "Bill of Rights" and French "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" define the individual and the relationship of the indivual to the collective?
2) Describe ways in which the two documents agree or differ in conferring rights on the individual.
3) Now look at the following portraits, both French and American, that appear in your STOKSTAD readings. Do they reflect the ideas of Enlightenment and the Cult of Sensibility, how? How might they have functioned as tools that helped to redefine the individual either personally or politically?

Read more about these Terms:
Enlightenment (Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy)
Sensibility (Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy | Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms)

	Marie-Louise-Élisabeth VIGÉE-LEBRUN (1755-1842) Portrait of Marie Antionette with Her Children 1787 Oil on canvas 2.75 x 2.15 m. Musée National de Chateau de Versailles		Jean-Siméon CHARDIN (1699-1779) The Governess 1739 Oil on canvas Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada
	John Singelton COPLEY (1738-1815) Samuel Adams c. 1770-72 Oil on canvas 127 x 102.2 c. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston		Jean-Antoine HOUDON (1741-1828) George Washington 1788-92 Marble Height 1.9 m Richmond, VA: State Capitol
	Jacques-Louis DAVID (1748-1825) Death of Marat 1793 Oil on canvas 1.65 x 1.28 m. Brussels: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique		Anne-Louis GIRODET-Trioson (1767-1824) Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley 1797 Oil on canvas 1.59 x 1.13 m. Musée National de Chateau de Versailles

Readings:
* STOKSTAD, AH , "Eighteenth-Century Art in Europe and North America," pp. 896-897; "The Enlightenment and Its Revolutions," pp. 898-899; "Academies and Academy Exhibitions," p. 906; "Women and Academies," 910; "Classical Revival in Architecture and Landscaping," pp. 913-915; "History Painting," 922-924
* the American "Bill of Rights," 1789
* the French "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen," 1789
* Grove Dictionary of Art, "Museum, §I: History / 4. Cultural monuments: the creation of the Musée du Louvre and repercussions in Europe"