Post on 18-Jun-2020
ART IN CONTEXT:
Modern Art of the 19th Century
ART 121 Lecture 15
The Rise of Modernism
The modern era of art history coincides with three revolutions:
Political revolutions in America and France, resulting in democratic governments.
Goya, The Third of May, 1808 oil on canvas, 1814
The Rise of Modernism
The modern era of art history coincides with three revolutions:
Political revolutions in America and France, resulting in democratic governments.
The Industrial Revolution starting in England, resulting in new inexpensive products including oil paint in a tube.
Winslow Homer, Artists Sketching in the
White Mountains. oil on canvas, 1868.
The Rise of Modernism The modern era of art
history coincides with three revolutions: Political revolutions in
America and France, resulting in democratic governments and an era of nationalism.
The Industrial Revolution starting in England, resulting in new inexpensive products including oil paint in a tube.
The Scientific Revolution (part of the Enlightenment) in which Church authority questioned, “reason” the basis of authority. Technological advances lead to new inventions like photography.
Two images of
van Gogh;
one realistic and
one abstract.
82nd and Fifth Video: Awkward
How is Realism different from Mimesis?
Art Historical Styles of the
Late19th Century in Europe
Realism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Timeline: 18th and
19th Centuries
1775-83: American Rev.
1793: King of France Louis
XVI beheaded
1826: First photograph
1841: Oil paint tube invented
1848: Revolutions across
Europe
1854; Admiral Perry visits
Japan; opens to west
1880: Invention of Electric
Lights
1900: Freud’s Interpretation
of Dreams
REALISM: Explores the subjects of
everyday life, the countryside, and/or the
plight of the lower class as they actually
appeared.
Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers, oil on canvas, 1849-1850.
Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, oil on canvas, 1863.
Pastoral Concert by Titian or Georgione
Raphael, Judgment of
Paris.
The most
realistic of
Realism…
Courbet’s Self
Portrait before
Finals Week.
Timeline: 18th and
19th Centuries
IMPRESSIONISM: Art that focuses on the subject matter of
everyday life in the French Middle Class and/or landscapes
The emphasis and the underlying content
is the light and capturing fleeting moments.
Chose to exhibit their work in their own
show rather than in the official government sanctioned show (salon).
First impressionist exhibition in 1874.
Last impressionist works made by a ninety year old Monet in 1926.
1775-83: American Rev.
1793: King of France Louis
XVI beheaded
1826: First photograph
1841: Oil paint tube invented
1848: Revolutions across
Europe
1854; Admiral Perry visits
Japan; opens to west
1880: Invention of Electric
Lights
1900: Freud’s Interpretation
of Dreams
You Tube:
The First Impressionist Show
Put your pen down, sit back, and enjoy! Step back in time and
see what revolutionary art looked like in 1874.
Monet, Impression Sunrise, oil on canvas, 1872.
Monet,
Bridge Over a
Pool of Water
Lilies, oil on canvas,
1899
•Painted en plein air
•Influence of Japanese prints
on European culture evident
in works such as this.
Renoir, Moulin de la Galette,
oil on canvas, 1876.
Timeline: 18th and
19th Centuries
1775-83: American Rev.
1793: King of France Louis
XVI beheaded
1826: First photograph
1841: Oil paint tube invented
1848: Revolutions across
Europe
1854; Admiral Perry visits
Japan; opens to west
1880: Invention of Electric
Lights
1900: Freud’s Interpretation
of Dreams
POST-IMPRESSIONISM: Admires the light
and vivid palette of Impressionism, but
does not need to imitate the world,
natural objects and/or events. Style varies
by individual artist.
Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of
the Grand Jatte, oil on canvas, 1884. Pointilism
Cezanne, Still Life with Apples, oil on canvas, 1895-1898.
Group Activity
Look at the following “unknown” images and identify them as
Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism