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