19th Century Art Movements Reactions to changing Industrial World
Romanticism (1775 - mid 1800's) Literary, Musical & Artistic reaction against Industrial Revolution, Enlightenment & Scientific Rev. Appeal to emotion rather than reason Artists aimed to capture beauty/force of nature Musicians used crescendos (swelling of notes) to gain emotional response from audience Beethoven’s 9th symphony - “Ode to Joy”
“Liberty Leading the People” Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
Executions on the Third of May Francisco de Goya - 1808,
“The Hay Wain” John Constable
Realism (mid 1800's) Reaction against Romanticism Attempted to depict the world as it was - ordinary people doing ordinary things Emphasized harshness of new industrial society Realists saw themselves as social commentators trying to bring about change
“The Stone Breakers” Gustav Courbet
“The Gleaners” Jean-Francois Millet
“The Widower” Sir Luke Fildes
Impressionism (1870's-1900's) Reaction to realism and emergence of photography Artists sought to capture the fleeting impression of a first glance of a scene/object Photographs create a lasting image, capture a moment that is to last forever Impressionists wanted to capture fleeting moments, something that is gone as soon as it arrives
“Impression: Sunrise” Claude Monet(1872)
The Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh (1889)
“Two Sisters”