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Brief Response Why are religious fundamentalists against science in today’s world? Fundamentalists (especially some Christian churches and Muslim sects) feel that the Bible answers all the questions about existence Scientific knowledge makes people think against religious teaching Challenging the word/works of God is the work of evil forces (Satan). Science is seen by some to be a tool of Satanic forces drawing people away from God.

Why Art and Expression? First, art had developed from religious and wealthy expression in the Renaissance to more human forms and ideas. By the Industrial Revolution, and because of it….. One group of artists tried to capture the passion and drama of emotion, exaggerating it for fantastic effect. A later group of artists sought to show the moody, stark realism of industrial life and change. other artists began exploring deep imagery and feelings verging on the subconscious and momentary. Popular art was an effort to escape the boredom of the industrial work day and lifestyle.

William Wordsworth, William Blake: grey Led the English literary and art movement called romanticism during the early industrial revolution (1750 to 1850).

Romanticism: artistic movement focusing on passionate emotions—Written simply and directly, with intense feeling and expression . Romantics sought to escape or ignore the boring and work-oriented industrial society around them.

Lord Byron: Passionate English poet, Close friend of the Shelleys. Romantic legend when he died in Greece of a fever, while helping them fight for independence. He is reputed to have swum the four-mile, turbulent Hellespont there to do the same feat done by ancient mythological Greek hero, Lysander. Close friend of the Shelleys.

Victor Hugo: French writer of the romantic and historic novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Romance: Early Horror Lord Byron was a close friend of the Shelleys. He encouraged Mary Shelley’s horror novel, _______ in 1818. Frankenstein

Romanticism: Romanticists were interested in (16) History , Legends/heroes, Folklore (popular stories); Celebrated powerful nature Dramatic action; Sought to stir strong emotions. mystery, melancholy, imagination, freedom, Nationalism/patriotism, naturalism, isolation, love, anger, irony

Romanticism was expressed in music: Ludwig van Beethoven: German music composer who was the first to use the new musical instruments available and many of them to create gigantic sounds. He combined classical techniques with romantic sounds to make audiences “see and feel” nature and emotion.

Music Poland-- Hungary, Pianist, incorporated folk tunes and dances brought out feelings he wanted in his audiences. His music often revolutionary against the control of Poland by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Frederic Chopin, Hungary, amused or saddened audience with the piano. Franz Liszt,

Other Romantics: Germany: fantasy poem, “Faust” English: www.levity.com;  German: Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe, Britain: contemporary novel, Jane Eyre Emily Bronte, Britain: historic novels of medieval knights, gallantry, chivalry….. Sir Walter Scott France: historic novel, The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas,

Realist writers France; France: Romanticist who switched genres and realist, wrote Les Miserables showing the hardships of poverty, revolution, and crime in Paris. Victor Hugo, France: wrote of middle class abuse of workers in the French mining industry, in Germinal. Emile Zola,

Landscape art used romantic themes. Britain: portrayed the grandness and power of nature, for good or bad. J M W Turner, France: portrayed events dramatically, often emphasizing revolution, “Liberty Leading the People”. Eugene de la Croix, samples

Realism: artists in this movement chose to show life as it was. These artists did not believe in romanticism. It often focused on the “down-side” (sad, depressed) of life, because it is more dramatic, many wanted to end the social evils going on at the time. Uncontrolled capitalism; EC: things like (4) Unsafe workplaces and slums Pollution Poverty disease

Painting Gustave Courbet: grey French painter. Thomas Eakins, US: Portrayed many aspects of French life. “The Stone Breakers” Thomas Eakins, US: Like many realists, subjects became more shocking….. “The Gross Clinic” samples

Realism and social criticism Uncontrolled capitalism was a theme of realist literature and painting. things like (6) Unsafe workplaces and slums Pollution Poverty Disease Homelessness Abandoned children

Charles Dickens: British author. Considered a “social critic” His novels, like Oliver Twist, showed the poverty of Britain to readers that shocked them. Considered a “social critic” Other social issues he criticized were child abuse urban crime. He used humor to entertain, but to also point out hypocrisy of the laissez-faire capitalists.

Louis Daguerre: French developer of photography. Early photos did not allow movement, so were not very dramatic. As cameras got faster, subjects could pose in any desired fashion.

Early Photography A contemporary of Louis Daguerre, _________, did similar work in England. William Fox Talbot Early photos did not allow movement, so were not very dramatic. As cameras got faster, subjects could pose in any desired fashion. ____________, US: photographed war for the first time, often posing people, some very famous, and corpses for dramatic impact. Mathew Brady

Impressionism: Artists in this genre attempt to capture the feelings of a particular moment, seeing a person or event, in their art. Looks realistic. Impressionists responded to the development of photography

Claude Monet: highly renown impressionist, France. Used visible brush strokes to emphasize light and color, “Impression Sunrise” The style was popular because it offered another way to see familiar subjects through art.

Impressionists _________, France, used a similar style; sample, “The Dancing Class” Edgar Degas _________, France, “Eugene Manet and His Daughter at Bougival” Berthe Morisot The style was popular because it offered another way to see familiar subjects through art.

Post Impressionism Post-impressionists took impressionism farther. Artists here went beyond the simple, calm moments of the impressionists; some explored deeper, disturbing psychological feelings in their works. _________, France, abandoned his family and France to live and paint in French Polynesia. Paul Gauguin, ____________, France, painted casual city life. Georges Seurat, Both used “dots” of paint to create their images. samples

Vincent van Gogh: Dutch; post-impressionist used sharp brushes and bright colors, creating “dreamlike” imagery. He did not worry about subjects looking real or even important. His colors often are intense and full of moodiness/passion. His progressive depression is reflected in his later works.

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What did he mean? P. 219 Gustave Courbet “I cannot paint an angel, because I have never seen one.”

What did he mean? P. 219 Gustave Courbet “I cannot paint an angel, because I have never seen one.” Answer: He preferred painting reality over fantasy and dreams. Why agree? A realist would say it is a waste of time imagining things that don’t exist, when so much art is present in things that DO exist. Why disagree? A romantic or impressionist would say that imagination opens the viewer up to their feelings and creativity. They would feel that viewers want to be taken to places or people that DO NOT exist.

Biography, 218 Question His music aroused strong emotions

Standards Check, 218 Question: They rebelled against the Enlightenment’s emphasis on reason and progress They focused on emotion and nature

Standards Check, 219 Question: Realism represented the realities of industrialization It rejected the romantic emphasis on imagination and sentiment

Standards Check, 220 Question: The realism of photography made some artists turn away from realistic painting

Image, 220 Question: Intense colors Bold brush strokes Effects of light

Thinking Critically, 221 #1. Used unmixed primary colors Visible brush strokes Idealized depictions of objects Subjects were sometimes off-center Figures were sometimes on the periphery of the canvas

Thinking Critically, 221, #2 Advantages Disadvantages Immediate connection between artist and subject Painters did not need to rely on sketches or memory to make the final work Painters could capture one scene at different times and in different lights At mercy of the weather Had to work more rapidly than in a studio

Brief Response How did works of literature and art like Charles Dicken’s novels make people aware of social issues?

Summary Write: Inventors, Innovations, Ideas (12 pts) 2 VLA standard paragraphs (+ a brief topic paragraph) Select an invention, inventor, or a scientific idea and describe how that advance helped the industrial age. Describe why you believe that advance is such a key development toward our modern post-industrial age. Cite information from the text. Due by end of the period.

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