Categories: All - symbolism - romanticism - realism - urbanization

by Lori Menchaca 14 years ago

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Art Styles in Late 19-century Europe and America

The late 19th century was a period of significant transformation in Europe and America, marked by rapid industrialization and urbanization. This era saw the rise of various art movements that sought to capture the essence of the changing times.

Art Styles in Late 19-century Europe and America

Post-Impressionism

Impressionism and modernity used as starter for individual expression

Post-Impressionist artists did not share a unified style or approach to their art work

Social Revoltions

Subtopic

These conditions led to many social revolutions

with the invention of the camera, it was easy to see the current working and living conditions of the factory workers

Symbolism

Artists address irrational fears, desires, and impulses of the human mind (Stokstad, 1001)

"Fascination with the dark recesses of the mind" (Stokstad, 1001)

Industrial Revolution

Impressionism

Developed as a result of boycotting the Académie des Beaux-Arts

Scientific emphasis on optical properties of light and color

Loose, "unfinished brushstrokes

Industrialization and Urbanization

Realism

Often rejected as unacceptable work

Objective descritions of the ordinary

Accurate

Photography

Camera Obscura developed

Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History, Volume Two, Fourth Edition. Pearson, 2011. (pps. 915, 1001).

Darwinism

Led to Social Darwinism

Art Styles in Late 19-century Europe and America

Romanticism

Opera of Paris
Paris City Restorations
Historicism
"Celebrates the individual subject and the subjective" (Stokstad, 915)