 Arts in the Industrial Age Chapter 6 Section 4

Romantic Revolt Against Reason  Romanticism  Artistic style, emphasizing imagination, freedom and emotion  Simple direct language, intense feelings, glorification of nature  Reaction to neoclassical writers of the Enlightenment who stressed harmony, reason and emotional restraint  Realism

William Wordsworth “It is a beauteous evening, calm and free The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility” -William Wordsworth

Music and Emotions  Music attempted to stir deep emotions  Ludwig van Beethoven  Combined classical forms with a stirring range of sound  First to take full advantage of range of instruments

Call to Realism  Realism  The attempt to represent the world as it is, without the sentiment associated with romanticism  Ex: Harsh side of the cities  Wanted to improve conditions

The Novel--Realists  Charles Dickens  English novelist who vividly portrayed the lives of slum dwellers and factory workers, including children  Ex: Oliver Twist  Victor Hugo  French novelist who moved from romantic to realist novels  Revealed how hunger drove a good man to crime  Ex: Les Miserables  Emile Zola—Novel about class warfare in the French mining industry  Henrick Ibson—Realist plays for stage

Visual Arts  Louis Daguerre  Improved earlier technologies to produce successful photographs  Impressionists—Rooted in Paris, reaction to photography  Claude Monet  An impressionist who brushed strokes of color side by side without bleeding  Postimpressionists—Painters who developed a variety of styles  Vincent van Gogh—Dutch painter who experimented with sharp brush lines and bright colors

Louis Daguerre

Van Gogh

Monet