Arts in the Industrial Age Ch. 9 Sec. 4 Arts in the Industrial Age

Romanticism Cultural movement from 1750-1850 Reaction against the ideas of the Enlightenment Emphasized imagination, freedom and emotion Qualities of their works included direct language, intense feelings and glorification of nature

Artists Poets: Wordsworth, Blake, Byron Writer: Hugo was inspired by history, legend and folklore Composers: Beethoven used a new exciting range of sound Painters: broke free from the formal styles, used bold strokes and colors to capture the beauty and power of nature

Realism Art movement in the mid-1800s to counter romanticism Portray the world as it really was Rejected romantic beauty, make people aware of the often bleak life to promote change

Artists Writer: Dickens shocked readers with images of poverty, mistreatment of children and urban crime Painters: used ordinary working class men and women in their settings

Photography Developed by as a new art form by mid 1800s From stiff portraits, to fascination with faraway places, to grim realities of life Civil war battlefields, factories and slums

Impressionism Result of photography - why paint real subjects. Capture the first impression made by a scene on the viewers eye Visual impressions Familiar subjects in unfamiliar ways Monet Postimpressionsim - variety of styles Vincent van Gogh