Art During the Industrial Revolution

Impressionism  - a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists. …Was: 1 . a reaction against industrialization and even photography 2. prominent during the 1870s and 1880s 3. characterized by the soft pastels, nature driven settings, pastoral living, creates impression rather then realism. 4. received harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. 5. The style derives its name from the title of a Monet work, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise)

Claude Monet 1824 - 1926

 Louis Leroyto coin the term in a satirical review published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari. Impression—I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it ... and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape.[12] Louis Leroy Le Charivari

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch painter from Netherlands Amsterdam. post-impressionist painter notable for its radiant colors , high emotional, swirling brush strokes. He struggled with mental illness, and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. Van Gogh died in France on July 29, 1890, at age 37, from a self- inflicted gunshot wound.

Van Gogh Monet

Georges Seurat (1859–1891) and Neo (new) -Impressionism ... pioneer of technique of painting in softly flickering, small dots or strokes of color, called Pointillism.

Romanticism - Cultural Movement During Industrial Revolution Romantic themes: Freedom, Imagination, sensuality, emotion and movement Appeals to emotion not reason! Drama – Movement – Not Realism

Romanticism

Photography / Captures life as is Joseph Nicephorus Niepce in the year 1814 1814.

Gramophone Records music for the masses Ludwig van Beethoven German Composer combined Romanticism and classical works adding strings and full orchestras Most known for 5th symphony Going deaf at the height of his career. Gramophone Records music for the masses Political Speeches

Realism - Movement during Industrial Era that depicts Life as it was Charles Dickens – a Christmas Carroll and Tale of Two Cities Often showed harsh existence of Life in industrial cities and class Class inequalities Oliver Twist

Pros and Cons of Industrial Revolution Enclosure – Better food supply Factory system More variety of products people could afford Inventions move communications global and at the speed of light Light bulbs light up homes and cities increasing business up to 24 hours less fires and pollution New Steel process and elevators allow for sky Scrapers and stronger ships Trains provide transcontinental transportation Steam Boats (Titanic) move people across oceans and no longer rely on wind. Many will start small business pursuit of happiness!!! Many feels he can overcome the natural world Con- Enclosures break up family farms Factory system replaces cottage industry ( breaks up families) Factory System (problems we known Urbanization - City overcrowding, sanitation, Tenement housing, pollution, crime New art in response to industrialization Titanic sunk Uneven distribution of wealth Rise of Marx Nature seems to always win!!