Technology, Art, and Culture During the 19th Century Scientific Advances, Romanticism, and Realism
Scientific Advances Louis Pasteur: Germ Theory of Disease Improved the quality of life for people living in industrial cities Michael Faraday: Electrical Generator Produce electricity through steam power Charles Darwin: On the Origin of Species Evolution, natural selection Social Darwinism Scientific advances caused by industrial revolution reduced the influence of religion: secularization
Romanticism Has nothing to do with “romance” or love Importance of emotion and feelings rather than reason or intellect Importance of the individual, especially the heroic individual in an exotic location Importance of nature, not controlled by man Response to . . . . How linked to industrial revolution?
Examples: Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog
The Third of May 1808
Realism Late 19th Century Represent ordinary people and the “real” world the way it actually is Response to . . . . How linked to industrial revolution?
The Stone Breakers
The Salmon Fisher