Realism Naturalism In the service of?
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot The Bridge at Mantes 1868-70 Corot used naturalism to inspire an almost religious reverence in his viewer; the carefully described scene is intended to transport the viewer. The more real the scene appears, the more power with which nature is invested. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot The Bridge at Mantes 1868-70
Wilhelm Leibl Three Women in a Village Church, 1878-1882
Wilhelm Leibl Head of a Peasant Woman, 1879
Jean-Francois Millet The Gleaners, 1857 What is gleaning? Millet transforms the peasants into heroic figures, but is it “okay” to make such extreme poverty beautiful or heroic?
According to Millet, the event depicted in Masaccio’s fresco led to the scene which Millet so beautifully describes. The fall of man has caused man to toil for his bread.
Jean-Francois Millet The Winnower, 18487
Jean-Francois Millet Trussing Hay, 1850
Rosa Bonheur The Horse Fair, 1853-1855
Rosa Bonheur Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines, 1849 Bonheur is an academic painter: smooth illusionism, conservative themes, balanced compositional scheme, reassuring image of the continuity of agrarian life. Rosa Bonheur Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines, 1849
How different are these two images in their argument? July Limbourg Brothers (Paul, Herman, Jean) Tres Riches Heures 1413-1416
Gustave Courbet The Stone Breakers, 1849 The Stonebreakers 1849 oil on canvas, 165 x 257 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (destroyed) Gustave Courbet The Stone Breakers, 1849
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet Burial at Ornans 1849-50 Gustave Courbet Burial at Ornans 1849-50 oil on canvas, 315 x 668 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris Gustave Courbet Burial at Ornans 1849-50
Gustave Courbet Young Ladies by the River Seine 1856-57 oil on canvas, 174 x 206 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Paris
Honore Daumier The Third-Class Carriage, c. 1862
Honore Daumier photograph by Nadar Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
Édouard Manet Olympia, 1863
Titian Venus of Urbino, c. 1538
Édouard Manet photographed by Bertha Morisot
Édouard Manet Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1863
Édouard Manet A Bar at the Folies-Bergère 1882
Édouard Manet Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868 Édouard Manet
19th century Japanese print by Utamaro
Édouard Manet Boating, 1874
Édouard Manet The Balcony, 1868–1869 Édouard Manet