1. The -Isms Continue: Realism and Impressionism
Chapter 20 Day 2 of 3
Rebekah Scoggins
Art Appreciation
March 7, 2013

2. Realism
A style of art and literature that depicts ordinary existence without idealism, exoticism, or nostalgia
Dissatisfied with the Neoclassicist’ and Romantics’ attachment to mythical, exotic, extraordinary, and historical subjects.
Believed that art should deal with human experience and observation.
Saw dignity of ordinary things and common life.
Often highlighted the underrepresented, the lower classes; or scenes people were sometimes uncomfortable viewing.

3. Gustave Courbet. The Stone Breakers. 1849 (destroyed in 1945). Realism.
The Bridgeman Art Library International Ltd.

4. Portrait of Rosa Bonheur, 1856.
Picture Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

5. Rosa Bonheur. The Horse Fair. 1853–1855. Realism.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Photograph: © 1997 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

6. Thomas Eakins. The Gross Clinic. 1875. Realism.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary A. Williams, Photograph: Graydon Wood, 2000.

7. Henry Ossawa Tanner. The Banjo Lesson. 1893. Realism.
Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia.

8. Realism moves towards Impressionism

9. Édouard Manet. Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner Sur l'Herbe). 1863
Édouard Manet. Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner Sur l'Herbe) Realism.
Musée d’ Orsay, Paris. RMN Reunion des Musees Natioaux/Art Resource, NY.

10. Édouard Manet. Olympia. 1863. Realism.

11. Impressionism
Opposed academic doctrines and Romantic ideals and instead turned to portrayals of contemporary society.
Focused on two main themes: nature and contemporary city life.
Considered the art of industrialized, urban Paris.
Were interested in singular moments, impressions of those small amounts of time.
A nebulous group whose work varied artist to artist and were grouped together because they exhibited together in the 1870s & 80s.
Affirmed modern life
Saw the beauty of the world as a gift and the forces of nature as aids to human progress.

12. Claude Monet. Impression: Sunrise. 1872. Impressionism.
Musée Marmottan–Monet, Paris. The Bridgeman Art Library International Ltd.

13. Claude Monet. Impression: Sunrise (Detail). 1872. Impressionism.

14. Claude Monet. Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare St. Lazare. 1877
Claude Monet. Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare St. Lazare Impressionism.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, , The Art Institute of Chicago. Photograph: © The Art Institute of Chicago.

15. Claude Monet. Variations of St. Lazare Train Station. 1877
Claude Monet. Variations of St. Lazare Train Station Impressionism.

16. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Le Moulin de la Galette. 1876. Impressionism.
Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photograph: Art Resource, NY.

17. Edgar Degas. The Ballet Rehearsal. 1874. Impressionism.

18. Edgar Degas. The Ballet Rehearsal (Detail). 1874. Impressionism.
Kitagawa Utamaro. Reflected Beauty, Seven Beauties Applying Make-Up: Okita. c Woodblock Print. Ink on Paper.
Edgar Degas. The Ballet Rehearsal (Detail) Impressionism.

19. Mary Cassatt. The Boating Party. 1893–1894. Impressionism.
Chester Dale Collection. Photograph: © 2001 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1758)PA.

20. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. At The Moulin Rouge. 1892-95. Impressionism.