1. Realism

2. This movement was reacting against the established art of the time … The word “realism” with a small ‘r’ refers to any artwork that attempts to copy how we perceive the world (as in, optical realism). “Realism” with a capital ‘R’ refers a specific movement of art that occurred, mainly in France, in the mid-1800s.

3. Napoleon Crossing the Alps, David

4. Death of the Sardanapolus, Delacroix

5. Algerian Women, Delacroix

6. Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849

7. Rosa Bonheur, Plowing at Nivernais, 1850

8. Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1853

10. Jean Francois Millet, The Sower, 1858

12. Millet, The Gleaners, 1857

13. Honore Daumier, Third Class Carriage, 1862

14. Daumier, Rue Transnonain, 1868

15. Honore Daumier, Gargantuaç

16. Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863

17. Ingres, Odalysque with a Slave, 1840

18. Edouard Manet, Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868

19. Edouard Manet, Bar at the Follies-Bergeres, 1883 Realist artists were concerned with: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from and ahead of mainstream culture.

20. Impressionism

21. Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise; 1872

22. The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment

23. The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake

24. The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from and ahead of mainstream culture.

25. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral; 1892 - 1894

26. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used)

27. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera

28. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera

29. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera

30. Not allowed to show their art in The Salon, the annual showing of French art in Paris, the Impressionists began to show their artworks independently from the Art establishment – truly avant garde!