realism a reaction to romanticism. not escapist. no idealization or sensationalism of subjects. its...

Realism• A reaction to Romanticism. Not escapist. No

idealization or sensationalism of subjects. It’s got a “hard edge.”

• 19th Century.• 1800-1874• Representation of real life. Facts of the modern

world as personally experienced. • Gods and goddesses and heroes are out. Peasants

and working class are in• Represented people as they saw them.• Used the medium itself to represent reality.

Honore Daumier. Third Class Carriage. 1862.

Working class passengers represented as dignified, despite the de-humanizing effect of modern mass transportation.

The Sower

Millet, Jean -Francois

1850 ca.

Again, focus on the quiet and sturdy dignityof the lower classes--peasant.

Before, peasants represented as doltish

Caillebotte, Rainy Day Paris (1870s)Technology--electric light; Hausmann’s reconstruction of Paris

Impressionism

• Closeness to nature.• Worked on the spot in nature rather than from

studios.• Capturing an instant or moment.• Interested in light and color.• Soft outlines. • Increased the brightness of the canvas.• Blurred unclean lines.

Manet, Bar at the Folies-Bergere1882

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Monet, Rouen Cathedral1892-94

Subject matter: Parisian street and café scenes, outdoors, seasidePurpose: to portray immediate visual sensations of a scene

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Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette 1876

DegasL'absinthe (The Glass of Absinthe 1876

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Manet, Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) 1863

SCANDALOUS!!! Why?

Pointillism

• Used small dots.

• Allowed the eye to blend the colors.

• No actual lines.

• Very calculated placement of colors.

• Careful composition of dots.

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Seurat, “Un dimanche après-midi à l'Ile de la Grande Jatte” 1884-86; ("Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte“)

Details and enlargements

Paul Gauguin. Tahitian Women on South Beach. 1891-92. Oil on canvas.

Vincent Van Gogh. Starry Night over the Rhone.

Claude Monet. Impression, Sunrise. 1872. Oil on canvas.

Vincent Van Gogh. Self Portrait with BandagedEar. 1889. Oil on canvas.

Vincent Van Gogh. Mme Roulin. 1889. Oil on canvas.

Vincent Van Gogh. Dr. Gachet. 1890. Oil on canvas.

Vincent van Gogh. Café Terrace. 1888Oil on canvas.

Vincent Van Gogh. The Night Café. 1888.Oil on canvas.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Moulin Rouge.1891. Lithograph.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. At The MoulinRouge. 1892.

Edgar Degas. Four Dancers. c. 1899. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington

Henri de Toulouse-LautrecRue des Moulins: The Medical Inspection.1894. Oil on cardboard

Expressionism

• Emphasis on emotion.• Over exaggerated figures.• Expressive concern for psychology.• Less concerned with objects.• More concerned with the effects produced.• Concern with personal experience.• Personal emotion.

Edvard Munch. Ashes. 1894. Oil on canvas.

Edvard Munch. The Scream. 1893. Oil on canvas.

Edvard Munch. Anxiety. 1895. Oil on canvas.

The Fauves:•Bold colors.•Exaggeration of forms.•Un relatable shapes and forms.•Classic subjects.

•Henri Matisse. Woman in aPurple Coat. 1937. Oil on canvas.

Henri Matisse. Decorative FigureOn and Ornamental Ground. 1926.Oil on canvas.

Andre Derain. The Bathers. 1907. Oil on canvas.