realism naturalism in the service of?. jean-baptiste-camille corot the bridge at mantes 1868-70
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Realism
Naturalism
In the service of?
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot The Bridge at Mantes 1868-70
Wilhelm LeiblThree Women in a Village Church, 1878-1882
Wilhelm LeiblHead of a Peasant Woman, 1879
Jean-Francois MilletThe Gleaners, 1857
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 MilletThe Winnower, 18487
Jean-Francois MilletTrussing Hay, 1850
Rosa BonheurThe Horse Fair, 1853-1855
Rosa BonheurPlowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines, 1849
Bonheur is an academic painter: smooth illusionism, conservative themes, balanced compositional scheme; Bonheur offers the viewer a reassuring image of the continuity of agrarian life.
How different are these two images in their argument?
John Constable The Hay-Wain 1821
Gustave CourbetThe Stone Breakers, 1849
Vincent Van Gogh The Potato Eaters 1885
Gustave Courbet
Gustave CourbetBurial at Ornans
1849-50
Gustave Courbet Young Ladies by the River Seine 1856-57
Honore Daumier photograph by Nadar
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
Thomas Couture Romans of the Decadence 1847
Raphael The School of Athens 1509
Édouard Manet photographed by Bertha Morisot
Édouard Manet Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868
Édouard Manet
The Balcony, 1868–1869