ART
Class 3: Romanticism and Realism
Romanticism
Romanticism:
A movement in the arts, culture, and literature that originated in the late 18th century and ended in the mid 19th century; it emphasized inspiration, subjectivity, glorification of/nostalgia for the past, and the primacy of the individual.
Romantic Painting: William Blake
Eugene Delacroix
Francisco de Goya
19th Century Realism
Gustave Courbet
New Artistic Mediums
Lithography:
The process of printing from a flat surface (a metal plate with a smooth surface) treated so as to repel the ink except where it is required for printing. It was invented in 1796, and can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material.
Photography:
The process of creating images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.
19th Century Photography
Thomas Eakins: Motion Studies
Thomas Eakins, 1880s: Standing Male Nude with Pipes
American Realist Painting: Thomas Eakins, 1899, Wrestlers
Manet: Olympia (1865)
Architecture in the 19th Century: Eiffel Tower
Statue of Liberty