ARTS208Class31.pptx

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