Arts in the Industrial AgeI can compare Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism

Romanticism Was a reaction to the political and social

times, Emotion over Reason, Senses over Intellect

Didn’t reject reason, just believed in the importance of emotion too.

Key idea: each individual has a unique personality from birth.

Key descriptors: Imagination, Freedom, Mystery, Exotic, Nature, Inner Struggles

Realism An attempt to portray life exactly as it

was without sentiment Common everyday world was purest

source of inspiration Often focused on harsh realities of the

Industrial era

Thomas Eakins’s 1875 painting The Gross Clinic – medical students learning by performing autopsies

Jean-Francois Millet, The Gleaners, 1857

Honore Daumier, The Third-Class Carriage, 1862

Impressionism

Reaction to development of photography

Its aim was to SUGGEST rather than DESCRIBE

Reflected the chaos of the Industrial era Impressionists rejected studios in favor

of the countryside.

Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872

Monet, Saint Lazare Train Station, 1877

Edgar Degas, The Dancing Class

Monet, Rouen Cathedral