Emerging Trends in Visual Arts in Modern Europe

Mr. GetzACP MoWo: Isms 2011-2012

Essential Questions:

How does art and the historical imagination reflect the reality of emerging modern societies?

What role does art have in stimulating European Culture?

Neoclassicism (1750-1850)

The Oath of Horatii, Jacques-Louis David, 1784

Neoclassicism cont…Panini - Ancient Rome, 1757

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789

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Death of Marat, Jacques-Louis David, 1793 QuickTime™ and a

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Romanticism (1800~1850)Beethoven, Carl Steiler, Caspar Friedrich, Wanderer above1819-1820 the Sea of Fog, 1818

Romanticism cont…Liberty Leading the People, Eugene

Delecroix, 1830

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Pair Task - 10 minutes

Now that you have seen a variety of art pieces that capitalize on cultural and historical

imagination, answer the following question:

How is Romantic or Neoclassical Art reflective of the different political movement of France,

Great Britain, and/or Russia?

Develop a thesis and three specific bullet points of supporting evidence to share with the class.

Realism (1830-1900)

Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, Gustave Courbet, 1854

Impressionism (1870-1900)Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

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Impressionism cont…Woman with a Parasol, Madame Monet in a Japanese Costume

Both: Calude Monet 1875

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Final Task

Like Romanticism and Neoclassicism, Impressionism and Realism are reflections of a Modern European shift of culture.

What does Realism and Impressionism suggest about the changing focus of European culture in the later half of the 19th century?

What do you think is responsible for this shift?