Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-impressionist

Go beyond capturing fleeting moments Last 2 decades of the 19th century Term given by gallerists who organized a show Group of Avant Garde New ways of representing the world Modernism (realism, impressionism, and post-impressionism): all of the movements that come in the second half of the nineteenth century challenging break traditions Tradition consisted of salons New Style→ Abstraction Subject: Modern life 1880s and 1890s 2 groups/trends emerged Experiment with expressive qualities of color and line Scientific properties of color and line

Post-Impressionism

focuses on actuality in contrast to idealized, fictionalist Romanticism shows low working class people industrial revolution starts during the mid 19th century in urban areas in Europe Communist Manifesto (1848) → same year realism was founded Proletariat will rise (the working class will rise) and seize/take over production → calling for equalization of classes Results in upper middle class known as Bourgeoisie They don't inherit their money but earn it (factory owners etc) Courbet writes Manifesto of Realism actual life and experiences (only things they could see) The subject matter not the style No historical, mythological, or religious scenes Ex. Ragpicker unbiased Only sometimes optically realistic

Realism

Early 18th century - mid 18th century c. 1715-1760s features light hearted subjects often aristocrats engaged in frivolous pursuits scenes often reflect the privileged lives of aristocracy leisure times inherited money taking place in nature style light and soft visible brush work pastel colors LOVED NATURE

Rococo

late 18th century featuring broad range of subjects emphasizes EMOTION imagination Art movement that occurred early 19th c that featured broad range of subjects from contemporary and historical events, landscapes, often metaphorical, always stressing emotion Also an interest in the imagination

Romanticism

Structure compositions Patches of pure color which define volumetric forms in nature Underlying forms in nature: cylinder,cone and sphere Radical: Multiple viewpoints and multiple planes results in... (below) Skewed or distorted perspective

Cezanne

made under French Royal art academy Art academy established under louis xiv Represents art world in France Yearly exhibitions-salon Art first submitted to art academy who rejects or accepts Accepted art put on view for sale in salons Rules: 1. Art must be optically realistic 2. Most valued scenes are mythological or historical French Royal Academy Sponsors academic art Hosted yearly salons where art is on sale Rules about art exhibited at the salons Historical or mythological subjects Had to have optical realism-polished, no brushwork Female nudes (object for the male's gaze) Fictional Idealized Passive Size Large paintings had to be history painting

Academic Art

Driving philosophy during 18th century New way of thinking critically about the world Importance of science and learning Art movement that occured mid-late 18th c that feautured serious subjects concerning Enlightenment values such as science and knowledge, patriotism, moral virtue, clasical subjects Style: optical realism, sharply delineated forms Mid-late 18th century movement Often use subject from classical antiquity, a classical value features serious subjects often exposing moral virtues: patriotism Rejection of Rococo, reject frivolity harsher lines, no pastel colors Embedded with enlightenment values Patriotism : self sacrifice Optical realism

Age of Enlightenment and Neoclassicism

Goal: move away from optical realism, wanted to capture the transience of life, capture fleeting moments and atmospheric conditions Reflects fast-moving life A movement that develops in Paris in the 1870s and 80s Subject matter : Urban (cities), landscape and leisure Industrialism People move to cities Paris is renovated Industrial revolution → big cities which provide sense of appreciation of technology as well as convenience and modern life itself Avant Garde -being experimental No homogeneous style Modernism - umbrella term for movements in 2nd half of 19th c Artists are challenging tradition (the french academy) New style → abstraction Subject: modern life Covers realism, impressionism and post impressionism and more... 2 trends: Scientific properties of color and form Expressive qualities of color, form and line

Impressionism