ART 1850-1900

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ART 1850-1900
realism Symbolism Impressionism
Post-
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Photography
Not just a new way of making images . . . a new
way of seeing
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Roger Fenton (British, 18191869)Reclining
Odalisque, 1858
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Matthew Brady or staff, Dead Confederate Soldier
with Gun, Petersburg, Virginia1865
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Gustave Le Gray (French, 18201884)The Great
Wave, Sète, 185659
Informed by painterly values A trick image
assembled from 2 negatives
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Realism not just realistic
What is being realistically depicted?
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Adolphe-WilliamBouguereau, Nymphs Satyr 1873
ACADEMY OK!
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Manet, Le Dejeuner sur lherbe, 1863
ACADEMY NOT OK!
Grouping similar to a work by Raphael
p. 353
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Giorgione, Pastoral Concert, 1509
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COURBET, GustaveA Burial at Ornans, 1849-1850,
Oil on canvas, 10 3 1/2" x 21' 9 HUGE
p. 352
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COURBET, GustaveSeacoast1865Oil on canvas21
1/8 x 25 1/4 in
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CAILLEBOTTE, GustaveParis A Rainy Day, 1877,
Oil on canvas, 83 1/2 x 108 3/4"
p. 348 Ch. 13.1
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Gustave Caillebotte, Fruit Displayed on a Stand,
1882, 30x40in
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Manet, EdouardA Bar at the Folies-Bergeres1881-8
2, Oil on canvas, 37 3/4 x 51 1/4 in
p. 370
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detail
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Renoir, Pierre-AugusteLe Moulin de la
Galette1876, Oil on canvas, 51 5/8 x 68 7/8 in
p. 374
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Impressionism

• 1874 exhibition
• Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Cassatt, Morisot, others
  (see p. 374)
• sought to capture fleeting effects of light and
  color (p. 374)
• used color theory
• open air, rather than studio painting
• direct application of unmixed colors

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Monet, Impression Sunrise, 1872
p. 371
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MONET, ClaudeBoulevard des Capucines1873Oil on
canvas31 1/4 x 23 1/4"
p. 358
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Monet, The Water Lilly Pond, 1899
What are the differences between background and
foreground in this work?
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Monet, St. Lazare Station, 1877
not in text compare p. 372
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Hokusai, KatsushikaThe Great Wave Off
KanagawaFrom "Thirty-six Views of Mount
Fuji"1823-29Color woodcut10 x 15 in.
p. 373
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Other Japanese print examples(Hiroshige, from
"One Hundred Famous Views of Edo)
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Cassatt, The Boating Party, 1893-94
p. 374
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Morisot, BertheMarine(The Harbor at Lorient),
1869Oil on canvas (17 1/2 x 28 3/4")
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Berthe Morisot View of Paris from the Trocadéro,
1872 oil on canvas, 18 x 32 in
At 1874 show
p. 372
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Alfred Sisley, The Chemin de By through Woods at
Roches-Courtaut, St. Martin's Summer, 1880
not in text
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Odilon Redon,Beatrice 1885example of
Symbolism dream imagery
not in text
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Post-Impressionism

• 1880-1900
• extended impressionist techniques
• various steps toward modernist painting
• (some works) less spontaneous, more composed
• the picture dissolves into planes, brushstrokes,
  etc. a consciousness of artistic techniques

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Cezanne, PaulApples, Peaches, Pears, and
Grapesc. 1879-80, Oil on canvas, 15 1/8 x 18 1/4
in
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Cezanne, PaulApples and Oranges Pommes et
orangesc. 1899, Oil on canvas, 29 1/8 x 36 5/8
in
p. 376
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CEZANNE, Mont Sainte-Victoire (Le Mont
Sainte-Victoire) 1902-04 Oil on canvas 27 1/2 x
35 1/4 in
p. 377
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SEURAT, GeorgesA Sunday Afternoon on the Island
of La Grande Jatte, 1884-86, Oil on canvas
p. 376
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Seurat, GeorgesThe Side ShowDetail1888Oil on
canvas39 3/4 x 59 1/8 in
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Gauguin, PaulSelf-portrait with Halo1889Oil on
wood79.6 x 51.7 cm
p. 377
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VAN GOGH, VincentThe Starry Night1889, Oil on
canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 in
p. 379
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Winslow Homer, High Cliff, Coast of Maine, 1894
not in text
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p. 369
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RODIN The Gates of Hell

• Located at Stanford Art Museum
• 1 of 5 in existence
• Originally conceived in 1880
• doorways for the Museum of Decorative Arts in
  Paris (never built)

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Rodin, AugusteStriding Man1877-1900Plaster34
inches high
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Rodin, AugusteIris, Messenger of the
Gods1890Bronze37 1/2 x 34 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
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Summary

• realism a change in subject matter, a response
  to contemporary urban life
• The picture starts to fall apart
• painting as an inquiry into how we see what we
  see
• Sculpture as gesture

Note do not confuse Manet with Monet
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Monet, Impression Sunrise, 1872
p. 371
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VAN GOGH, VincentThe Starry Night1889, Oil on
canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 in
POST-
p. 379
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Manet, Le Dejeuner sur lherbe, 1863 -- REALISM
p. 353