THE WORLD OF THE 1800S

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THE WORLD OF THE 1800S
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MEDICINE AND POPULATION

• POPULATION INCREASES BECAUSE OF LOWER DEATH RATE
• BETTER FARMING FOOD STORAGE
• 1870 LOUIS PASTEUR SHOWS LINK BETEWEEN GERMS AND
  DISEASE
• DEVELOPED VACCINE FOR RABIES AND PASTEURIZATION
• AS PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THE LINK BETWEEN DISEASE AND
  GERM PEOPLE CHANGE AND BATHE MORE

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STRUGGLES OF THE WORKING CLASS

• HARSH CONDITIONS OF INDUSTRIAL LIFE.
• ANY PROGESS WAS OPPOSED BY OWNERS AND GOVERNMENT
• REFORMS, ALL MEN GET RIGHT TO VOTE,
• WORKERS WON RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, UNIONS
• LABOR UNIONS HELP TO RAISE STANDARD OF LIVING

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WOMENS RIGHTS

• WANTED FAIRNESS IN MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND PROPERTY
  LAWS
• WOMEN BARRED FROM MOST SCHOOLS
• PEOPLE WOMEN WERE TO EMOTIONAL TO BE ALLOWED TO
  VOTE
• PUBLIC EDUCATION IMPROVES AND LEADS TO BETTER
  HIGHER EDUCATION
• 1840S MARKS OPENING OF WOMENS ONLY COLLEGES IN
  UK AND US.

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DARWINISM

• BRITISH NATURALIST
• PUBLISHED ON THE ORIGINS OF SPECIES
• CREATED THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
• Believed in Malthus theory
• Believed over time selection would create whole
  new species
• Thought than man evolved from lower species
• Ignited furious debate like Galileo and
  Copernicus
• Undermined belief of god and the soul

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THE SCREAM, MUNCH

• EXPRESSIONISM
• EDVARD MUNCH
• PORTRAYS INNER TURMOILS OF SUBJECTS
• EXPRESSION IDEAS AND EMOTIONS

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LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE, DELACROIX

• ROMANTICISM IN ART
• REBEL AGIANST ENLIGHTENED IDEA OF REASON
• PAINTED MANY SUBJECTS
• BRIGHT COLORS CONVEYED VIOLENT ENERGY AND EMOTION
• GODDESS OF LIBERTY CARRIES FRENCH FLAG

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BURNING OF THE PARLIAMENT, TURNER
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ROMANTICS IN LITERATURE

• EMPHASIS ON FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS.
• PREFERRED THE MIDDLE AGES (AGE OF FAITH) OVER
  EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AGE OF REASON
• FELT STIFLED BY RIGID RULES OF CLASSICALISM
• MANY FAMOUS WRITERS COME OUT OF THIS PERIOD. LORD
  BYRON (DON JUAN) JOHN KEATS (POETRY),
• DUMAS THE THREE MUSKETEERS, COUNT OF MONTE
  CRISTO.
• VICTOR HUGO, NOTRE DAME OF PARIS, LATER CHANGED
  TO REALIST STYLE LES MISERABLES

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REALISM, WYETH
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REALISM MOVES IN

• AN ATTEMPT TO REPRESENT THE WORLD AS IT WAS
• LOOKED AT THE HARSHER SIDE OF LIFE
• CHARLES DICKENS
• VICTOR HUGO
• COURBET I CAN NOT PAINT AN ANGEL BECAUSE I HAVE
  NEVER SEEN ONE

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THE ARTIST STUDIO, COURBET
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IMPRESSIONISTS

• PAINTERS MOVED AWAY FROM REALISM WITH THE
  DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMERA
• TOOK ART IN A NEW DIRECTION
• WANTING TO CAPTURE THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF A
  SCENE OR OBJECT
• TOOK ROOT IN PARIS
• USED NEW TECHNIQUES OF PAINTING

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PISSARRO
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RENOIR,
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SUNRISE, MONET
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DEGAS
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VAN GOGH,
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CROWS IN A WHEATFIELD
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SEURAT,