Art of the Later 19th Century

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Art of the Later 19th Century Realism (mid 19th
century) Impressionism (1860-1880) Post-Impression
ism (1880-1905)

• Modern Art
• Modernism
• captures images sensibilities of the age
• artists critical examination of premises
  of art itself

• Positivism
• Darwinism
• Social Darwinism
• Marxism/Socialism
• Rapid Change

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Realism Mid 19th Century
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Courbet, Burial at Ornans, 1849
Gericault, Raft of the Medusa, 1819
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Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849
Salon of 1850 Pavilion of Realism
avant-garde
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Millet, The Gleaners, 1857
Barbizon School
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Millet, The Angelus, 1858
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Daumier, Rue Transnonian, c. 1862
lithograph
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Daumier, The Third-Class Carriage, c. 1862
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Daumier, The Revolt, 1850
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Manet, Le Déjeuner sur lherbe (Luncheon on the
Grass), 1863
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Giorgione, Pastoral Symphony, c. 1508
Manet, Le Déjeuner sur lherbe (Luncheon on the
Grass), 1863
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Manet, Olympia, 1863
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Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538
Manet, Olympia, 1863
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ukiyo-e
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Bouguereau, Nymphs and Satyr, 1873
salon piece
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American Realists Winslow Homer
Croquet, 1866
Breezing Up, 1876

• nature
• genre paintings of rural life
• water sea scenes
• watercolors

Sloop Nassau, 1866
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American Realists Thomas Eakins
Biglen BrothersRacing, 1873
The Gross Clinic, 1875

• Human figure anatomy
• Sports paintings
• Multiple exposure photography