18 th & 19 th century artistic innovations. changes in western society industrial revolution in...
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18TH & 19TH CENTURY ARTISTIC INNOVATIONS
CHANGES IN WESTERN SOCIETY
• Industrial Revolution in England• Political rebellion• U.S. Revolutionary War• French Revolution• Traditional systems where power was held by the
aristocracy or members of the Church were destroyed
• Shift from agrarian culture to industrial progress• Increased global trade and colonialism• The Enlightenment – moved from understandings
based on myth, religion, or tradition to scientific questioning and reasoning.
CHANGES IN ART
• Art is a cultural product and reflects the society of its time.• Moved from Rococo to Romanticism to
Neoclassicism to Realism to Impressionism • New technology – iron in architecture,
photography, paint in collapsible metal tubes
IRON BRIDGE
• Iron = most important material exploited during the Industrial Revolution in England.
• The Iron Bridge by Abraham Darby III and Thomas Pritchard is an icon of the age. One of the few to survive today.
SILK
• Developed by the Chinese• Silk is a central
aspect to Chinese culture and economics• Production was
controlled by the ruling class• Annual silkworm
sacrifice and reeling of cocoons – imperial ceremony presided over by the empress.
• Primary use in art has been as a textile
EMPEROR’S TWELVE-SYMBOL ROBE
• Produced during Qing Dynasty• 12 Symbols: sun,
moon, constellation, mountain, dragons, bird, cups, water weed, millet, fire, ax, & symmetrical “fu” symbol.• AKA Dragon Robe –
symbol of authority
PHOTOGRAPHY
• Cameras evolved from the use of the camera obscura – tracing image projected• Joseph Niepce
produced the oldest surviving photograph in 1826(or 1827).
• Photography was widely considered a “science” not an “art” in the mid-1800’s.
OPHELIA, STUDY NO. 2
• Julia Margaret Cameron• Strove to elevate
photography as an art by combining the “real and ideal.”
• Many of her works were based on literature.
• Meant to exemplify Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
IMPRESSIONISM
• Artistic movement that originated in France in the late 1800s.• Artists were
concerned with painting the world around them (realism).• Painted scenes as a
“glancing view.”
COLLAPSIBLE METAL TUBES
• Prior to 19th Century painters mixed their own paint• Ready-made paint stored in pig bladders then
syringes• Metal Tubes made painting “transportable”
(1841)
LA GARE SAINT-LAZARE
• Monet• Subject: train
station renovated under the Haussmannization program in Paris• Monet painted 12
different views of this station – they show a variety of light and steam effects
AND … ONE MORE STORY
Choose 1 of the selected pieces of artwork and compose a short story inspired by it. Keep in mind the history behind the piece.
20TH CENTURY ARTISTIC INNOVATIONS
YOUR TASK
• With a partner, you will create a poster on one of the selected pieces of art found in the USAD resource packet.• You must include a picture of the piece, background,
innovation seen in the piece, biography of the artist, and analysis of the piece.• You may choose from:• Carson, Pirie, Scott Building• Still-Life with Chair Caning by Picasso• Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist) by Jackson Pollock• Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol• Miki No Inori by Mariko Mori