Chapter 30 19th Century Art In Europe And The United States 5

Chapter 30: 19th Century Art in Europe and the United States
Symbolism, Sculpture, Arts and Crafts, Art Noveau
Magister Ricard
AP Art History

Developments of Late 19th Century
Artists continued to build on the foundations laid by the Realists and Impressionists
Probing the inner mind of art, Post Impressionists established the foundation for Symbolists
Sculptors began to stray from copying reality towards exploring the inner essence of life
Wealthy patrons were hungry for innovative designs for interior spaces
Fin de siècle (end of the century) serves as a transition into Modernism of 20th century

What is Symbolism?

Who Were the Symbolists?
Inspired heavily by Goya’s black paintings and etchings
Inspired also by Gauguin’s work focused on inner visions
Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Henri Rousseau, and Edvard Munch
Like the Romantics, opposed values of rationalism and material progress
Explored non-material, emotion, imagination, spirituality
Accompanied by literature, Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
The Sacred Grove
1884oil on canvas2 ft. 11 1/2 in. x 6 ft. 10 in.

Odilon Redon
The Cyclops
1898oil on canvas2 ft. 1 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.

Gustave Moreau
Jupiter and Semele
ca. 1875oil on canvas7 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in.

Gustave Moreau
Oedipus and the Sphinx
1864oil on canvas81 1/4 x 41 1/4 in.

Henri Rousseau
The Sleeping Gypsy
1897oil on canvas4 ft. 3 in. 6 ft. 7 in.

Sculpture
Late 19th Century Art

Jean-BaptisteCarpeaux
Ugolino and His Children
1865-1867
marble6 ft. 5 in. high

Art Nouveau

What is Art Nouveau?
Got its name from a decorative art store in Paris, L’Art Nouveau
Influenced by Arts and Crafts Movement
Started in Britain as reaction to Industrial Revolution
Features organic designs – artwork that has qualities of organic life – plants, floral patterns, vines

Antonio Gaudi
Casa Milá
Barcelona, Spain
1907

Aubrey Beardsley
The Peacock Skirt for Oscar Wilde’s Salome
1894pen-and-ink illustration

Gustav Klimt
Death and Life
1908-11oil on canvas
70 1/8 x 78 in.

Louis Comfort Tiffany
Lotus Table Lamp
ca. 1905leaded favrile glass, mosaic and bronze2 ft. 10 1/2 in. high

Architecture

Conclusion
Symbolism grows out of the Post Impressionist’s style (Gauguin)
Sculpture, via Rodin, starts to move away from Neoclassical dogma and into modern convention
Arts and Crafts Movement reacts to Industrial Revolution
Art Nouveau grows as a continued response against industrialization, return to organic art
With new materials comes new architecture, cast iron gives birth to the idea of the skyscraper

Chapter 30 19th Century Art In Europe And The United States 5

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