19th century art

1. 19th Century Art
Romanticism: Romanticism might best be described as
anticlassicism. A reaction against Neoclassicism, it is a deeply-felt
style which is individualistic, exotic, beautiful and emotionally
wrought. Great artists closely associated with Romanticism include
Caspar David Friedrich, John Constable, J.M.W. Turner and William
Blake.
Realism: Realism is an approach to art in which
subjects are depicted in as straightforward a
manner as possible, without idealizing them and
without following rules of formal artistic theory.
Wanderer above the
Sea of Fog,by Caspar
David Friedrich,
1818(romantism)
The great Realist era was the middle of the 19th century, as artists
became disillusioned with the artifice of the Salons
and the influence of the Academies. Realism came
closest to being an organized movement in France,
inspiring artists such as Camille Corot, Jean-Francois
Millet and the Barbizon School of landscape painters.
Impressionism: Impressionism is a light,
spontaneous manner of painting which began in France as a reaction
against the restrictions and conventions of the dominant Academic art.
Its naturalistic and down-to-earth treatment of its subject matter, most
commonly landscapes, has its roots in the French Realism of Camille
Corot and others. Impression: Sunrise, which was
singled out for criticism by Louis Leroy upon its exhibition. The core of
the earliest Impressionist group was made up of Claude Monet, Alfred
Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Post-Impressionism: Post-Impressionism is an umbrella term
that encompasses a variety of artists who were influenced by
Impressionism but took their art in other directions. There is no single
well-defined style of Post-Impressionism, but in general it is less idyllic
and more emotionally charged than Impressionist work. The classic Post-
Impressionists are Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Henri
Rousseau and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Pointillists and Les Nabis are
also generally included among the Post-Impressionists.
The Sin-le-Noble
Road near Douai, by
Jean-Baptiste-Camille
Corot, 1873(realism)
Water Lilies, by
Claude Monet, 1914-
17(impressionism)
The Siesta, by
Paul Gauguin,
1892-94(post-impressionism)