Art Reflecting Reform and Society Chapter 23: Sections 4 and 5

Darwinism - Nietzsche (nee-chez) “God is dead.” He wrote Thus Spake Zarathustra . Idea of new God – a man who is a Superman. Eternal recurrence can occur now. - Neitzsche believed violence, danger, and war just as good as kindness because out of that chaos rose Superman From this you get new philosophers such as (Jim Morrison was an avid follower of Nietzsche – he read him when he was a teenager and often quoted Nietzsche.)

Where do you usually see these changes in mankind’s ideas of what society is and what society ought to do? The arts. Music, literature, philosophy, politics, etc.

Christo and his wife Jean Claude- this is art. He created large exhibits to make people think. This was in NY Central Park around 2004. This is just a side comment- you don’t have to know this for a test

Enlightenment’s faith in Reason Which Leads To The Romantic mov’t’s rejection of Reason and its emphasis on nature and primitive man Which Leads To The stark Realism and a deep pessimism

Enlightenment’s faith in Reason Which Leads To The Romantic mov’t’s rejection of Reason and its emphasis on nature and primitive man

Romantic Art Francisco Goya: Saturn Eating Cronus See, rejecting reason and emphasizing the primitive nature of man

Enlightenment’s faith in Reason Which Leads To The Romantic mov’t’s rejection of Reason and its emphasis on nature and primitive man Which Leads To The stark Realism and a deep pessimism

The Romantic mov’t’s rejection of Reason and its emphasis on nature and primitive man Which Leads To The stark Realism and a deep pessimism

Which Leads To The stark Realism and a deep pessimism Impressionism - a softer, emotional view of man

Impressionism Monet: Impression, Sunrise

Reactions to Realism Van Gogh: Starry Night

Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism? IMPRESSIONISM!

Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism? POST-IMPRESSIONISM!

Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism? ROMANTICISM!

Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism? IMPRESSIONISM!

Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism? REALISM!

Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism? IMPRESSIONISM!

Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, or Post-Impressionism? POST-IMPRESSIONISM!