The document provides an overview of the origins of modern art in the 19th century, including key artists and artworks from this period. It introduces James McNeill Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold painting. It also mentions art critic John Ruskin and provides images of works by William Blake, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Francisco de Goya, Théodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, and Joseph Mallord William Turner that were influential in the development of modern art. Additionally, it discusses early photography pioneers such as Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and Julia Margaret Cameron