The Origins of Modern
Art
Ch.1
right side
James McNeill Whistler
Nocturne in Black and
Gold: The Falling Rocket
c. 1875
Oil on panel
23 × 18”
Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit
[Fig. 01-01]
Art Critic
John Ruskin
1819-1900
William Blake, Nebuchadnezzar, 1795.
Color print finished in ink and watercolor on paper, 21 × 28”
Tate, London. [Fig. 01-03]
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814.
Oil on canvas, 36 × 64”
Louvre, Paris. [Fig. 01-05]
Eugène Delacroix, The Lion Hunt, 1861.
Oil on canvas, 30-1⁄8 × 38-3⁄4”
The Art Institute of Chicago. [Fig. 01-08]
Théodore Géricault, Cheval Devoré par un Lion (Horse Devoured by a Lion),
1820–21. Lithograph; black lithographic ink on prepared “stone” paper,
10-13⁄16 × 14-9⁄16”
British Museum, London. [Fig. 01-04]
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, “This Is Worse,” Plate 37 from The
Disasters of War, 1810–11. Etching, 1863 edition, image 5 × 6-1⁄8”
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Fig. 01-07]
Théodore Rousseau, Edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, Sunset,
1850.
Oil on canvas, 55-7⁄8 × 77-7⁄8”
Louvre, Paris. [Fig. 01-12]
Jean-François Millet, The Angelus, 1857–59.
Oil on canvas, 21-1⁄2 × 25-7⁄8”
Musée d’Orsay, Paris. [Fig. 01-13]
Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Parliament,
1834–35.
Oil on canvas, 36-1⁄2 × 48-1⁄2” The Cleveland Museum of Art. Bequest of
John L. Severance. 1942.647. [Fig. 01-11]
Early Photography
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, An early daguerreotype, taken in the
artist’s studio, 1837. Société Française de Photographie, Paris.
[Fig. 02-01]
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, Boulevard du Temple, Paris, c. 1838.
Daguerreotype. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. [Fig. 02-06]
Julia Margaret Cameron
Unknown Girl, Ceylon
1875–79
Albumen print. J. Paul
Getty Museum,
Los Angeles
[Fig. 02-10]
Mathew Brady
Dead Soldier
Civil War
c.1863
Gelatin-silver print
Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
[Fig. 02-11]
Realism
Honoré Daumier, Rue Transnonain, April 15, 1834, published in
L’Association Mensuelle, July 1834.
Lithograph, 11-1⁄2 × 17-1⁄2”
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna. [Fig. 02-13]
Gustave Courbet, A Burial at Ornans,
1849–50.
Oil on canvas, 10’ 3-1⁄2” × 21’ 9”
Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
[Fig. 02-14]
Rosa Bonheur, Plowing in the Nivernais
1849
Oil on canvas
70-7⁄8 × 102-3⁄8”
Musée d’Orsay, Paris. [Fig. 02-16]
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Editor's Notes

  • #3 James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, c. 1875.Oil on panel, 23 × 18” (60.3 × 46.4 cm).Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. [Fig. 01-01]
  • #5 William Blake, Nebuchadnezzar, 1795.Color print finished in ink and watercolor on paper, 21 × 28” (54.3 × 72.5 cm).Tate, London. [Fig. 01-03]
  • #6 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814.Oil on canvas, 36 × 64” (91 × 162 cm).Louvre, Paris. [Fig. 01-05]
  • #7 Eugène Delacroix, The Lion Hunt, 1861.Oil on canvas, 30-1⁄8 × 38-3⁄4” (76.5 × 98.4 cm).The Art Institute of Chicago. [Fig. 01-08]
  • #8 Théodore Géricault, Cheval Devoré par un Lion (Horse Devoured by a Lion), 1820–21. Lithograph; black lithographic ink on prepared “stone” paper,10-13⁄16 × 14-9⁄16” (27.4 × 37 cm).British Museum, London. [Fig. 01-04]
  • #9 Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, “This Is Worse,” Plate 37 from The Disasters of War, 1810–11. Etching, 1863 edition, image 5 × 6-1⁄8” (12.8 × 15.5 cm).The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Fig. 01-07]
  • #10 Théodore Rousseau, Edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, Sunset, 1850.Oil on canvas, 55-7⁄8 × 77-7⁄8” (142 × 198 cm).Louvre, Paris. [Fig. 01-12]
  • #11 Jean-François Millet, The Angelus, 1857–59.Oil on canvas, 21-1⁄2 × 25-7⁄8” (55 × 66 cm).Musée d’Orsay, Paris. [Fig. 01-13]
  • #12 Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1834–35.Oil on canvas, 36-1⁄2 × 48-1⁄2” (92.7 × 123.2 cm). The Cleveland Museum of Art. Bequest of John L. Severance. 1942.647. [Fig. 01-11]
  • #16 Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, Boulevard du Temple, Paris, c. 1838.Daguerreotype. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. [Fig. 02-06]
  • #17 Julia Margaret Cameron, Mrs Herbert Duckworth, c. 1867.Albumen print, 13-3⁄8 × 9-5⁄8” (34 × 24.4 cm).International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. [Fig. 02-09]
  • #18 Julia Margaret Cameron, Unknown Girl, Ceylon, 1875–79.Albumen print. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. [Fig. 02-10]
  • #19 Mathew Brady, Dead Soldier, Civil War, c.1863.Gelatin-silver print. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 02-11]
  • #21 Honoré Daumier, Rue Transnonain, April 15, 1834, published in L’Association Mensuelle, July 1834.Lithograph, 11-1⁄2 × 17-1⁄2” (29.2 × 44.5 cm).Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna. [Fig. 02-13]
  • #22 Gustave Courbet, A Burial at Ornans, 1849–50.Oil on canvas, 10’ 3-1⁄2” × 21’ 9” (3.1 × 6.6 m).Musée d’Orsay, Paris. [Fig. 02-14]
  • #23 Rosa Bonheur, Plowing in the Nivernais, 1849.Oil on canvas, 70-7⁄8 × 102-3⁄8” (180 × 260 cm).Musée d’Orsay, Paris. [Fig. 02-16]