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interior of a First Class Carriage

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Daumier, 1864 cooler tones unbothered, relaxed good posture

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Millet, 1857 Moving from crisp brush strokes to softer ones working the land not ugly at first glace

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Courbet 1848-1855 Courbet is painting in the middle he is watched with admiration by a little boy and a nude woman (his muse) Divided on two on the right: Courbet's friends, artists and writers (people who depend on their talent) 30 figures total

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``` Courbet 1849 Very sharp/ harsh outlines torn clothes more about the labour compared to Millet Older man and younger boy Can't see their face so its not about individuality not heroic critics found this too crude. ```

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Courbet 1849-1850 Courbet's great uncle's burial was accepted by The Salon but was very controversial Used people at the funeral as models instead of professionals Not theatrical like in Romanticism "The Burial at Ornan is actually the burial of Romanticism" - Courbet

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Manet, 1863 Bridging realism and impressionism interested in the freedom realism brings to painting casual setting, taking place in Bois de Boulogne Manet is known for prostitutes and ilisite activities. Figures are identifiable, his brother, brother-in-law and Victorine, Manet's main model) Not idealized Visible brush strokes, some areas look unfinished

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founded in 1863 Art exhibition help by command of Napoleon III pieces were ridiculed but people were curious

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``` Manet 1865 Model is Victorine She is not pretending to be Venus Olympia was a name known in prostitution Choker and shoes represent prostitution-- walking the streets Cat symbolizes sexuality Nude is accepted but naked is not ```

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Manet 1881-1882 Standing in front of a mirror( the mirror is behind her) Most popular venue in Paris for entertainment Real woman her name is Suzon

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In 1880 the Kodac camera made photography accessible First tool for making images available to everyone. Big controversy over photography as a document vs art

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Late 19th and early 20th century international style and aesthetic movement that dominated photography promoted photography as a fine art Creating an emotional impact

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Pictorialist group in the US that Gertrude Kasebier was a part of.

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Kasebier 1915

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``` 1850-1860 medieval subjects stylized female archetype contorted/ twisting bodies highly decorative setting close attention to detail painting outside to be true to nature ```

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Millais, 1852

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Waterhouse 1888 Based on a poem written by Tennyson About this cursed lady that can't look outside directly. But one day she looks outside to look at Lancelot So before she dies she goes on the boat 3 candles- holy trinity/ death

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1860- late 18th century Away from politics focus on genre paintings (leisure, landscape) inspiration from photography interest in light and how it changes interest in society(café culture, flaneur, the home)

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``` Renoir, 1876 glimpse of a leisure activity Some people are identifiable focus on light/ shadows visible brush strokes ```

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Degas, 1883-1885 He focused a lot on dance, especially ballet Seems spontaneous but is actually super posed

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Monet, 1894 Most influential painter in Impressionism Plein-air paintings effect of light was very important to him

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Pissarro, 1898 Very dynamic influence of photography showed by the half horse on the bottom bird's eye view: different perspective

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Morisot, 1872 A lot of colours within the white Very thought out composition

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Morisot 1873 | reading shows intelligence

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Morisot, 1875 | Very dynamic, sketchy

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Cassatt, 1879 Form Pennsylvania but moved to Paris to pursue art Decided not to marry early feminist

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Cassatt, 1893-1894 interesting division of colour very high horizon line Focus on the woman and her child even though the man is closer and bigger

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An interest in Japanese art and culture that came about in Europe in the 19th century composition is not necessarily symmetrical

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``` 1603-1867 Japanese art mouvement means pictures of the floating world Soft calligraphic line drawing flat area of colour ```

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Utamaro, late 1700 The Black spot typical subject matter

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1890-1910 international decorative style encompasses all design arts and product design organic plantlike line - elegant/graceful inspired by the female form total work of art- everything can be art nouveau

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new female archetype joie de vivre hourglass figure pre-raphaelite type of hair

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``` Chéret, 1893 Father of the modern poster focus on the female figure Woman is an American Actrice and modern dancer Involved in burlesque and vaudeville ```

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Toulouse-Lautrec, 1891 Working along the same lines as Chéret Born in the aristocracy, was a lot into the nightlife Had a successful painting career so when he shifted to posters it gave more credibility to the movement La Goulue is the dancer

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Mucha, 1897 Very representative of the style Period in France where you could say Art Nouveau or le style Mucha Ad for a beer- can see the natural ingredients in the back At the bottom, we can see the brewery

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Late 19th century 2 main trends: formal and emotional interests in bright colours and clear brushstrokes

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``` Cézanne, 1875-1877 Apple-- Adam and Eve Structured abstraction can see the process of pilling colours Cézanne knew that it wasn't accepted The natural world can be broken down into spheres, cones, cylinders ```

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Cézanne, 1898-1905 Less defined, less perfect- made that choice to move away from academic painting Pyramid like organization of space

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Same subject matter as the Impressionists invented Pointillism: forming images with dots of colours Colour theory coming out sense of vibration because of the dots

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Van Gogh, 1889 A mix of a small Dutch village and the French lands shows his internal struggles a lot of movement

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Van Gogh, 1889 The swirls are in everything Shows how he is feeling Every detail is important

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Gaugin, 1889 Started painting later in life Was upper middle class

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``` Gaugin, 1897 She looks very sad based on Edgar Allen Poe, the Raven Story about this woman waiting for death 2 people in the back one with a skull-like face raven in the back-- a sign of death ```

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1885-1910 Explore imagination, internal feelings, the irrationality of the mind, dreaming, psychoanalysis Often disturbed images, poetic renditions, emotional Started in Belgium as a literary movement

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``` Munch 1893, Strong link to Van Gogh Very distinct, vibrant colours Comes down to the figure Suffered from mental health issues Explored different states of mind uses colour feeling of loss of self, anguish - typical subject matter ```

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1905-1908 | Bright colours, vivid, shapes

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Matisse, 1902 Main Artist Not very detailed, flat colour

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Matisse, 1905 Colour as building blocks Not just about the person but how the colours represent her uses colour more than defined lines to show her features Moving towards non-representative, what matters is the expression "Fauvism is not everything but it is the beginning of everything" - Matisse

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``` Matisse, 1908-1909 Influence by abstraction but still a figurative work Very flat, 2 dimensional Ideas of using colour in a more free way creating a mood with colour ```

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1905-1920 German artists are not interested in objective reality, but rather subjective emotions and responses also interested in emotional qualities of colour to create different moods uses distortion exaggeration, harshness Dates overlap with world war 1

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Kollwitz, 1902 Peasant charging to change their situation Start of a Revolution Kollwitz portrayed herself as the woman giving the signal

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1905-1913 Falls under expressionism German Art Students Interested in creating a bridge between traditional art and new, modern art

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``` Kirchner, 1907 a lot of colours Very awkward, unsettling About the anxieties of the time dreamlike qualities Almost as if they are wearing masks ```

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1911-1914 Name is linked to the book of revelation and the 4 horsemen More interested in non-figurative abstraction

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``` Kandinsky, 1914 Russian artist Interested in Mystical art style Using rhythmic lines, colour, shapes about abstraction and music For him, music and art are closely linked ```

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Marc, 1911 Believed in colour having an emotional impact colour could be independent from the object. Colour is not linked with the subject matter but with the feeling associated with the subject matter.

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