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Warm-up:
Artist Matchup
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2.
3.
4.
5.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Jacques-Louis
David
Joseph Mallord
William Turner
Claude Monet
Vincent van Gogh
Pablo Picasso
Postimpressionism
Classicism
Cubism
Romanticism
Impressionism
Part 5: Culture
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
Romanticism
► Emphasis on feelings,
emotion, and
imagination as sources
of knowing
► Valued individualism and
uniqueness of a person
► Revived medieval
architecture
► Attracted to the exotic
and unfamiliar
Romantic Authors,
Painters & Musicians
► Mary Shelley (A)
► Edgar Allan Poe (A)
► Eugene Delacroix (P)
► Ludwig von Beethoven (M)
Romantic Authors, Painters & Musicians
► Romantics viewed poetry
as a direct expression of
the soul
► Love of nature
► Art was a reflection of
artist’s inner feelings
► Delacroix expressed
exotic and passionate
colors
► Beethoven’s music
reflected his deepest
inner feelings
A New Age of Science
► New material benefits, often
provided by science and
technology, led Europeans to have
more faith in science
 Louis Pasteur: proposed the germ
theory of disease
 Charles Darwin: published On the
Origin of Species by Means of
Natural Selection
Microbiologist – invented pasteurization
► Natural Selection – Survival of the fittest
► Some people objected – What about
moral values, where do they fit in?
► Some people objected because they felt
his theories denied God’s role in
creation
Naturalist – Scientific Theory of Evolution
Realism
►Belief that the
world should be
viewed realistically
►Literary and Artistic
movements
develop
 Rejected
romanticism
 Wanted to write
about the ordinary
life and social
issues
Charles Dickens (A) – Tale of Two Cities, Oliver
Twist, Great Expectation, Christmas Carol
Gustave Courbet (P) – Self Portrait
New Forms of Leisure
► Amusement Parks
 Ferris Wheel and Roller
Coaster
► Organized Sports
 1860s: Firefighters and
Policemen formed
Baseball Clubs
1st Ferris Wheel showcased at
the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
► Dance Halls
► Movies
 Nickelodeons (short
movies for 5¢)
1st organized team, New York Knickerbockers, founded by
Alexander Cartwright
Revolution in the Arts & Sciences
► New Physics: Albert Einstein’s
Theory of Relativity
► Marie Curie: discovered radium as a
source of energy (used in the
treatment of cancers)
► Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis
 Therapist would use the patient’s
unconscious thoughts (repressed) to
heal the conscious mind (unrepressed)
 “Freudian Slip”: saying what your
thinking that your not saying
Revolution in the Arts & Sciences
►Social Darwinism: survival of the fittest is
now used in business and nationalism
 Example: some Germans believed they
were the only pure successors of the Aryans
 Nationalist feelings led to Anti-Semitist
movement
►Hostility and discrimination
against Jews
►Pogroms: organized massacres
“Modern” Culture
► Literature: explored issues
such as the role of women in
society, alcoholism, and the
problems of urban slums
► Painting: Impressionism (unrealism) emerges with the
invention of photography
 Monet, van Gogh, Picasso, etc.
► Architecture: became
functional
 Frank Lloyd Wright
Renoir
Monet
Vincent van Gogh