Prompt 4: Analyze artistic and literary responses to industrialization over the course of the nineteenth century. The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th century and throughout the 19th century had a dramatic impact and influence on European life. While many aspects of life and society changed in response to these new developments, art and literature were heavily impacted as well. Three major forms of artistic responses to industrialization were Romanticism, Realism, and several new revolutionary styles of and made in reaction to the invention of the camera. All of these various styles responded to the industrialization of Europe in their own unique fashions, and resulted in a strange conglomeration of art, ideals, and themes.
nch RAmerican and French Revolution Two revolutions sparked change in the late 1700’s. The first is the American Revolution, and then came the French revolution. When considering the American and French revolutions little is in common between them, other than both being started for liberty. The difference such as the causes of each revolution. The methods used by the Americans and the French and the outcome of both revolutions are vast and for more significant.
Geography and the Development and Diffusion of Human Societies Student Name Western Governors University Geography and the Development and Diffusion of Human Societies Romanticism Romanticism or the romantic period was a movement in Europe around the early 19th century as a reaction to the rational formulas of neoclassicism (Mindedge). It was a result of many political, social and economic changes such as the French revolution and the Industrial revolution. Romanticism was a revolt against rational thought, empirical evidence and against the aristocratic social and political norms of the time. During the Romantic period, emphasis was placed on extreme of emotions, the irrational and the power of nature (USA Today magazine, 2003). They
Whenever art is in danger of becoming stagnant in what is deemed acceptable, artists search for new paths to combat old ways. Art has always presented a constant retort to altering social standards, politics, and culture. Europe during the latter part of the 19th century was especially unstable. Technology was advancing rapidly. For the Impressionists the most important technological advancement was the introduction of photography which by the 1850s and 60s had developed swiftly since Niepce and Daguerre introduced it in 1839.
This period was coming into view when society was on the verge of big changes. New inventions, the Industrial Revolution and the desire to separate from Romanticism were all factors inspiring the Impressionist movement. Even with all this exciting change, it was still difficult for impressionist artists to gain recognition. French art was deeply ingrained with tradition and the art world was rich with conservative approaches (Callen, 1982). Still, Impressionist painters broke away from many artistic traditions of the past and employed their own influence by using more natural methods of light and capturing whatever reaction they witnessed at a precise moment.
As traditional art forms had become outdates due to industrialization. It seems like the term “modernism” has been a conflicting term in the academic world. This is because the term “modernism” acquires a different scope and penetration in each different academic discipline. The inception of modern music typically located at the close of the 19th century, while to talk modern in English literature is to focus upon a relatively highly influential body of work produced in the first two decades of the 20th century. In the history of art, on the other hand, the student of modernism can expect to run a gamut from the French painting of the 1860s to the American art of a century later and may even be directed as far back as the later 18th century (Modernism, 2003).
The French revolution brought a series of wars forcing France to change its government and military starting off a modern era. In the 18th century, scientific and technological changes began to drastically change the world. Europe started to create factories to help reshape and build their economy. Also in the 18th century was the Enlightenment of Europe. This helps advance knowledge and reform the society.
Tomika Davis Professor Joleen Koehly FRM Fashion History II March 29, 2013 Fashion Period Report Romantic Era Society and Fashion | | “From this society in Europe between 1800 and 1900, Europe went through enormous changes. There was the time of the French Revolution, which was followed by the First Empire, under Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon established the French Court and made Paris the center of power and fashion. This was a Second and Third Republic, which held power over most of Europe. This rise of Napoleon also triggered lavish spending, ultimately causing the French economy to suffer.
Romanticism and realism Romanticism Romanticism gained fame and momentum as a movement of art in the early 19th century and flourished till the 1850s. It was popular in France and Britain. Romanticism, which emerged as a reaction to the disillusionment with enlightenment involving order and reason after the 1789 French revolution, stressed on emotion and imagination. In romantic art, nature provided an appropriate alternative to the thoughts of enlightenment. In this case, nature was considered as unpredictable, had a great potential for extreme disasters and had uncontrollable power.
This can be demonstrated through the examination of urbanization, the rise of new classes, theories (by Smith, Malthus and Ricardo), and factory conditions. The industrial revolution began with tinkers introducing new inventions that were going to dramatically improve the way people produced goods. These new machines (such as the water frames, cotton gins, power looks, and the spinning jenny) enabled different industries (like the Textile industry to produce products in mass quantities. In consequence, these new methods of production made other approaches such as the cottage industry obsolete. These new techniques may have allowed for ample production of goods and prices of goods to drop, ultimately increasing consumerism; inevitably though, it had a destructive effect on the old-fashioned methods of production.