During the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, Realism, Impressionism, and Post- Impressionism were forms of art that transpired. These techniques in art brought a sense of individualism to Europe; thus, people were inspired to make art that represented society. Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism reflected European Society through their expressions of depicting life as it truly was, hastily capturing moments in time, and painting nature as the artist conceptualized them, not how it really was. Realism was an art form, prominently created in France, where life was depicted as it truly was, nothing exaggerated, amplified, or idealized. Art in the 19th and 20th centuries created art for “art sakes”.
These curving and graceful pine trees are the very souls to the painting. Cezanne’s depiction of the forest in this particular painting echoes his deep respect for nature due to the subtle play of light on dark and the harmonious quality created by his perspective and brushstrokes. The piece, Interior of a Forest, is an oil painting of a landscape depicting a forest. The deep landscape consists of tall, though not thick trees overlapping one another. When viewing the piece, the audience is placed in front of a narrow, closed path, and flanked by trees.
Darryl Smith Prof. Malachuk English 532 21 Oct. 2011 Thoreau's Ideologies of the Natural and Albert Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863 Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902) Native Americans in their natural surroundings are introduced in Albert Bierstadt's portrayal of The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. This portrait shows a direct relationship with Henry David Thoreau's sense of an intellectual and spiritual enrichment of nature, which is also demonstrated by the Native American customs. Bierstadt's painting catches the essence of Thoreau's life works. I will identify two ways Bierstadt and Thoreau are similar in their representations of Indians: one, in the Indians themselves, two in the relation of Indians to water. Thoreau's imagination, or enlightenment from the Indian, is in these two ways visualized in Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak.
Cemeteries and Gravestones Greg Schmitt Art History In the young republic of the United States, the "rural" cemetery movement was inspired by romantic perceptions of nature, art, national identity, and the melancholy theme of death ("National register publications," 2010). Cemeteries became a huge part of our culture with expressing people religious point of view. The expression came out through gravestone carvings. The mortuary art of colonial Anglo-America is unique in providing us with a tightly controlled body of material culture, and to relate this change to changes in the society that produced it (Deetz, 2010). Cemeteries contained family history, sculptures, artistic composition and its craftsmanship, and attitudes towards death.
I have chosen to interview Impressionist painters Claude Monet and Edgar Degas because this type of painting is my favorite style. The paintings, of that period, are very light, airy, with brush strokes in a feathering fashion that were often done en plein air, which translates to “in the open air”. Both Monet and Degas were considered founders of impressionism, although Degas “rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist” (Gordon 31). These two painters are, in my opinion, the best of the period. Mr. Monet, what is your definition of “pure impressionism”.
Whitman's poetry idealized traveling, searching, and exploring. This mirrored the American landscape of the nineteenth century. During Whitman's lifetime, the United State grew from 22 states to 44 and acquired most of the territories that would later become the remaining six states. America was a wilderness, and Whitman sought to celebrate what was wild and what was natural about the land and the people that inhabited it. As the country traveled West, so did Whitman's poetry.
Simon T. Thomsen Engelsk 27-11-2013 Twilight in the Wilderness & Indian Camp A comparison In this comparative analysis will I study the painting Twilight in the Wilderness painted in 1860 by Frederic Edwin Church and compare it to the considerable praised short story Indian Camp written by Ernest Hemingway in 1924. Twilight in the Wilderness is in many ways an interesting and thought-providing work of art, which contains a broad range of harmonious and mellow colours that flawlessly combines with the blue colours of the heaven, which appears behind the blazing red clouds. This blue colour symbolises peace and engulfs you in a state of tranquillity, hence promoting calmness and relaxation. At first sight the painting therefore seem peaceful, but at the same time, some may argue that the darker contrast of the surroundings, may indicate a feeling of uncertainty - maybe even fear - of what lies ahead. And with the knowledge of the events happening the year after the painting was done - referring to the civil war - the painting suddenly radiates a less optimistic atmosphere.
Unlike Prospero's island, Arden is not a magical world. It is rather a glorious camp sight where the dwellers " fleet the time carelessly", like the gay green wood of Robin Hood. It recalls Ovid's account of the golden age at the beginning of his Metamorphosis. The forest is set against " The envious court" ruled by a tyrant, and there is no worse hardship in it than winter and rough weather. It is interesting to note that in AYL the sylvan mode of existence is subtly interiorized , so that external landscapes often become" landscapes of the mind".
In contrast to this, Rosenblum’s article explores the perception of war from the view of the solider and the tension between “Romantic militarism” and liberalism. Talmon’s chapter makes connections to many romantic themes by relating events to the dominant forces or ideas at work in the era—such as the French and the Industrial Revolution. And finally, Coleridge’s poem reveals the influence of the French Revolution upon British Romanticism. Portraying nature as a spiritual gateway, he utilizes the natural world as an escape from his fears of a potential invasion in England. In each of these
Comparing “London by William Blake” and “Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth” In Blake’s and Wordsworth’s poems, they both comment on the same aspects but with a contrast. William Wordsworth lived in 1770-1850. He lived in the country, and so was used to the rural settings and green images, all this natural beauty would encourage and have influence on his writing. Blake lived in London; he lived from 1757-1827. In the poems there are similarities and differences, as the poet’s had different opinions and thoughts about London.