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REALISM REALISM Began in the mid-1800s Began in the mid-1800s Real people-workers, peasants, Real people-workers, peasants, family members family members Muted tones to represent real Muted tones to represent real life life Influenced by earlier artists Influenced by earlier artists Pieter Bruegel the Elder- Pieter Bruegel the Elder- scenes depicting peasant life scenes depicting peasant life Louis Le Nain--depicted Louis Le Nain--depicted peasant families peasant families Chardin-peaceful scenes of Chardin-peaceful scenes of middle-class life middle-class life

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REALISMREALISM Began in the mid-1800s Began in the mid-1800s Real people-workers, peasants, family Real people-workers, peasants, family

members members Muted tones to represent real life Muted tones to represent real life Influenced by earlier artists Influenced by earlier artists Pieter Bruegel the Elder-scenes Pieter Bruegel the Elder-scenes

depicting peasant life depicting peasant life Louis Le Nain--depicted peasant Louis Le Nain--depicted peasant

families families Chardin-peaceful scenes of middle-Chardin-peaceful scenes of middle-

class life class life

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Author of the Realist Manifesto Proclaimed: "Show me an angel, and I will paint one." Held a one-man art show called the Pavilion of Realism

Gustave Courbet

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Burial at Omans Funeral of common people set in Courbet's hometown Real people are important and worthy of grand art

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Stonebreakers Even lowly workers are worthy of being depicted in art Muted colors help convey the seriousness of real life

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Famous for political lithographs that satirized French society

Grouped with Realists because of his interest in common people

Daumier

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Rue Transnonain

Tragic scene of a family executed by the police in their apartment

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MARIE-ROSALIE (ROSA) BONHEUR, The Horse Fair, 1853–1855

•Famous for her realistic paintings of animals

•Horse Fair-realistic depiction of horses, buyers and sellers

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Edouard Manet

•Early paintings have realistic qualities but later paintings include Impressionistic qualities

•Challenged French conventions, inspired Impressionists

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Luncheon on the GrassRevolutionary because it depicts a nude woman sitting with two  clothed men in a picnic setting  Traditional elements-Composition based on Giorgione's Pastoral Symphony; references to Raphael's Judgment of Paris Revolutionary elements-Central figure is naked and looking at the viewer Rejected by the Salon and displayed at the Salon des Refuses of 1863

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Olympia

Recumbent nude female  

Olympia is in front of the picture plane; not a goddess  

Critics lambaste Manet's technique and subject matter  

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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Group of English Realist painters from the mid-19th century

Rejected the subject matter of the French Realists Subject matter based on literature, famous fictional stories

Realistic paintings but scenes resemble a fantasy world

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JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, Ophelia, 1852

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PhotographyPhotography Early photographs were called daguerreotypes Early photographs were called daguerreotypes A new medium to rival painting A new medium to rival painting Ingres and Degas used photography as an aid Ingres and Degas used photography as an aid Most painters felt threatened Most painters felt threatened

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LOUIS-JACQUES-MANDÉ DAGUERRE, Still Life in Studio, 1837. Daguerreotype.

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Nadar Famous French portrait

photographer Pioneer in aerial photography

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Eadweard Muybridge Horse Galloping, 1878 Pioneer in sequential motion photography Technique influenced later artists such as Duchamp

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Winslow Homer

•American painter who popularized the use of watercolors  •Famous for seascapes and Civil War scenes