Arts in Industrial Age
Chapter 21 Section 4
Call to Realism
Henrik Isben
(playwright, theater director, and poet)
- Started in mid-1800s
- Most popular in the west
- Representation of the world as it is
- Important people:
- Charles Dickens
- Henrik Ibsen
- Gustave Courbet
- Claude Monet
- Vincent van Gogh
- March 20, 1828 – May 23, 1906
- His realistic dramas had a big influence on Europe and the U.S.
- Several of his plays were considered scandalous to many of his era.
- Most famous play A Doll's House.
Charles Dickens(realist writer)
- February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870
- He portrayed the lives of slum dwellers and factory kids.
- 34 Novels 3 of them were non fiction.
- Most famous novel was Oliver Twist.
George Byron
(romantic writer)
- January 22, 1788-April 19, 1824(36)
- Romantic hero
- A leader of the era’s poetic revolution
- Freethinker
- Famous poems(Don Jaun and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage)
Cultural Movement (Romanticism)
- Started in the 1750s
- Shaped the western literature and arts
- Emphasizes imagination, freedom, and emotion
- Important people romanticism:
- William Wordsworth
- Lord Byron
- Victor Hugo
- Ludwig van Beethoven
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Gustave Courbet
(realist painter)
William Wordsworth
(romantic poet)
- June 10, 1819 – December 31, 1877
- Led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting.
- Focused on the working-c,lass men and women in his paintings
- Famous painting The Stone Breakers
- April 7, 1770-April 23, 1850
- Helped start the romantic age along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Called his poems experimental
- Famous poem(Tintern Abbey)
Victor Hugo(romantic dramatist)
Ludwig van Beethoven(romantic compser)
- December 16, 1770-March 26, 1827
- Started composing music at young age.
- Dad was first music teacher.
- Famous piece(Für Elise)
- February 26, 1802 – May 22,1885
- Best known French writer
- His work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time.
- Most famous novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831
Vincent van Gogh
(post impressionist painter)
Claude Monet
(impressionist painter)
- March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890
- Used sharp brush lines and bright colors.
- He cut off his ear in a state of depression and did a self portrait.
- Famous painting The Starry Night
- November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926
- Founder of French impressionist painting.
- Most of his paintings were focused on nature.
- Most famous was Rouen Cathedral