Chapter 23 Section 5

Literature, Music, and Art in the Industrial Age

Romanticism• Many writers of the 1800’s , reacting against the age of

reason and science joined an artistic movement known as romanticism.

• Their work appealed to the imagination and spirit of individuality

• {They showed life as they wanted it to be rather than how it was}

• Romantics valued emotion and instinct above reason• In Britain poets included Wordsworth, Keats, and lord

Byron• Other writers include Sir Walter Scott in Scotland, The

Grimm Brothers in Germany, and James Fenimore Cooper in America

Music• In Music like in literature there was a movement toward

romanticism• One of the inspirations for this was German composer

Ludwig Von Beethoven• He expressed his love of nature in Pastoral Symphony• Beethoven’s music became known for its powerful and

passionate emotions• Tchaikovsky wrote ballet music, operas and symphonies• His works were often built around stories such as

Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, and Napoleon’s defeat in Russia

• Other composers include Wagner (VAHG nuhr), Verdi, and Chopin (SHOH pan)

Art and Architecture• Romantic painters, like romantic writers, chose

subjects from the past and their paintings were full of drama and action

• Some opted for painting outside rather than in the studio. As a result their color use was more vivid and intense

• In architecture there was a return to the so called gothic revival of the mid 1800’s

• The gothic revival was an attempt to recreate the great architectural style of the middle ages

• This is reflected in many Churches, colleges, and public buildings in the US

Gothic style Buildings

Photography

• The age of Photography began in 1839 when the daguerreotype was introduced

• Photography showed people the world in new different ways

• Photos taken by William Jackson influenced congress to make Yellowstone the first national park

• {Matthew Brady’s pictures of the Civil war showed people the reality of war}

• The cameras ability to show scenes like these helped give rise to realism

Matthew Brady

The Rise of Realism• {In the mid 1800’s writers and artists began to

deal with everyday life and social settings, in an approach called realism}

• For example Mark Twain described life along the Mississippi river

• Naturalists took realism even further by showing ugly and unpleasant aspects of everyday life

• The exposure of social problems helped bring about reform

• Impressionist painters tried to paint vivid impressions of people and places by studying light and color

Monet

Monet

Monet

Renoir

Renoir

Experiments in art

• Painters and sculptors often rebelled against the industrial world

• There was less nationalism in art than in literature and art. There was also more individual experimentation

• Landscapes and still life's of painter Paul Cezanne explored the forms and shapes of his subjects

• Other artists include Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin (goh GAN), Edgar Degas

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Review Questions

• In Romanticism what did their work show?

• Matthew Brady’s pictures of which war showed people the reality of war

• In the mid 1800’s writers and artists began to deal with everyday life and social settings, What was the approach called?

Paul Cezanne

Van Gogh

Edgar Degas