Honoré Daumier (1808-79) lived in Paris during troubled political times (the revolutions of 1830 and 1848) and during a time of rapid industrialization and much social unrest. He was a painter, ...

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"history" paintings most important (especially subjects from Greek or Roman history or mythology) various subject matters; if "historical" subjects, the Bible was the source ...

The skyscraper is the most important development in 20th century architecture. Techniques for making steel, a more refined and stronger iron, led to new possibilities in architecture. Metal beams can ...

In general Romantic artists adopted two contrasting attitudes toward nature but both are reactions to the dominant 18th century view. To Neoclassical thinkers nature was a rational, ordered cosmos ...

Throughout history artists have often represented events of their times, sometimes objectively, sometimes with personal commentary. An earthshaking event like the French Revolution called forth the ...

As you'll see, I make reference to a video, The World at War: Genocide (in the library), which I show students the preceding period. If you're interested, you're welcome to the handout about canonical ...

The designation "Realist" can be applied in various ways to a number of artists. For example, Impressionists are like Realists in that they eschewed imaginary worlds and focussed on the visual ...

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Gustave Courbet (1819-77) is usually regarded as the father of European Realism. He even used the term Realism in defining his aims and he championed the Realist cause. When his paintings were ...