Art in the second half
of the 19th century

CAST-IRON
ARCHITECTURE

POST-
IMPRESSIONISM

MODERNIST
ARCHITECTURE

REALISM

form of architecture prominent
between 1850 and 1890

Eiffel Tower
in Paris

Cast-iron architecture

libraries, such as the Sante
Geneviève library in Paris

designed by Gustave Eiffel

commemorate the centenary of
the French Revolution

Velázquez Bosco

built the Crystal Palace in Madrid

with a cast-iron structure
and glass walls

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Modernist architects designed
every aspect of the building

in Europe

furniture and balconies

Curves and wavy lines were
the predominant feature


such as flowers and leaves


with organic motifs

designed by Hector Guimard

the Paris metro

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Paris metro

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Casa Batlló

In Spain

Antonio Gaudí (1852–1926) practised
complete creative liberty.

Casa Milà

the Sagrada Familia

Casa Batlló

Park Güell

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Park Güell

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Sagrada familia

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Casa Milà

In Spain

Important thing

Martí i Alsina (La siesta)

scenes of middle class life

paintings

scultures

Constantin Meunier (The forger)

Honoré Daumier painted the
working class (The washerwoman)

Jean François Millet painted
peasants (Angelus)

Gustave Courbet painted different
social classes (The painter's studio)

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Paul Cézanne used
geometric shapes

most important Post
-Impressionist

Vincent van Gogh

Edgar Degas

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

cylinders

spheres

cubes


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IMPRESSIONISM

most important

that began in France in
1870 and
spread across Europe

in sculpture

In Spain

August Renoir (The swing)

Édouard Manet (A bar at the Folies-Bergère)

Claude Monet (Impression: sunrise)

Joaquín Sorolla (Paseo a orillas del mar)

Dario Regoyos (Tendido de sombra)

aguste Rodin (The burghers of Calais)

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Édouard Manet
(A bar at the Folies-Bergère)

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August Renoir (The swing)

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Joaquín Sorolla
(Paseo a orillas del mar)

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Dario Regoyos
(Tendido de sombra)

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aguste Rodin
(The burghers of Calais)