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ART IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY 5.4 image, image, image, image,…
ART IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY 5.4
CAST-IRON ARCHITECTURE
form of architecture (1850 and 1890)
iron as a building material
Examples
Sante Geneviève library in Paris
Eiffel Tower, Paris
commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution
Gustave Eiffel
Crystal Palace, Madrid
Velázquez Bosco
cast-iron structure/ glass walls
cast-iron allowed buildings with fewer supports
MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE
1890 and 1920
new architectural style
new material
concrete and glass --> construction and decorative
iron
architects
interior and exterior elements
designed every aspect
features
organic motifs
curves/ wavy lines
Europe
Paris metro
Hector Guimard
Antonio Gaudí (1852–1926)
Spain (Barcelona)
Casa Batlló/ Casa Milà/ church of the Sagrada Familia/ Park Güell
REALISM
movement
literary and artistic
cultural
Europe (1850 -1870)
scenes from everyday life (especially working class)
what was it?
socially conscious
portrayed hard working conditions
figures realistic --> not idealised
reflected social /economic situation
important artists
sculpture
Constantin Meunier
painting
Jean François Millet
Honoré Daumier
Gustave Courbet
Martí i Alsina
IMPRESSIONISM
paintings
painted outside
scenes of everyday life
without conveying political or social messages
depicted the effect of light
unmixed colours
applied in thick brushstrokes
important Impressionists
painting
Claude Monet
Édouard Manet
August Renoir
Joaquín Sorolla
Dario Regoyos
architecture
Auguste Rodin
what was it?
began in France, 1870
beginning of modern art
different from traditional painting
experimental style
create an impression in the minds of the viewers
style of painting/ sculpture
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
From 1890 onwards
replaced Impressionism
no common characteristics --> own style
important artists
Vincent van Gogh
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Edgar Degas
Paul Cézanne
geometric shapes depict real objects
ART
reflected the economic/ technological/ social changes
beginning modern architecture
use of materials provided by new industries
New tendencies
