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Realism sets as a goal not imitating past artistic achievements but the truthful and accurate depiction of the models that nature and contemporary life offer to the artist . The artificiality of both the Classicism and Romanticism in the academic art was unanimously rejected

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New idea was that ordinary people and everyday activities are worthy subjects for art.

Edgar Degas – the bellelli family

 The earliest instances of Realism began to appear in the 18th century.  These Paintings can be seen as a reaction to the excesses of Romanticism and Neoclassicism

the great Realist era was the middle of the 19th century, as artists became disillusioned with the artifice of the Salons and the influence of the Academies

Singleton Copley’s portraits were innovative in that they tended to portray their subjects with artifacts that were indicative of their lives. His intention was to project people as they were and not to interpret them in some hallowed light.

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The Copley Family

Goya’s Paintings  The subversive element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint provided a model for the work of later generations of artists.  Some of his works were shockingly realistic depicting naked pain and suffering with an unflinching attitude pottery vendor

Fernand Khnopff The Caress

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Odilon Redon St. Sebastian

Odilon Redon Chariot of Apollo

 The term Symbolism means the systematic use of symbols or pictorial conventions to express an allegorical meaning.  originated in France, and was part of a 19thcentury movement in which art became infused with mysticism.  Symbolism was an art movement that began in 1885 and reigned through to 1910

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 Symbolist movement was a reaction against the literal representation of objects and subjects, where instead there was an attempt to create more suggestive, metaphorical and evocative works  Symbolism moved away from the naturalism of the impressionists and demonstrated a preference for emotions over intellect.  Symbolist painter styles varied greatly but common themes included the mystical and the visionary

Alphonse Mucha Summer

Frieze gustav The Tree of Life, Stoclet

Alphonse Mucha Dance

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Art Nouveau has made itself know and present from 1880’s to 1910’s This movement walked under the flag of an art that would break all connections to classical times, and bring down the barriers between the fine arts and applied arts. This approach was considered completely new and revolutionary

Visual standards of the Art Nouveau style are flat, decorative patterns, intertwined organic forms of stems or flowers

• Advertising posters were welcomed into art, and fence has been proclaimed a suitable exhibition place for this new art •Typical for this style was artistic application of modern industrial techniques and modern materials Gustav Klimt Baby