HOA 106 1st Edition Lecture 13Outline of Last Lecture II. Subject matter Continued a. Escapei. Nature as sublime ii. Nature vs. Civilization iii. Fascination with Native Americans b. Exoticism – Escape to the East c. Historicism – Escape to the Past Outline of Current Lecture III. Historicism - continuedIV. Realism a. Ideas i. Industrialismii. Socialism iii. Urbanism iv. Social Activism v. Literature and Documentary PhotographyV. Paintinga. Franceb. AmericaCurrent LectureLecture 3/5/15- Historicism – continued o The Gothic Revival emphasized melancholy and remoteness of medieval times.  Abbey in the Oak Forest Strawberry Hill  British House of Parliament  King Ludwig 2 of Bavaria, Neuschwanstein Castle- Original inspiration of Disney’s Magic KingdomThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Archimedes Russell, Crouse College Alexander Jackson Davis, the Gothic Cottage - Made the gothic revival style a popular domestic form - In Cazenovia, New York  Carpenter Gothic - the Wedding Cake House o American interpretation of the gothic revival, in which elaborate wooden ornament is applied to an existing structure.Realism – a reaction against Romanticism - Ideas o Industrialism  Invention of the camera  Louis Daguerra invents the daguerreotype o Socialism  Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto- Advocated for the overthrow of the upper classes by revolution. o Urbanism  Cities had poor conditions with crowded and dirty housing.  No regulations of the work force and no labor unions. Everyone worked – even children.  Charles Dickens, the Old Curiosity Shop and Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn o Social Activism  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Declaration of Sentiments o Literature  Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary  Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour o Documentary Photography- Paintingo Realism was a reaction against romantic escapism  The English pre-raphaelites- Biblical and mythological subjects, populated by contemporary English urban types o John Everett Millais, Christ in the House of His Parents  Caused controversy because Christ and people of the bible were never shown as anything but beautiful. Here they are displayed as workers. o France  Gustave Courbet - The Stone Breakers o Shocked the public, doesn’t exist anymore because it was destroyed in WW2, there is no moral lesson or interesting subject. o Depicted the lowest status job. - Burial at Ornanso Symbolizes the common peasants and ugly surroundings of the French lower class. o The grave is simply a hole in the ground – burial of Romanticism  Jean Francois Millet- The Gleaners o Lowest form of work. Workers pick up whatever the tractor has left behind. o Nobility of work  The Barbizon School of Landscape- Group of artist who represent the beauty of the Barbizon Forest which was threatened by railroad construction - Theodore Rousseau, Under the Birches, Evening  Edouard Manet- Olympiao Un-erotic portrait of a high class prostitute. Actresses were considered the same as prostitutes then. o Everyone knows this woman so it is more shocking. o Cat is shown on the side. - Luncheon on the Grass o Woman shown naked, clothes to the side, with two men who are clothed. o Shocked the public by representing nudity in a contemporary public context.  Honore Daumier - Spokesperson for the lower class. Was a painter and illustrator who employed satire in order to achieve social awareness. - Third Class Carriage o Carriage = railroad car. o Woman is shown breastfeeding a baby on her way to work. The whole family is depicted on a crowded railroad car riding to theirfactory jobs. - Nadar Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art o Satire of photography and its artistic pretensions. o Makes fun of the photography revolution. - Louis Philippe Transforming into a Pear o Pear is French slang for simpleton o The king did not like this so he put the artist in prison.  Lithography o America  Winslow Homer, Snap the Whip - Homer worked around the Adirondacks. - Representation of American rural life. Dressed as regular people living the American life.  Thomas Eakins, Gross Clinic- Mid-century hero of modern life presented as a self-made working man.- A man was considered heroic for the work he does – work for the middle class. - Heroic American doctor who pioneered the use of anesthetic in surgery. - Similar to