Late 19 th Century Art and Literature

Late 19th Century Art and Literature

Realism, Naturalism, Impressionism, Cubism, Abstract Art, Futurists

Jean-Francois Millet, The Gleaners, 1857

Ilya Repin, Preparation for the Exam, 1864

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerMary Cassat

Edouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergeres, 1881-82

Claude Manet, Haystacks at Chailly at Sunrise, 1865

Edgar Degas, Cabaret, c. 1877

Auguste Renoir, The Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881

Georges Seurat, The Side Show, 1888

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Moulin Rouge: La Goulue1891 (lithographe)

Pablo Picasso, The Guitar Player, 1910

Gustav Klimt, Music, 1985

Vasily Kandinsky, Composition IV1911

Paul Klee, Southern (Tunisian) Gardens, 1919

Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q. (Mona Lisa with Moustache), 1919

Realism in LiteratureCharacteristics

◦ Depict life exactly as it is◦ Push for typical – commonplace◦ Objectivity (careful observation / accurate description)◦ Determinists - Faith in science / material progress ◦ Examine social issues

French:◦ Flaubert (Madame Bovary) ◦ Emile Zola (Germinal) Naturalist author

• English:◦ Charles Dickens

Russian: ◦ Turgenev (Fathers and Sons)◦ Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment; The Devils) – strong

religious beliefs