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The Romantic Era: Impressionism vs Art Nouveau

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 The Romantic Era (late 1800s to early 1900s) was a time where art began to take on many different styles. Up until this point, art was always the style of what people wanted at the time. Mostly realistic or idealized commissions. Historical moments were captured in great detail as if it were a photograph. However, in this era came the first cameras. Though they were slow and the technology was still developing, the need to have portraits made began to fade. I believe this contributed to a freedom of the artist to express themselves with new techniques in art.  I'd like to compare two different art styles from this era: impressionism and art nouveau.  Impressionism was an art style developed by a group of artists who chose to create works exhibiting more personal creativity and expression than recreating historical or biblical stories. Some founding members included Claude Monet and Berthe Morisot.      The Japanese Footbridge by Claude Monet (France, 1899...

Depictions of Life in the Classical Era

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 The Classical Period (est. 1750-1820), followed the Baroque Era. It began with the development of the Rococo art style which could be viewed as the opposite of the Baroque style. Rococo art tends to be very light, playful, and very pastel in it's use of color. At first, Rococo was coveted by the aristocracy class of the French. However, history began moving somewhat quickly around this time causing Rococo art to fall out of fashion relatively quickly. There was a change in attitude and revolutions were beginning, which created a shift in styles with people preferring depictions of history and heroism. Thus, the Neoclassical style was born. Due to the number of scientific discoveries and the revolutions that were occurring, I believe there was a morality shift as people's values began to change. This can be seen as the events depicted in art change from what is painted in Rococo to what is painted in Neoclassical. With a few exceptions of course.  The Meeting (1771-72, France...