Becoming prominent 18th century, the Industrial Revolution was particularly confined to Britain, bringing profitable opportunities to the middle and lower class. Eventually, the Industrial Revolution spread to other countries, affecting each person differently. Adolph von Menzel, was a German painter, illustrator, printmaker, and teacher. He was the most important artist working in Berlin in the second half of the 19th century, causing him to have great influence throughout Germany. He also became one of German’s greatest proponents of realism, through his portraits, industrial artistic scenes, and his more intimate studies of interiors and local religious events. Menzel belonged to the school of German realism, but did not receive any …show more content…
In The Foundry (Appendix A), Adolph von Menzel uses dark color to create shadows, representing the darker aspects of the Industrial Revolution, while, JMW Turner celebrates the Industrial Revolution in his painting: Rain, Steam, and Speed- The Great Western …show more content…
He paints nature being “sublime, a natural world unmasted by man, and evidence of the power of God.” In his painting Rain, Steam, and Speed: The Great Western Railway (TGWR), Turner praises the progress of the Industrial Revolution, unlike Menzel, through the use of mellow colors and soft lines. The painting is set in the Maidenhead Railway Bridge that crosses the River Thames. TGWR is drastic change from The Foundry. Turner paints a steam train engine plowing through a landscape, which has a divine, surrealistic quality. He brings together the sky, land, water, and a man-made symbol of industrialization in one frame, showing the unity and dependence everything has with each other, during the Industrial Revolution. He celebrates the new technology and the transformed Britain it creating. He uses linear point perspective to show the accelerated progress the Industrial Revolution was making, leaving the past of Britain behind. In front of the train, he paints a hare racing against the train representing the speed of the train itself. He also uses the hare to “show”, how fast the Industrial Revolution took over Britain. He also paints three dancers in white, physically celebrating the Industrial Revolution, showing his social views of the Industrial Revolution. JMW Turner is overjoyed
John Neagle painted the portrait "Pat Lyon at the Forge" between 1826 and 1827. Just 50 years after the beginning of the American Revolution, this painting shows how much America had evolved. Neagle's portrait is a powerful "celebration of productive labor" (p 281) and the, "entrepreneurial and commercial energies that 'transformed' the country" (p 8). It conveys the notion of 'republican equality' (p 241) that Wood discusses and how was important it was to the leaders of the Revolution.
The influential English art critic and defender of Turners artistic style, John Ruskin, described Turner as being able to ‘stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of nature. ’ Despite many o...
During the 1700s the Industrial Revolution first began in Britain , but traveled throughout Europe and the United States into the 1900s. Many inventors invented items to make going through life during this time much easier, technology improved,their were many changes in society, and working conditions improved shortly after.
Changing characteristics that made art unique in the mid-nineteenth century sparked the new impressionist movement headed by Pissarro that only gave the general idea of what the painting was actually of. The movement was seen as a counter to the very strict, detailed, and precise traits of art before this movement. The focus on technique was immense before impressionism, and because the revolutionary type of art seemed to discard all of these ideas, it was seen as a radical movement. One of the most important factors in the art itself in this movement was the use of light. In impressionism, artists use lighting to draw the viewer’s eye across the painting. It is also used to set the mood...
The Foundry, defined by Joel Garreau in his book called The Nine Nations of North America, is an area compiled of cities in the Northeast Corridor such as New York City and Philadelphia to the cities near The Great Lakes. The Foundry is located in the Northeastern section of the Continental U.S. With cities such as NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, and others, The Foundry is by far the most populous area in the United States. The common characteristic that ties most of the cities in The Foundry to each other is industrialization, thus the Northeast also being dubbed the “Rust Belt” (Rust Belt). Even though it is the Industrial heart of the U.S., The Foundry is not limited to coal and manufacturing, but stretches out to agriculture as well. That being said, to truly get an understanding about The Foundry, one would have to go back to the Age of Industrialization to appreciate the string that ties these cities together. But even with such a big part of history tying The Foundry together, every city and area in it, whether small or big, has its own unique taste and culture that differentiates one from the other. From their physical geographies to their cultures, each make up what the United States is, a land of diversity. From Detroit, Michigan’s Motown Blues and Chicago’s Great Lakes to New York City’s Broadway, Ivy League schools, and Niagara Falls, The Foundry is made up of a variety of people, land, and cultures.
Benjamin, Walter. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Production." Illuminations. Ed. Harry Zohn. New York: Schocken, 1969. 217-252. Print.
The Industrial Revolution was a time of great inventiveness and insight which would change the world, forever. Machines were being developed that did not require manpower or horsepower, and did work at a far greater output than its human counterparts could ever hope match. Likewise, thanks to the inventions of mass transit resources, products, and people were being transported across the country in greater numbers, at far greater rates. Of course, this in turn had great impact, not only on the American’s whose world was built through these new machines and factories, forged in the Industrial Revolution, and who, themselves, came to enjoy the products of such inventions; It also had tremendous effect on how American society came to view
This was a time where different machinery was created to make finished goods (The Market Revolution, n.d.). There were a few gentlemen that plaid a part in the industrialization. A gentleman name Cyrus McCormick developed and sold a machine called the reaper that made harvesting crops faster. Eli Whitney, creator of the cotton gin, made the machine that helped separating cotton from the seeds. Samuel Slater, “Slater the Traitor”, brought the textile mills to America. Charles Lowell opened doors for women by opening a series of textile
The Industrial Revolution of Britain took place from 1780 and throughout the 19th century, during this time period, Britain thrived off extreme production rates and this caused Britain to become the top country in the world to produce goods so rapidly during the 18th century. Although, the growing success of Britain had a fatal price. The revolution changed the culture of Britain, manufacturing was no longer a task done in the home but now became centralized in the factory. The birth of factories brought child labor, dense living conditions, urbanization, and changes in economy, but the factories were not just the whole part of the revolution. Many inventions were created and their impacts were substantial when reviewing the overall revolution.
Thomas Cole was born on February 1, 1801 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. Due to financial problems his family endured, Cole, at the ripe old age of just fourteen, had to find work to assist with the family needs. He entered the work force as a textile printer and wood engraver in Philadelphia. In 1819, Cole returned to Ohio where his parents resided. Here, a portrait painter by the name of Stein, would become Cole’s primary teaching vehicle and inspiration for his oil techniques we’ve come to be familiar with. During this time, Cole was extremely impressed by what he saw in the landscapes of the New World and how different they were from the small town of England from whence he hailed. Self taught, art came naturally to Cole.
The Industrial Revolution is a period of rapid transition characterized by the introduction of machinery. This new manufacturing process replaces human power with mechanical power, producing mass production and mass consumption of goods throughout Western Europe and North America from about 1760-1840. This series of inventions affected major sectors of the economy including agriculture and transportation. As a result, this era of accelerated change due to the birth of modern industrialization continues to play a major turning point in human society by affecting almost every aspect of our social, cultural, and economic conditions.
The fiscal boom of technology and merchandise of the Industrial age drove breakthroughs in science and industrial technology. During this time, realism; the truthful and objective representation of the social world, without illusion or imaginative alteration, was in full affect (pg 351). The Avant Garde art movement
At the beginning of the industrial revolution in England during the mid-nineteenth century, the railroad was the most innovative mode of transportation known. The British Rail system was a forerunner in railroad technology, uses, and underground engineering. Though the rail system was extremely slow at first and prohibitively expensive to build and run, the British were not to be dissuaded in their pursuit of non-animal driven transportation. The most advanced mode of transportation prior to the introduction of the rail system was the horse drawn omnibus on a track, called a tram. This paper will examine the rail system from a cultural perspective, presenting the impact the railway had on everyday lives in Victorian London and its surrounding communities.
According to Ecksteins, the formation of these industries gave Germany the opportunity to develop as a culture. Industry facilitated culture by shifting a large part of the population out of the countryside and into the city. “In 1870 Germany’s population was two thirds rural; by 1914 that relationship had been reversed? This gave German industry the possibility of transmitting their ideas to a large audience. The formation of the modern man and women was born. Also, one must conclude that the shift out of the countryside brought an influx of diverse beliefs into German cities. Germans who had previously lived under certain beliefs were introduced to several new convictions. Suddenly Germany transformed itself from a close-minded nation, to one, which was open to change. This newfound acceptance of change facilitated a general belief that Germany had become the most modern state of that time.
Claude Monet ‘s Waterloo Bridge conveys his central focus of light. Similar to the other masterpiece of his – “ Impression of a Setting Sun”, the use of warm and cool colors in contrast with each other and distinct reflections and shadows communicates this concentration. The lighting of this painting is what directs you to the focal points of this canvas. Light could also focus on shedding light on a situation of this historical period. Below the physical elements of the painting is a significant theme of light in relation to industrial success of the time.