Social Realism

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 2.0"> <title>Social Realism</title> </head> <body background="burlap.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <h2 align="center"><img src="mona.jpg" alt="Picture of Mona Lisa" width="120" height="180"></h2> Survey of Art 1B Social Realism   Fast Facts Social Realism developed as a reaction against idealism and the exaggerated ego encouraged by Romanticism. Consequences of the Industrial Revolution became apparent; urban centers grew, slums proliferated on a new scale contrasting with the display of wealth of the upper classes. With a new sense of social consciousness, the Social Realists pledged to fight the beautiful art, any style which appealed to the eye or emotions. They focused on the ugly realities of contemporary life and sympathized with working-class people, particularly the poor. They recorded what they saw (as it existed) in a dispassionate manner. The public was outraged by Social Realism, in part, because they didn't know how to look at it or what to do with it.   <img src="yellow.gif" width="480" height="8">   <img src="art/17m_gleaners.jpg" alt="Picture of "The Gleaners" by Millet" width="216" height="161"> The Gleaners, 1857 <dl> <div align="center"><center> <dt>Artist: Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875)</dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>� unc</dt> </center></div> </dl> <img src="yellow.gif" width="480" height="8">   <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/D/DAUMIER/THIRD_CLASS.JPG"><img src="art/17dau_3class.jpg" alt="Picture of "The Third Class Carriage" by Daumier" border="0" width="216" height="154"></a> <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/D/DAUMIER/THIRD_CLASS.JPG">The Third Class Carriage, 1863-1866</a> <dl> <div align="center"><center> <dt>Artist: Honore Daumier (1808-1879)</dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>� Artchive</dt> </center></div> </dl> <img src="yellow.gif" width="480" height="8">   <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/D/DAUMIER/UPRISING.JPG"><img src="art/17dau_uprising.jpg" alt="Picture of "The Uprising" by Daumier" border="0" width="216" height="165"></a> <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/D/DAUMIER/UPRISING.JPG">TheUprising, 1860</a> <dl> <div align="center"><center> <dt>Artist: Honore Daumier (1808-1879)</dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>� Artchive</dt> </center></div> </dl> <img src="yellow.gif" width="480" height="8">   <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/C/COURBET/WOUNDED_MAN.JPG"><img src="art/17cou_wounded_man.jpg" alt="Picture of "Wounded Man" by Courbet" border="0" width="183" height="144"></a> <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/C/COURBET/WOUNDED_MAN.JPG">Wounded Man, Portrait of the Artist, 1854</a> <dl> <div align="center"><center> <dt>Artist: Gustave Courbet (1819-1877)</dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>� Artchive</dt> </center></div> </dl> <img src="yellow.gif" width="480" height="8">   <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/C/COURBET/COURBET_WOMAN_WITH_PARROT.JPG"><img src="art/17cou_parrot.jpg" alt="Picture of "Woman with Parrot" by Courbet" border="0" width="217" height="144"></a> <a href="http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/C/COURBET/COURBET_WOMAN_WITH_PARROT.JPG">Woman with a Parrot, 1866</a> <dl> <div align="center"><center> <dt>Artist: Gustave Courbet (1819-1877)</dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>� Artchive</dt> </center></div> </dl> <img src="yellow.gif" width="480" height="8">   To contact the instructor or for comments: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e3b2c2e757f6a76727b7b7041796c776d767f735e697b6d6a687f72727b67307b7a6b">[email protected]</a> <img src="yellow.gif" width="480" height="8">   <img src="rais_bak.gif" align="middle" hspace="5" width="27" height="27"><a href="http://instruct.westvalley.edu/grisham/1b_categories.html">Go back to the Art 1B Stylistic Categories</a> <img src="rais_bak.gif" align="middle" hspace="5" width="27" height="27"><a href="http://instruct.westvalley.edu/grisham/1b_welcome.html">Go back to the Art 1B Welcome Page </a> <img src="rais_bak.gif" align="middle" hspace="5" width="27" height="27"><a href="http://www.westvalley.edu/wvc/default.html">Go Back to the West Valley College Homepage </a> <dl> <dd> </dd> <div align="center"><center> <dt><img src="sm-wvcbutton.gif" vspace="6" width="75" height="75"></dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt> </dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>Kathleen Grisham</dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>Instructor's e-mail address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e454f5a46424b4b4071495c475d464f436e594b5d5a584f42424b57004b4a5b">[email protected]</a></dt> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <dt>Instructor's homepage:</dt> </center></div> <dd><a href="http://instruct.westvalley.edu/grisham">http://instruct.westvalley.edu/grisham</a> </dd> </dl> <script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body> </html>

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