ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Gustave Eiffel, Industrial Revolution
21 Sep 2016
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The industrial era -1850s: machine-made, mass production, use of cast iron, after 1860 steel available, the invention of the elevator, gustave eiffel, eiffel tower, 1889 984 ft symbol of modernisation. Art nouveau : international ornamental style: louis comfort tiffany (1848 -1933) & antonio gaudi (1852-1926) casa batllo 1906. Impressionism: light and its reflection, quickly painted surfaces (or the appearance of quickly painted surfaces), dots, dashes, commas and other short brushstrokes, separating colors and letting the eye"s perception mix them, modern life as the subject matter. Claude monet, impression sunrise, 1872, oil on canvas, haystack series, 1890. Edouard manet (1832-83) bar at the folies-bergere, 1882. Edgar degas (1834-1917) glass of absinthe, 1876 little dancer, Mary cassatt (1845-1926) & berthe morisot (1841-95), little girl in a blue armchair, 1878.
