TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Gleaners, Auguste Comte, Social Evolution
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Dawning of realism movement toward fidelity and truth. Romantic and neo-classical art replaced by art that seeks to improve society by portraying it exactly as it is art should be more natural much of the movement came from the sciences. Auguste comte- proposed a concept of social evolution 1844 (grandfather of sociology)- coined the word altruistic: a moral imperative to serve others. Origin of the species by charles darwin 1859. Man"s fate is determined by heredity and environment. Darwinian logic suggests that society can be improved. All the arts begin to reflect the microscopic eye (an impartial observer) The gleaners- one of the most important paintings in beginning of realism bc of its subject matter- people go out to the fields and pick up all the harvest that"s left out there (like people picking through garbage) The dawning of photography from the greek photos: light graphein: to draw to draw with light.
