"I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity." - Emile Zola
I feel like we've been discussing quite a few artistic movements lately. Sophomores, remember back in the day when it was just like...the Renaissance? Well, as history progresses at a more rapid rate, the way people choose to express themselves will change as well. European art has continued to become more daring and innovative from century to century. We haven't even gotten to the crazy stuff yet. Today we looked at some examples of Realism, a 19th century movement in painting and literature that was in response to the various political changes and industrialization of Europe. While the rich just became richer, the poor became poorer. The growing urban poor began clamoring for political representation and an acknowledgment of their suffering. In response, artists such as Courbet (pictured below in his smoldering, Flynn Rideresque self-portrait) and Millet and writers such as Dickens and Zola tried to capture the essence of the everyday lives of the poor. |
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Don't forget to read A Modest Proposal for class tomorrow! And lastly, I leave you with a scene from another one of my favorite Christmas movies, Love Actually.
- Warrior Princess Siddiqui
P.S. A quick shout out to our growing base of Ukrainian readers, vitayu! Did you know the third most visited McDonald's in the world is in Kiev?
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