ART PERIODS
SEMESTER 2
Realism (1840-1880)
Subjects: real subjects, everyday scenes of middle-class and poor people, rural scenes
Techniques: strict perspective, muted (realistic) colors
Notable Artists: Courbet, Millet, Daumier, early Manet, Sargent
Etc.: socially critical, broke from religious ideals
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The Artist's StudioGustave Courbet
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The GleanersJean-François Millet
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The Third-Class CarriageHonoré Daumier
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A Burial at OrnansGustave Courbet
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The Potato PlantersJean-François Millet
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Transnonain StreetHonoré Daumier
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The Stone BreakersGustave Courbet
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Harvesters RestingJean-François Millet
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The WasherwomanHonoré Daumier