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Early Modern Blog Exhibit

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                                                                                        Paths of Glory  ( C. 1917 )                                                                               By; C.R.W Nevinson 18’ x 24’ Oil painting                                                                      Shock Troops Advancing Under Gas  ( C. 1924 )                                                                                      By; Otto Dix 19.3cm x 28.8 cm Ink Paper                                                                             Shock Troops Advancing Under Gas  ( C. 1924 )                                                                                 By; Otto Dix 19.3cm x 28.8 cm Ink Paper      World War I influence on the Modern Art Era World War I had a dramatic impact on modern art, the war influenced the artist to explore new styles and forms of expression. Artists sought to express the true destruction and chaos a war brought. Their work reflected a past-trauma

Preferences and Perspectives- The Romantic Era

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                                                                                                                                  The Raft of the Medusa ( C.1818-19 )                 By: Theodore Gericault 16’1 x 23’6 on oil canvas                     Louvre Paris                                    The Kiss ( C.1859)           By: Francesco Hayez 43 in x 35 in oil on canvas       Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan  Romantic Movement style: Intentions and Analysis  At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, a new artistic movement, Romanticism, emerged in Europe and the United States. This movement, in stark contrast to the rational ideas of the enlightenment, championed the belief that sense and emotion were not simply subordinate to reason and order, but equally vital in understanding and experiencing the world. Romanticism celebrated the individual imagination and intuition, and was a quest for individual rights and liberty.  Artists of the