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Romanticism and Realism:

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Boston Fine Arts Museum Project

By Maddy Dreher A Block

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Romanticism and Realism:

Product of the Industrial Revolution
Photo by -Dreamflow-

William Wordsworth

  • A romantic author from Great Britain
  • Inspired by the French Revolution

Honoré de Balzac

  • A realist author from France
  • Most famous work is The Human Comedy

Joseph Mallord William

  • A romantic painter from Great Britain
  • Used water colors, oils, & engravings
  • The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons
  • Pictured Here

Jean-Francois Millet

  • A realist painter from France
  • Painted peasants and labors & rural life
  • Les Planteurs de pommes de terre
  • Pictured here

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

  • He claimed that new primitive life forms sprang up 
  • throughout the history of life
  • Proposed that life took on its current form through natural processes,
  • not through miraculous interventions

Gregor Mendel

  • Discovered the basic principles of heredity
  • through experiments in his garden
  • He is widely considered a pioneer in the field of genetics

Sewing Machine

  • Invented by Elias Howe in 1846
  • Originally made by hand
  • Now can be made in large factories

Dynamite

  • Invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866
  • Used to clear paths and blast through mountains
  • Safer than lighting black powder

Steam Energy

  • Coal is used to power machines (steam engine)
  • Hot, high-pressure steam moved into the cylinder and pushed the piston up.
  • Cool, condensed air formed a vacuum in the cylinder and forced the piston down.
  • Steam power used in Textile, Mining, and Iron making

Coal Power

  • Found that coal could produce a fuel
  • that burned cleaner and hotter than wood charcoal
  • The dominent worldwide supplier of energy