American Romanticism

During the Industrial revolution, sometime in the 1840s through the 1850s, Romanticism took the backseat to a whole new movement in art called the Realist Movement. As we all know, the Romanticism movement was a movement of art that was vastly connected and designed to appeal to the emotions of the viewer. In the paintings of Romanticism nature was drawn with light airy colors to make the scene seem happier and the people were drawn with overly exaggerated faces to help allure emotions, all as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Realism, on the other hand, art portrayed the actuality and truth in everything to make the paintings and other artwork more relatable. In paintings and artwork reflecting Realism, it was acutely believable. The paintings were that of commonplace and reality. In the movement many artist stood to the forefront and become famous
Through some of the revolution, mostly during the 18th Century, Romantic artwork was profoundly popular, the paintings were seen as a way to escape from the Industrial Revolution because of all the controversy around that matter. However, by the time the Industrial Revolution was coming to an end (well some decades before and by the end), Romanticism was being abandoned for the new art of Realism. Gustave Courbet was a great painter and sculptor who thrived during the Industrial Revolution for his realism in his artwork. Courbet is known as the French artist who guided and led the realist movement. The realist movement was important to Courbet because he rejected the idea of Romanticism (like most at this time but he was one of the first to do so) and placed emphasis on idealization. His artwork was truly quotidian. Some of Courbet’s most recognizable artworks are “Young Ladies of the Village” and “ La rencontre (Bonjour Monsieur Courbet)”, but most infamous are the paintings “The Stone Breakers” and “Burial at