Life During The Gilded Age

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” What does this quote mean exactly? What we see and what we convey can be interpreted in many different ways. Art has a history that can tell a story. Before documented information with words or verbal records, cavemen and other indigenous people created artwork to leave a story or communicate. This was the method of recording at the time. What we know of history before language or even proper documents were recorded. Drawings and symbols were marked on the walls of caves. What in history could be told with artwork? What conversations and reflections was caused by these artworks to society?
During the 1880s to 1920s, American art changed radically. These changes reflected dramatic shifts in American society
Even when this passed, groups like Ashcan School came into creation. The inspiration and examples of the lives during the Gilded Age. The time of 1886, when the art world was introduced to the French Impressionism, this changed the way American artists captured the world on Canvas. Instead of creating illusionistic spaces as previous artists would do, impressionists searched to create impressions of life. This art movement created unique brush strokes that were small and thin. This created a more accurate depiction of better depiction of light and the qualities of light. At the time, this went against the rules of academic painting. As art became more and more of expression, this is what the Ashcan School were trying to convey. More emotion, freedom, and truth in the artwork they were creating. What the goal was to display to society, was the truth. The wealthy may view life as one side, the goal was to create the darker sides of life in which it can speak and relate to people. Create empathy in order to create a better society. Artistry for the Ashcan School was in creation of truth and liberty to society. As individuals, we are filled with emotions and struggles. Each individual is what creates a society. From history, when society goes through change, art follows with it. Art is an expressive platform for those who form a society. Radical changes and events are where artistry is shown the most. Art is the reason why history and information were able to be collected from different eras and centuries. Society has reflected visually and expressed visually in order to convey a message for a fuller