HIST 1095 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Post-Impressionism, Pained, Camille Pissarro
31 Jan 2017
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History 1095: Lecture 8
Painting, the City and the Rise of Everyday Tuesday, November 1, 2016
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First picture that was pained by Renoir, shows the contrast of old and new Paris. This picture is
about pleasure of the city in the 19th century, it also makes it clear that city is a spectacle. This
picture also demonstrates consumption, romance, and pleasures. This picture is also
revolutionary. Its an exercise in rebellion.
Joh talks aout ipressiois, it as paitig of oder life. First of all, ho paitig i the
19th century is a new way of looking at the world, new way of looking at the city and making
meaning of it.
The way its painted is revolutionary. It represents the war in the revolutionary way. The subject
of this painting is revolutionary. It takes city as a subject of modern life. In these two ways, this
picture is revolutionary.
The Belle Époque
• From 1871 to 1941
• A period of population growth in Paris from 1.8, In 1871 to 2.8 in 1914.
• Relative political stability in France, under the Third Republic. (no rebellion, no
revolution and no monarchy, there is a democracy that is run by middle classes and
oligarchy).
• Relative economic prosperity; growth in retail and commerce. (retail/shopping become
very important in Paris. Paris becomes a bank industry).
• Paris becomes a centre for modern culture – literature, music and art. (Paris is
acknowledged as a global centre of culture. It occupies position which London or New
York occupy today. Modernism and painting, sculpture and literature as well).
• First cinema movie was shown in Paris.
Towards the First World War
Questions we will look at over next four weeks:
Visual art, class politics, popular culture, crime, crime fiction.
Structure of Lecture:
Impressionism and the Paitig of Moder Life
After the Commune: Paris, London and Class Division, 1871-1900
Themes:
• First hour: Other revolutions: How the development of the city changed art
• The artistic rebellion represented by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
• Painting of the everyday and of the city
• The class politics of Impressionism: who or what is being represented
• Second hour: class politics after the commune: segregation and social reform.
• The class politics of Impressionism: who or what is being represented.
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