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 * Arts in the Industrial Age **

__ Romanticism: __ > **__offer__**, **__harmony__**, **__reason__** and **__emotional restraint__** that were all stressed.
 * Artistic style that emphasizes imagination, freedom, and emotion.
 * Reaction to the neoclassical writers of the the Enlightenment, that turned to classical Greek and Roman literature and ideals such as
 * Works of romantic writers
 * simple
 * direct language
 * intense feelings
 * glorification of nature

__ Realism: __
 * Took hold in the **West**
 * Attempt to represent the world as it was, without the sentiment //associated with Romanticism//.
 * Realism artists often focused their works on:
 * harsh side of life
 * cities
 * villages

__ Impressionists: __

//What's impressionism?// Seeking to capture the first fleeting impression made by a scene or object on the viewers eye.
 * Took root in //Paris//, also known as the capital of the Western Art World.
 * Impressionists:
 * **Claude Monet** < Both of these men brushed strokes
 * **Edgar Degas** < of color side by side without any blending.

__ Postimpressionists: __
 * Also called later painters
 * Postimpressionists:
 * **Georges Seurat** <--- //arranged dots of color to define shapes of objects//
 * **Vincent can Gogh** <--- //experimented with sharp brush lines and bright colors//