***Thank you to VALERIE WHITE of Vista High School, for all her help.  All APAH content and information made  possible from her hard work.  
Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.
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​ARTWORKS
Realism
The Stone Breakers
Nader Raising Photography...
Olympia
The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
The Horse in Motion
Impressionism
The Sainte-Lazare
The Coiffure
The Starry Night
Where Do We Come From?
Mont Saint-Victoire
Symbolism
The Scream
Art Nouveau
The Kiss
Architecture
Carson Pirie Scott
Sculpture
The Burghers of Calais


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​VOCABULARY
Aquatint
Avant-garde
Caricature
Drypoint
Japonisme
Lithography
Modernism
Plein-air
Positivism
Skeleton
​Zoopraxiscope
KEY IDEAS
  • Realism was based on the theory of being positive (positivism)
  • Japanese art had a profound impact on late 19th century painting.
  • Impressionist art is all about painting "en plein-air"
  • Symbolist painters seek to portray mystical personal visions.
  • The Skyscraper is a new type of building due to technological advances
  • Art Nouveau unifies painting, sculpture, and architecture with curvilinear lines and organic forms and motifs.
  • Artists were inspired by the past but rejected the tradtional subject matter.
  • Almost all artworks are purely secular with no religious symbolism or intent.


HISTORY
  • Europe was in a move from aristocracies to democracies = Revolutions in Sicily, Venice, Germany, Austria, and Lombardy. 
  • Franco-Prussian War of 1870
  • Concept of positivism fueled by Comte (knowledge must come from proven ideas based off science)
  • Darwin and Marx = Human evolution and social equality
  • Invention of telephones, motion pictures, bicycles, and cars!
  • The avant-garde
  • New excavation begins in Greece, Turkey, and Europe