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Art of the 18th Century

- Further Research

Research into industrialism and potential sources when creating my own work inspired by the subject matter. Artists around the time of the industrial revolution; Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin. These artists and their work will be helpful reference in understanding how the world looked during the 18th century, I don't want to work in their style however this amongst other references will really help inspire me to imagine the sounds of this technological shift.

- Interesting references

‘Many paths were opened to art and architecture, but all of them can be summarized in one: the freedom of creation. The influence of the industrial revolution in art had its continuity in artistic expression. Since then, and even today, art continues in the same direction.’

‘While the Industrial Revolution turned blue skies grey and pumped sewage into once picturesque rivers.’ ‘The advent of modernity ushered in international turmoil, concerns over labor conditions, and rampant pollution.’

“As our cities and technologies rapidly change, [the industrial age is] a journey that continues to resonate today,”

‘The Industrial Revolution in Britain was a period deemed to be between 1780 and 1830. It was an episode in British history which saw the transition from being agricultural to being industrial.’

Despite the proliferation of new, prodigious machines rotating, melting, pressing and tilting, one could object that the representation of very technical, lifeless objects could dull the senses in the long run, even if shown within a landscape.

‘The Industrial Revolution brought profound changes into the world, re-designing its shape in the most hardhearted of ways, never experienced before by humanity.’

‘Art of the Industrial Revolution tends to be pastoral, plein-aire, more often a reaction against the speed and metal of the industrial age.’

- Sources

https://st-artamsterdam.com/industrial-revolution-the-influence-on-art/

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-harsh-realities-lurk-picturesque-impressionist-masterpieces

https://nuvomagazine.com/art/impressionism-in-the-age-of-industry-at-the-ago

https://mydailyartdisplay.uk/tag/william-bell-scott/

https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/industrial-landscapes/

https://www.arthistoryproject.com/timeline/industrial-revolution/

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/designing-for-typologies/a3740-what-is-the-impact-of-industrial-revolution-on-architecture/

- Artists Work

Vincent van Gogh, Factories at Clichy, 1887.

Maximilien Luce, Factory in the Moonlight, 1898.

Edgar Degas, Henri Rouart in front of his Factory, 1875.

Iron and Coal by William Bell Scott 1855.

William Williams, Ironbridge, 1780.

Industrial Revolution on Architecture

Another huge change that came with industrialisation was that architects and engineers could now experiment and rearranged the concept of function, size, and form due to the impact of industrial revolution.

- Interesting references

‘The application of iron, and particularly steel, to architecture greatly expanded the structural capabilities of existing materials, and created new ones.’

- Sources

https://johngaber.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/history-of-architecture-industrial-revolution-18th-century-revival-t1880-1940/

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/designing-for-typologies/a3740-what-is-the-impact-of-industrial-revolution-on-architecture/

https://wikieducator.org/Art_and_architecture/Architecture_and_the_Industrial_Revolution

The Eiffel tower

Sir John Soane Museum

The Crystal Palace

Girard College

The Prudential Building

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