The painting "Fog off Mount Desert" by Frederic Edwin Church in 1850. This painting was created during the time of Realism which came about in the 19th century. This movement rose as an reaction to Neoclassicism and Romanticism(Mark Getlein). According to Mark Getlein, realist artist sought to depict the everyday and the ordinary. Some of the French placed alot of emphasis on nature as does this artist here. Church's painting is an actual depiction of Mount Desert in Maine.
In my next painting, "La Condition Humaine" by Rene Magritte was created in 1933. The time frame of this painting is of Surrealism. Surrealism derived from the Dada movement. Surrealist appreciate the logic of dreams, and the mystery of the unconcious. According to Jeff Metlein. The drawings flowed straight from the subconcious, unchecked by reason. This painting represents the outside versus inside.
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Dear Fawn,
I know that the period and culture and movement and style can be confusing.
1. Neoclassicism, and Romanticism are both movements not periods.
2. a period is a longer span of time than a movement.
3. In this case both paintings were done during the Modern Period - one during the Industrial Revolution the other during the Depression.
4. What about culture?
5. Church - American
6. Magritte - French.
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