Art In The 1700's A New Middle Class

During the 1800s, the social structure changed due to the Industrial Revolution. The middle class expanded. Although not all the members of this class were of the same status, they all shared the same values. They all believed in the importance of hard work and morality. One very important value was family togetherness. During this time period, middle-class families worked to preserve this family togetherness, as well as their prosperity, which they did by raising their children well. Women were more involved in maintaining family unity and the raising of children than men.

Art in general is a form of expression. Individuals use art to express emotions, passion, or make a statement. Society can have an impact on how an artist chooses to express his or her sentiments. The beauty of it all is that interpretation is what makes art so unique. The same piece of art can mean so many different things due to who is looking at it. Just like everything else, art changes with time. There has been different eras in art that have impacted society as we know it.

In this selection of the book, Gitlin discusses a seventeenth-century Dutch painter by the name of Vermeer. Vermeer was known for being able to”fr[ee]ze instants, but instants that spoke of the relative constancy of the world in which his subjects lived” (Gitlin 558). People collected Vermeer’s paintings for display throughout their homes. Gitlin sees Vermeer as the seventeenth-century version of the media. In that time, the images painted were relative to the people’s era and private world. In today’s world Vermeer would be the equivalent to a celebrity photographer or movie director. If Vermeer, or any other artist of his time, were to see today’s households, they would find that the once private space inside the home is now much more dominated by images of the outside world than what would have been possible in the 1600’s.

Art by its nature is a subject of the philosophical, social, economic, political or religious context surrounding its creator. More often than not, a work of art addresses a specific topic or somewhat revolves around a particular person. Therefore, it is impossible to separate the context of a piece of painting, either historical or cultural, to its intrinsic value or the artwork's meaning. On the other hand, different cultures and time utilized specific conventions that govern the representation of objects of creativity. This essay highlights various pieces of art and their relationship to particular cultural, political, economic, or social settings. Moreover, it pinpoints how different times influence art presentation.

In certain eras of art, assorted styles were applied because it was the most popular, at the time. In the time of the gilded era, the United States wasn’t unified with other states and countries. So, their mindset was to upstage other states and countries by any means necessary. They wanted to be the first country with latest building and infrastructure, during this time they knew working children was wrong and the working condition of the workforce was suitable. Instead of showing the poor working condition of the workers in painting, they completely ignored the fact that it did not happen. If they did portray the working condition onto a canvass, it would reflect negatively upon society and to other countries. That is a perception they didn’t

Neoclassical Art was an art form that followed the Baroque and Rococo art periods. Neoclassicism was a way for artists to display their wish to return to meaningful art, to escape the frivolity of landscapes and still life paintings, and paint something that had a moral, educational or inspirational value to the viewer. Neoclassical art was an attempt to return knowledge and purity back to art. Neoclassicism was mainly focused on Greek and Roman arts and stories of the classical era with some new advancement. It was a revival of antiquity.

After William IV died, his niece, Victoria, became the Queen of England, starting the victorian era. In Victoria’s reign, the British Empire came to cover over ¼ of the world. The Industrial revolution is created during her reign, producing more products available to the common people of England. On the down side, people working in the mill had a hard life.

The revolution of an industrial based economy and transportation, changed Americans daily lives in the mid 1800s century by improving their lifestyle and their daily needs when before they have to make the materials themselves now we have the opportunity to purchase them in the market by a price but before that how did industry manufacturers and transportation change the economy and improved people's lives despites the many outcomes it has in long term run.

The Classical era paved the way for the rise of the Middle class, and their effect on society and the art. During the Classical era there was a problem of who was controlling and supporting the arts. Music was no longer dominated by the power of the nobles, but instead started to become influenced by the wants and needs of the middle class. One of the greatest influences art had on the middle class during the classical era, was their impact on the change of music styles. With the change in social power of the middle class also came the change of the role of the musical composer, which then changed they style of music being created.

In the Middle Ages their art was considerably different then a lot of the art we have now. They had no portrait paintings and the color schemes were generally very subtle in their work. Most of artwork during this time period revolved around religion themes. During the Middle Ages up until the start of the Renaissance period, art saw many drastic changes through the years. Three main types of art during this time period was Byzantine Art, Romanesque Art, and Gothic Art. These art styles in the Middle Ages changed a lot throughout the years

During the Middle Age when governed by Christianity, the churches and monasteries played a role as a treasure storage for collections and exhibitions of precious goods. Even the most of collected and produced objects or art works were the tools for religious ceremony and the ornaments for the interior and exterior of church. The churches used a collection and display of precious goods in a way to attracts the publics to the church unlike that artworks were given secular values and they were considered as an aesthetic object only in the ancient Greek and the Rome era. The collected artworks were exhibited and disclosed to the public for the purpose of making people believe in God. Thus, the church in the Middle Age acted as a modern museum in respect that it collected, displayed, supported and produced relics and art works. Under the absolute power of the church, it was obvious that the representative art field in Middle Age was concentrated on an architecture of religious building such as a church or monastery and a sculpture or painting to decorate the building. The art works that used for buildings of church and monastery and the ornaments of the buildings were mostly a sacred treasure, an altarpiece, a bible manuscript for the Christian ceremony and the mural in catholic church that represents a bible story. Such things were mainly installed or decorated inside of a church or monastery, which were preserved in a special form along with

Art during the Italian Renaissance differed from art during the Middle Ages. The two have contrasting characteristics and concepts. In the Middle Ages the subject of almost all European art was religion, specifically. Although Renaissance artists continued to paint religious paintings and portraits of individuals, they also focused on the details of everyday life. They also used new techniques such as sfumato, chiaroscuro and perspective. The artists of the Italian Renaissance expressed the ideals of the time period through their work with the technique of perspective, the method of chiaroscuro, and the types of paintings they painted.

Throughout the vast history of art, historians can find connections throughout the centuries. Artists from the beginning of humankind have been inspired by the world around them. From the Apollo 11 stones to present day, history and culture have provided inspiration and have been the focus of various pieces. Examining artwork from the 15th-18th century, viewers can be shown a whole world that would be unknown to us without these artist’s contributions. History, religion, and cultural events have sculpted the art world, and we can observe this through many pieces during the 15th-18th centuries.

The Renaissance, also known to many as the “rebirth” had an extreme impact on art and architecture and many historians believe this period is studded with artists and architects. Through the 15th century cultural and scientific advances were made through art and architecture. Starting in the 14th century, the Renaissance was a time when scholars, sculptors and painters rediscovered the great works of ancient Greece and Rome. They also quickly developed new skills in sculpture and more realistic and ambitious ways to paint.

There are about a million different colors in the world. There are light colors and dark colors and colors in-between. We can use colors to express ourselves and use them to express our moods. People are famous because of art and people have been arrested for art too. People can dedicate art to other people and people can draw themselves too. Million and millions of colors are in the world but only few are known. More colors are discovered ever day by people who experiment with colors. Making different shades of every color. For example, if you mix blue and yellow you get green. If you mix different colors you will get new better colors. Colors are everywhere even if we don’t want them to be.