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History of Art: The Pre Modern Era

Use these online videos to study the History of Art and artists and artistic works of The Pre Modern Era

With this title, you'll examine the bold, hasty brushwork and sketchy backgrounds of Impressionist masterpieces. Use our 3 online educational video titles to explore the significant impact that advances in engineering and technology had on the imagination in the Pre-Modern Era (1845-1900). Discover how the invention of the camera created a fundamental change in art. Examine the bold, hasty brushwork and sketchy backgrounds of Impressionist masterpieces. See magnificent artistic works by Cézanne, Courbet, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Seurat, van Gogh, and many others. Identify the characteristics of Realism, Formalism, Impressionism, Expressionism, and Art Nouveau. Listen to excerpts from musical compositions by Debussy, Mahler, Ravel, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the significant impact that advances in engineering and technology, as reflected in the swift growth of the iron and steel industries, had on the imagination.
  • Learn how technological advancements, such as the creation of the camera, created a fundamental change in art.
  • Identify the characteristics of Realism, Formalism, Impressionism, Expressionism, and Art Nouveau.
  • Name prominent artists of the pre-modern era, including Cézanne, Courbet, Gauguin, and Van Gogh, and identify some of their famous works of art.
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