Artist during the Victorian Era By Ankita Roy & Merna Gali
The Victorian Era was a time in England under the reign of Queen Victoria. During this time period art, literature and architecture flourished. Some people called it the Second English Renaissance but it was really the beginning of Modern Times. During the Victorian Era scientific revolutions occurred as well. Charles Darwin went on his Voyage of the Beagle and posted the Theory of Evolution while The Great Exhibition of 1851 took places in London. Above all, art flourished.
Arists in the Victorian period were inspired by ideas from the Renaissance. They painted works for spirtual meanings and to celeberate progress and social/econmic advance. Artists sold their work to the wealthy, the wealthy class could then use the paintings to show off. They did all kinds of paintings like religious paintings, landscapes, urban scenes, and cityscapes.
There were many artists during the Victorian era but James McNeill Whistler, Dante Gabriel Rosetti , and William Powell Frith were some of the most well known artists during that time. Whistler’s most famous work was a portrait of his mother, known as Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist’s Mother also known as Whistler’s Mother. Rosetti used vibrant colors to paint Bottles and The Eve of St. Agnes. He was an a group of artist joined together to form the Pre-Raphaelites. The Pre-Raphaelites focused on recapturing the style of painters during the Italian Renaissance.
In conclusion, the Victorian Era was a very influential time period. It shapes how we live our life today. With the novel A Christmas Carol still being read around the world to new painting styles our world would not be the same without this important period of time. They always said we had to learn history, but they never said it would change our world so dramatically.
Artist during the Victorian Era
By Ankita Roy & Merna Gali
The Victorian Era was a time in England under the reign of Queen Victoria. During this time period art, literature and architecture flourished. Some people called it the Second English Renaissance but it was really the beginning of Modern Times. During the Victorian Era scientific revolutions occurred as well. Charles Darwin went on his Voyage of the Beagle and posted the Theory of Evolution while The Great Exhibition of 1851 took places in London. Above all, art flourished.
Arists in the Victorian period were inspired by ideas from the Renaissance. They painted works for spirtual meanings and to celeberate progress and social/econmic advance. Artists sold their work to the wealthy, the wealthy class could then use the paintings to show off. They did all kinds of paintings like religious paintings, landscapes, urban scenes, and cityscapes.
There were many artists during the Victorian era but James McNeill Whistler, Dante Gabriel Rosetti , and William Powell Frith were some of the most well known artists during that time. Whistler’s most famous work was a portrait of his mother, known as Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist’s Mother also known as Whistler’s Mother. Rosetti used vibrant colors to paint Bottles and The Eve of St. Agnes. He was an a group of artist joined together to form the Pre-Raphaelites. The Pre-Raphaelites focused on recapturing the style of painters during the Italian Renaissance.
In conclusion, the Victorian Era was a very influential time period. It shapes how we live our life today. With the novel A Christmas Carol still being read around the world to new painting styles our world would not be the same without this important period of time. They always said we had to learn history, but they never said it would change our world so dramatically.
Citations
Eidem, Nathan. "Victorian Era Art" Social Studies. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com.
Pioch, Nickolas. "WebMuseum, Paris." Whistler, James Abbott McNeill . 14 8 2006. Web. 12 Feb 2010. <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/whistler/>.
"The Subjects of Victorian Paintings." The Victorian Web. 2/3/2006. Web. 6 Feb 2010. <http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/subjects/index.html>.