Art Movements

  Throughout the “long” nineteenth century - roughly, from the French Revolution through the beginning of World War I, artists engaged intimately with developments in politics, religion, industry, race and gender relations, and popular culture. Write a three (3) paragraph minimum response addressing the following questions: * Which artists and works of art - or entire styles/movements - best exemplify this trend of social commentary and/or documentation? * How was art "used" to illuminate or, in some cases, criticize certain aspects of contemporary life? * Did different preoccupations come with different eras? * Were certain styles or genres more amenable to such an enterprise?