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19th Century Artworks
Question 1
The later 19th century American artists and audiences used visual arts and representations such as paintings, architecture, sculpture and performing arts in a number of ways to negotiate a wide range of issues including gender and the social identity of American woman in the late 19th century. Following the growth of the renaissance movements particularly in the last quarter of the 19th century, gender and the “woman question” increasingly becomes an important factor in visual arts (Wilson 37). One of the classic visual art representation of gender and social identity of woman in the 29 century is best captured in the painting “Lady aAgnew of lochnaw” by John Singer Sergeant (Nochlin 258). Painted in 1892, the classic portrait uses a direct gaze aas well as lilac sash to give a striking impact. John Singer particularly uses the portrait painting to provide a striking depiction of a modern woman with power and modesty at a time when these ideas were increasingly being challenged.
According to Nochlin (257), another good representation gender and the social identity of American woman in the late 19th century visual art was a beautiful painting by Mary Cassatt titled “A cup of Tea” in 1880. The painting depicted a group of women socializing outside their homes and having a cup of tea. Painted in a more impressionist manner, the canvas painting with a richly blue background highlights the increasing participation of the late 29th century women in the social and public life. Generally, the subjective focus of the representation of gender and social identity of woman in the late 19th century was largely seen in the context of cultural re-conceptualization of the identity of woman.
Question 2
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...lass changed based on the way they decorated their homes and ability to afford new décor. There were varieties of options from handcrafts to factory productions. Foreign culture was also an influence on peoples’ perception to beauty.
One of the examples of the use of vision in artistic practice is the 1891 painting titled “Shepherd’s Song” by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Beautifully executed in mural decorations, the painting significantly shows increasing focus in visuals in its allegorical representations (DeLue 46). Another remarkable example of how visual representations increasingly became of the most important aspects of artistic practice and consumer culture is the painting “Landscape with Trees” done by George Inness in1886 (DeLue 56). The great painting has employed numerous visuals of reoccurring trees to depict and cultivate a spiritual nature of landscape.