Industrialisation and Art- week 7

Impression Sunrise' (1873)

1.Define the Industrial Revolution and Industrialism.

Industrial Revolution is the complex of radical socioeconomic changes, such as the ones that took place in England in the late 18th century, that are brought about when extensive mechanization of production systems results in a shift from home-based hand manufacturing to large-scale factory production.

Industrialism is an economic and social system based on the development of large-scale industries and marked by the production of large quantities of inexpensive manufactured goods and the concentration of employment in urban factories.

2.Research Monet's painting 'Impression Sunrise'(1873) to analyze the work in relation to Industrialisation.

This painting depicting a Le Havre landscape. It hung in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 and is now displayed in the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. From the painting's title, art critic Louis Leroy coined the term "Impressionism", which he intended as disparagement but which the Impressionists appropriated for themselves.

The sun is set against the dawn, the orange color against the gray and the vibrant force of the sun against its motionless surroundings. To many spectators, the sun undulates or pulsates slightly. The sun is nearly the same luminance as the grayish clouds.This lack of contrast explains the painting’s eerie quality. The painting creats a mixture colour feeling that all the objects in this painting are sticking and mixing together. if we think about the Franco-Prussian War (19 July 1870). I think Monet was trying to use this painting to show how the environment looked like during that period of time, the war brought pollution, also means large amount of weapons were produced. Imperfect is what we can see from this painting.

3.Olafur Eliasson's 'Weather Project'(2006) is a contemporary work that relates to Monet's

famous landscape. Research the project to identitify the artist's intentions, as well as the site (space or venue) chosen for the project, to provide depth for your answer.

Eliasson used humidifiers to create a fine mist in the air via a mixture of sugar and water, as well as a semi-circular disc made up of hundreds of monochromatic lamps which radiated single frequency yellow light. This is a new way to present art piece compare to Monet's painting. Because Eliasson used scientific way to create an amazing result which creating a real feeling of a sun, a sun so close to us, making me feel like we are in the space right beside to the sun. Monet and Eliasson both use their own techniques to show how industralisation is affecting the world around during the period of time that they are living in. Compare the Weather Project to Impression Sunrise, modern art looks more alive and creative.The ceiling of the hall was covered with a huge mirror, in which visitors could see themselves as tiny black shadows against a mass of orange light. Many visitors responded to this exhibition by lying on their backs and waving their hands and legs. If we look at the reflection from the mirror, i can imagine how do people look like on the earth from the satellite.

'Weather Project' (2006)

Olafur Eliasson

reference:

http://economics.about.com/cs/economicsglossary/g/industry.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet,_Impression,_soleil_levant,_1872.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Weather+Project&aq=f