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Art of the industrialisation (1850-1910)

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To examine images and concepts related to the 19th century industrial development in Europe To discover how artists interpreted them for the benefit of their viewers

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		1		Fishermen's life in a Cornish village	Wikimedia	wikimedia.org	1m
	What you'll learn in this step: What are the people in the foreground doing? What are those boats in the background? Why is there fish lying on the sand? What is going to happen next?
		2		Sesembra fish auction	Robert Vickery - ArtSTOR	artstor.org	1h
	What you'll learn in this step: What connects this photo with the previous painting?
		3		A fish sale on a Cornish beach - Art history resource	The box - Museum Art archive	theboxplymouth.com	1h
	What you'll learn in this step: Here you will find an explanation of the painting. Notice that this is the last glimpse of a world that is fading away. What was changing? Why did this matter for the local community?
		4		The doctor by Luke Fields	Wikimedia	wikimedia.org	1h
	What you'll learn in this step: Observe this painting carefully. In its own way it is a representation of two worlds that are crashing against each other in mid-19th century: science and civic engagement on the one hand, poverty and backwardness on the other. From your point of view, what caused this clash?
		5		Understanding Luke Fildes’ The Doctor	AMA Journal of Ethics	ama-assn.org	1m
	What you'll learn in this step: Luke Fildes's painting became the symbol of a new profession: the general practitioner, who could visit all sort of patients bringing in advice and consultation. For some he was like a hero, because curing the poor meant renouncing to more lucrative activities; however, this was not correct. Could you figure out why?
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	What you'll learn in this step: The confrontation between the owner, or manager, of a factory and the workers is getting hot. Could you explain why? What makes you think that from a moment to another there will be some bitter fighting?
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	What you'll learn in this step: Did this painting come before or after a wave of agitation in Europe and America? Give reasons to your answer.
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	What you'll learn in this step: What happens in this illustration? Try to understand as much as possible from the image, then find information upon the Chicago Haymarket riot (1886).
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	What you'll learn in this step: This painting has no narrative, but we can still understand something about this man and why the painting is called 'On strike'. What could his job be, at least judging by his clothes? Why is his family around him? What's he doing at the door entrance?
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	What you'll learn in this step: What type of feedback did this painting receive when it was exposed for the first time? In your opinion, why is this image still reproduced on mass media after more than one century? Why is it special?
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	What you'll learn in this step: What are these women doing? What types of risks and hazards do you think they were exposed to? Why do you think the painter has chosen this rather strange point of view?
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What you'll learn in this step: The luminosity of this painting is extraordinary. How did the painter achieve it, and what was his aim?
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What you'll learn in this step: Look at this image attentively. What are the similarities and differences between this painting and the previous one? Which of the two is more realistic for you? Why?
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What you'll learn in this step: What type of factory is this? What are these workers doing? You may have noticed that they are half naked. What type of hazards were they facing? Why can we see their strong bodies and muscles, but not their faces?
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What you'll learn in this step: As far as you can see, what was the artist's stance towards the workers? Was he sympathethic, indifferent or hostile towards them?
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What you'll learn in this step: Meunier's industrial world is dark and grey, whereas Luce's is bright and coloured. The themes, though, are similar. How do you explain the difference?
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What you'll learn in this step: Both paintings illustrate the introduction of the Bessemer process in Belgian factories. Discover more about this innovation and why it mattered.
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What you'll learn in this step: What is this young woman holding, and why? Try to guess what she was supposed to do in the pit.
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What you'll learn in this step: Vincent Van Gogh greatly admired and respected Constantin Meunier. Try to understand why.
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What you'll learn in this step: This painting is organised in three different parts. What happens on the left, right, and centre? Why do you think it is so crowded? The point of view is slightly elevated, and the conception of space less realistic than one might expect. What are the reasons behind these choices?
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What you'll learn in this step: This is the last, and perhaps most important, painting that we have seen so far. What type of feelings does it give you? What does the artist want you to notice? Do you feel that the artist's stance towards industrialisation is positive, neutral or negative? What makes you feel so?

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Francesco Cisternino

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