1.Define the Industrial Revolution and Industrialism. 2.Research Monet's painting 'Impression Sunrise'(1873) to analyze the work in relation to Industrialisation.
'Impression Sunrise' (1873)
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.
'Weather Project' (2006)
Olafur Eliasson
1.Define the Industrial Revolution and Industrialism
ReplyDeleteThe Industrial Revolution began in England around the 18th century. They saw our process turn from a farming, handicraft economy to a machine manufacture and industrial dominant one. ‘The term ‘Industrial Revolution’ was first popularized by the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–83) to describe England’s economic development from 1760 to 1840. Since Toynbee’s time the term has been more broadly applied.’ (The Industrial Revolution brought us better utilization of crop and cattle; it saw the improvement of manufacture and transport with the invention of the steam engine by Thomas Newcomen together with John Calley in 1712 (In 1733, John Kay improved the looms on the flying shuttle to enable weavers to weave faster.
2.Research Monet's painting 'Impression Sunrise’ (1873) to analyze the work in relation to Industrialization
During the 18th century The Industrial Revolution was in full swing. Monet illustrates in this painting the idea of progress and the building or the build up to the new improved world, or utopia. In the background, faint images of what looks like a construction site or industrial area are painted in grey, as it distinguishes the color of metal or steel. 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. Why is this so? The sun is nearly the same luminance as the grayish clouds. The sun nearly disappears if you remove the color. This lack of contrast explains the painting’s eerie quality’
3. Olafur Eliasson's 'Weather Project’ (2006) is a contemporary work that relates to Monet's famous landscape.
The similarity between Loafer Eliasson’s work and Monet’s work is the use of colors, the illusion of the sun (or in Eliasson’s case – the hundreds of monochromatic lamps). The lamps Eliasson used mimicked the sun and created a late afternoon scene, as did Monet. With the use of the colors orange, yellow and grey and black, they created the feeling of warmth.
Loafer Eliasson was born in Iceland. He grew up in the cold drab northern area with natural environment all around him. This influenced his creative nature. Sunlight, rainbow, water, fog and other natural happenings occupy his work. This is more important to him compared to modern science and technology. His work excelled the traditional of way of art. The human perception was often at his time triggered and inspired by the natural man to lead the viewer into the situation created by the artist and color world.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/287086/Industrial-Revolution
http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industrial_Revo.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O88-industrialism.html
http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/monet.html