Industry Era Idealism

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Industry, Empire, and the Realist Style Advancements in industrialization throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth century lead to colonialism and new imperialism, which contributed to diplomatic polices that caused dominated countries to become economically dependent on this new advancement of industrial revolution, which lead to a new style of writing, art and music known as realism. These advancements in industrialization lead to harsh working environments for the poor, which lead to many deaths, especially for young children, “In the 1830’s, almost half of London’s funerals were for children under ten years old.” (p.163).These conditions lead to debates and social theories about equality and liberty. John Stuart Mill believed in …show more content…
Talbot gave artists the ability to make visual records of how things were. Artists like Courbet, Daumier, Eakins and Homer used these technologies to show how things were in everyday life, by simply taking pictures of everything from the enjoyments of life to the struggles of life, they were able to leave as a stronger sense of how things were. This new technology was also of great use for recording images of architecture as well as people and places. These photos show the use of cast iron in structures from the nineteenth century. Through the use of realism in music in the late nineteenth century the opera began to focus more about everyday struggles, rather than the romantic heroism they once focused on. Composers like Giacomo Puccini showed these struggles in operas like La Boheme and Madam Butterfly. In conclusion realism left us with a better understanding of how things really were.
The Move Toward Modernism During the years 1875 -1900 there were many inventions that moved society toward becoming more modern, a few of the greatest inventions were the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison in 1879 along with the invention of the telephone, camera and the internal combustion engine which led to the invention of automobile. Through these brilliant inventions peoples’ lives were made much easier and the need for them quickly