Students’ Questions about History Page 4

Robert Henri’s work was a reaction to the work of the Barbizon school and Impressionism. He felt that these styles did not accurately represent contemporary life.

He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.

The first great proponent of musical romanticism in france was Hector Berlioz.

The story “Editha” includes aspects of realism such as war and death.

The followers of romanticism were unhappy about the industrial revolution because it brought about mass production and the enlightenment because it brought reason and logic.

I think Hollywood is incorporating more realism in its special effects because audiences are becoming more sophisticated and demanding more realistic portrayals of violence, sex, and other mature content. Additionally, Hollywood is under increasing pressure to compete with the high-quality special effects being produced by other countries.

The adventures of huckleberry finn is considered an example of realism because it is a story that deals with the everyday problems and issues that people face.

The landscape paintings of John Constable evoke themes of romanticism in art by depicting nature in a realistic way and by using light and color to create a sense of mood.

For what purposes did writers use realism? Writers used realism to describe everyday life and to show how people coped with the problems they faced.

Opera became popular during the baroque period because it was a new and exciting form of entertainment that allowed people to escape their everyday lives and experience something different.