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Dance

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Ballet in France began to decline after the Romantic period.

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Drama

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Gas lights and finally incandescent bulbs lighted the stage and scenery. Costumes became more accurate to the history of the play and simple backdrops gave way to the realism of the box set.

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Music

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Composers began combining their works with playwrights, creating imaginative and innovative works. They worked to appeal to the senses rather than the intellect.

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Realism

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Realism was a reaction to the excesses of Romanticism and Neoclassicism. Realism is the accurate, unembellished and detailed depiction of nature or contemporary life. Realist art depicts such ideals as every-day life. Paintings and sculpture look objectively real.

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Impressionism

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is a light, spontaneous manner of painting, capturing a fleeting impression of nature. The spectrum range of colors was used, omitting black and browns.

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Prehistoric art

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based on…the hunt

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Egyptians art

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based on…their belief in the afterlife, their many gods and rulers

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Greek art

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based on…the human body (humanity), Greek gods

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Roman art

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based on…their government/state, rulers

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Early Christian art

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based on…spirituality