“For them [Flaubert, Baudelaire, and Manet] , their very existence as members of the bourgeoisie was problematic, isolating them not from existing social and artistic institutions but creating deeply felt internal dichotomies as well. In other words, their birth into the middle class was a source of internal as well as external alienation.” (Page 13) A- With Flaubert, Baudelaire, and Manet born in the middle class they were limited to a very enclosed but semi-rich lifestyle. With their conventional thinking, they believed that in order to truly understand the grasp of Art, they had to know all aspects of life. There was so much that they didn’t know and the difference between the bourgeoisie and every other class is staggering thus the feeling
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All hailing from France, they had an influence into the transition of Realism to Impressionism. Being a poet and an art critic, Baudelaire was considered the “Father” for this movement and used his influence to attract painters such as Manet. In doing so, Manet was able to influence even more painters such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Edgar Degas. Gustave Flaubert in the other hand was a leader of Realism in literature esp. in France. He was the basis of realist narration and paved the way of carefully enticed writing. In relations to the rest of the chapters, each figure was used to represent a side of the world of Art. Baudelaire an art critic/poet, Flaubert, a novelist, and Manet, an …show more content…
They had a very intimate relationship but never married due to their background and general status. With the connection of Cassatt to Degas to Manet also ties in with a new figure named Louis Edmond Duranty. Cassatt was influenced by Duranty in his pamphlet The New Painting. Manet was long time friends with Duranty but after a heated disagreement with a very rude comment directed to Manet’s “Dead Christ with Angels” stating that Manet was no better than “trampling oyster shells” came to and end of their friendship. The sole reason that Duranty put up with such behavior is that he believed what “we need [in art] is the characteristic modern person in his clothes, in the midst of his social surroundings, at home or out in the street." (The New Painting pamphlet by Duranty) The Christ with Angels was a depiction of Jesus shortly after being nailed to the cross, now in heaven, with an angel in his side unfortunately not fully clothed. The conclusion being a sword fight. A decade later, Cassatt finally starting her career with her first painting, titled “On a Balcony” which showed a women, fully clothed, outside, just plainly reading the newspaper and a year later, one of her more famous works “Women and Child
All hailing from France, they had an influence into the transition of Realism to Impressionism. Being a poet and an art critic, Baudelaire was considered the “Father” for this movement and used his influence to attract painters such as Manet. In doing so, Manet was able to influence even more painters such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Edgar Degas. Gustave Flaubert in the other hand was a leader of Realism in literature esp. in France. He was the basis of realist narration and paved the way of carefully enticed writing. In relations to the rest of the chapters, each figure was used to represent a side of the world of Art. Baudelaire an art critic/poet, Flaubert, a novelist, and Manet, an …show more content…
They had a very intimate relationship but never married due to their background and general status. With the connection of Cassatt to Degas to Manet also ties in with a new figure named Louis Edmond Duranty. Cassatt was influenced by Duranty in his pamphlet The New Painting. Manet was long time friends with Duranty but after a heated disagreement with a very rude comment directed to Manet’s “Dead Christ with Angels” stating that Manet was no better than “trampling oyster shells” came to and end of their friendship. The sole reason that Duranty put up with such behavior is that he believed what “we need [in art] is the characteristic modern person in his clothes, in the midst of his social surroundings, at home or out in the street." (The New Painting pamphlet by Duranty) The Christ with Angels was a depiction of Jesus shortly after being nailed to the cross, now in heaven, with an angel in his side unfortunately not fully clothed. The conclusion being a sword fight. A decade later, Cassatt finally starting her career with her first painting, titled “On a Balcony” which showed a women, fully clothed, outside, just plainly reading the newspaper and a year later, one of her more famous works “Women and Child