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Changing Times, Changing Places:

Art Reflects Industrialization

 

Selected pieces of art with ELA Elements and

Visual Characteristics for ELA discussion:

 

Painting Title

Artist

Year

ELA Elements

Visual Characteristics

Hermitage

The Hermitage at Pontoise thumbnail

Pissarro

1867

Setting  Mood 

Tone

 

women strolling children sitting landscape 

time of day

attitude  

choice of color

Woman with Parrot

Woman with Parrot thumbnail

Renoir

1871

Setting  Mood   Tone Symbolism

 

age of woman posturing of woman

bird cage  dress of subject  

size of area

use of color

Farm Women at Work

Farm Women at Work thumbnail

Seurat

1882

Setting  Mood   Tone Symbolism

landscape

style of artist

subjects featured

color

activity

Le Moulin de la Galette

Le Moulin de la Galette thumbnail

Picasso

1900

Setting  Mood   Tone Symbolism

subject featured

color

posturing

activity

Woman Ironing

Woman Ironing thumbnail

Picasso

1904

Mood   Tone Symbolism

subject

activity

color

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower thumbnail

Delaunay

1911

Setting   Symbolism

color

time period

subject featured

Paris Society

Paris Society thumbnail

Beckmann

1931

Setting   Tone Symbolism

use of color

placement of characters

relationship of character background