Victorian era: Difference between revisions

 

The middle of the 19th century saw [[The Great Exhibition]] of 1851, the first [[Expo (exhibition)|World's Fair]], and showcased the greatest innovations of the century. At its centre was [[the Crystal Palace]], an enormous, modular glass and iron structure - the first of its kind. It was condemned by Ruskin as the very model of mechanical dehumanisation in design, but later came to be presented as the prototype of [[Modern architecture]]. The [[History of photography|emergence of photography]], which was showcased at the Great Exhibition, resulted in significant changes in Victorian art with Queen Victoria being the first British Monarch to be photographed. [[John Everett Millais]] was influenced by photography (notably in his portrait of Ruskin) as were other [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] artists. It later became associated with the [[Impressionism|Impressionistic]] and [[Social realism|Social Realist]] techniques that would dominate the later years of the period in the work of artists such as [[Walter Sickert]] and [[Frank Holl]].

 

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