Renoir's The Boating Party / Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters 19th Century French painting: A Comparison (4-5 Pages) Each early civilizations, each country and nearly every social group develops its own culture. Decades, centuries later, we can learn and appreciate what their lives and the times within which they lived were like by viewing their architectural monuments, their sculpture, the literature and, of course, their paintings. For example, we can gain a quite clear view of what life must have been like for people who lived in France during the later years of the 19th century. We can begin to understand the economic situation and their values, what was important to them. We can see upper class families gathered for the socially obligatory family portraits. We can view and analyze paintings of peasant families gathered within the home and seen as subject matter within paintings of the same time period. Closely analyze the compositions and the messages seen in the two paintings shown above. Research a couple of more examples to strengthen your opinion or point of view. If we analyze the two paintings, we can develop can appreciation of the stylistic expression of each painter. We can place the paintings within the time period during which they were painted. We can see them as representations of specific French styles of nearly 130 years ago. We can also compare the compositions with each other. We can begin to read the artistic values of the time period. Through further comparison, we can see what was important to two differing social groups of the same time period. What was valued? What was important? Love, friendship, material possessions? What else? Were their values similar? Different? How did the values seen in the pictures above compare with our (or specifically, your values) values? Through viewing and interacting with the subject matter, how have your views been sharpened or changed? In what ways have you come to appreciate the values shown in the two French 19th century paintings above? Please: No Wikipedia and be sure to footnote appropriately.

Renoir's The Boating Party / Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters 19th Century French painting: A Comparison (4-5 Pages) Each early civilizations, each country and nearly every social group develops its own culture. Decades, centuries later, we can learn and appreciate what their lives and the times within which they lived were like by viewing their architectural monuments, their sculpture, the literature and, of course, their paintings. For example, we can gain a quite clear view of what life must have been like for people who lived in France during the later years of the 19th century. We can begin to understand the economic situation and their values, what was important to them. We can see upper class families gathered for the socially obligatory family portraits. We can view and analyze paintings of peasant families gathered within the home and seen as subject matter within paintings of the same time period. Closely analyze the compositions and the messages seen in the two paintings shown above. Research a couple of more examples to strengthen your opinion or point of view. If we analyze the two paintings, we can develop can appreciation of the stylistic expression of each painter. We can place the paintings within the time period during which they were painted. We can see them as representations of specific French styles of nearly 130 years ago. We can also compare the compositions with each other. We can begin to read the artistic values of the time period. Through further comparison, we can see what was important to two differing social groups of the same time period. What was valued? What was important? Love, friendship, material possessions? What else? Were their values similar? Different? How did the values seen in the pictures above compare with our (or specifically, your values) values? Through viewing and interacting with the subject matter, how have your views been sharpened or changed? In what ways have you come to appreciate the values shown in the two French 19th century paintings above? Please: No Wikipedia and be sure to footnote appropriately.