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- Question: According to the reading, how do modernism and modernity impact then art in Great Britain? Be sure that you explain the concepts from the text.
Steve Edwards & Paul Wood, eds. Art and Visual Culture 1850-2010: Modernity to Globalisation, Open University, 2012.
2. Question: How did the Pre-Raphealites respond to the industrialization? Why did they and what did they do?
A reading response in 400 words
Read: Chapter 2, part 2 and 3 in your textbook
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: ART DISCUSSION
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ART DISCUSSION
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Q1.
The traditional or academic type of art mainly focused on paintings which demonstrated
the beliefs and the cultures which applied to the people who were considered as elites of the
society. These people had the means to pay for paintings and even had huge castles or buildings
like churches where they could display the art. The scenes which the artists chose to include in
the pictures were mostly religious or those of heroic people or soldiers (Steve Edwards & Paul
Wood, 2012).
The advent of modernity in Great Britain was symbolized by the start of the industrial
revolution and urban culture, where people moved from producing their necessities to buying
them from specialized producers and traders. The advent of capitalism symbolized a time when
people stopped relying on the windfall and landed fortune to actual planning and production of
goods which transl...