Artistic movements in the 19th century: Romantism, Realism and Modernism

Dear students,

Did you know that there were different artistics movements during the 19th century?

What were their names?

• Romanticism: It emerged in the late 18th century. It was a reaction of the Industrial Revolution. Artists wanted to show their feelings, nature and beauty. Francisco Goya was the most important artist in Spain.
• What´s romanticism? - video

• Realism: emerged in the mid 19th century, as a reaction of Romanticism. Artists and writers focused on working class daily life.
• Realism Art Movement - video

• Modernism: emerged in the late 19th century. It was related to the new shapes and experiments with the new materials, like "La Sagrada Familia" in Barcelona. 

Can you find out what the differences were between each other? What were their characteristics and their names?