MODERNISM VS REALISM: THE DIFFERENCES

Abstract

A comparative study of modernist and realistic artistic trends in Europe in the early 19th century is discussed here below. The goal is to examine how political and social hierarchy were influenced by each movement. The most convincing points found in the current scholarship reflect the resistance to the modern and innovative approach practised by artists of the emerging middle class. It will serve for the visual composition and political convictions of the moment as a historical context. The essence of this investigation is to understand how social reform was brought on by movements.