The Artists' Quandry

The Industrial Revolution not only brought with it numerous advancements in the manufacturing of textile and other practical items, but in the pigment and other paint production fields as well. This step up in technology allowed painters from all backgrounds to express themselves through the arts in an easier and cheaper way.

Unfortunatly the era of the industry brought with it brutally harsh and dreary cityscapes that affected landscape for miles in every direction. This bleak setting brought on a much more dreary mindset that bled through in artists' paintings.

In the end it brought up an ironic situation that I thought interesting: advancements in art affecting art; and yet this is only on a smaller scale. Overall with the beginning of the romantisism era and the rise of the middle class, art became much less gaudy and pompous, and much more approachable and welcoming bringing in a larger and more diverse crowd of collectors and enthusiasts.


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