Painting Modern Life
from the guide Modern Art and Ideas 1: 1882–1900

This lesson examines the interest of artists categorized as Post-Impressionist in depicting everyday life in the modern world. By comparing and contrasting two distinctively modern works, students will understand the term modern as used in a historical and art historical context.

Rise of the Modern City
from the guide Modern Art and Ideas 1: 1882–1900

The turn of the century in Paris was a time of modern invention, intense art production, and relative peace for France and its neighbors. The new subway system and the Eiffel Tower are among many exciting projects undertaken in Paris at this time.

Portraiture
from the guide Modern Art and Ideas 1: 1882–1900

Portraits can represents individuals in many different ways. They can be literal representations of a person or they can represent a person symbolically. This lesson features portraits by Vincent Van Gogh and Édouard Vuillard.

Popular Culture
from the guide Modern Art and Ideas 1: 1882–1900

The end of the nineteenth century in France is known as the Belle Époque because of the high cultural development that occurred at that time. Entertainment for the general public was a new phenomenon and artists created images of celebrities and of audiences enjoying popular culture.

Landscape
from the guide Modern Art and Ideas 1: 1882–1900

Landscape was a popular subject for many artists throughout the nineteenth century. A number of artists in the late nineteeth- and early twentieth century were averse to the intense pace of modern society and created landscapes that suggested the antithesis to it.