How Did Art Change In The 19th Century

In the 19th century, many changes of art took place. It started with a new "realism" approach, where artists did no longer want to paint what they were told to paint. The things that they previously had to paint were religious, Greek, or aristocratic. They were many art students that had the desire to step out of the box and paint "real life", or the lives of regular people. This was a stark difference and shocking to people as all of the sudden their servants were depicted working hard in the fields, such as in the painting "The Gleaners". All of the sudden lives of regular people were depicted, and the thought processes were also able to change when looking at art. Another shift in art was that to nature. Many famous artists such as Monet