How Did The Arts Change In The Late 19th Century

Late 19th Century Artists always tried to rebel against the artistic traditions of the past. Before the 1800s, the arts all changed, but most of these changes still followed a common theme of expressing beauty. Art was not really ever political or representative of everyday common life. In the 19th century, all of that changed. The impressionists, realists, and post-impressionists all sought to change the course of art history. The realists specifically rebelled against traditions by representing real life the way it actually was. For example, Gustave Courbet's "The Stonebreakers" presented a harsh reality. It portrayed hard working lower-class people simply doing their miserable job of breaking stones. This was not something very beautiful