Practice question · Put in order
Order these moments in nineteenth-century painting.
- The collapsible metal paint tube patented (1841)
- Courbet’s Burial at Ornans scandalizes the Salon (1850–51)
- Photography announced to the public (1839)
- First independent Impressionist exhibition (1874)
- Manet’s Déjeuner shown at the Salon des Refusés (1863)
Hints
- Two technologies precede the two scandals.
- The independent exhibition comes last.
Show the answer
- Photography announced to the public (1839)
- The collapsible metal paint tube patented (1841)
- Courbet’s Burial at Ornans scandalizes the Salon (1850–51)
- Manet’s Déjeuner shown at the Salon des Refusés (1863)
- First independent Impressionist exhibition (1874)
Why
Two technologies, then two scandals, then a secession. Photography took documentation away, and the tube let painters walk out of the studio, the revolt had causes before it had a manifesto.
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