Realism correct answers interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
Naturalism correct answers an intention on the part of the artist to represent objects as nearly as possible in their natural and everyday forms
Naturalism Revolution c...
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Realism correct answers interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the
abstract, speculative, etc.
Naturalism correct answers an intention on the part of the artist to represent objects as nearly
as possible in their natural and everyday forms
Naturalism Revolution correct answers It was shocking and unpleasant for most audiences.
They were more interested in big romantic settings than they were in real life.
Very difficult to break modern conventions
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen correct answers - started naturalism
- first modern director
- built large theater for his court
- really liked Brahms
- wanted complete authenticity in props and accuracy in set/costumes
- had no stars in his company
- had scenes including the crowd which made his company famous
- coined "there are no small parts, just small actors"
Georg's Naturalism correct answers - Rehearsed a play until he thought it was ready
- Refused to set a performance date until he was satisfied
Richard Wagner correct answers - Theory of what Saxe-Meiningen put into practice
- Articulated the idea that there needed to be a new form of theater out there (not necessarily
Naturalism but that's what we attribute to him)
- Wanted a single artist so that there was total unity
- Built the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth, the first classless theatre
Wagner's writings correct answers Opera and Drama
The Purpose of Opera
- Criticized the nature of actors who focused on their personal performances and the lack of
realism in set design
Gesamtkunstwerk correct answers "Total work of art" - A cohesive piece of art synthesized
through one master artist
- Naturalism assumes that it's the playwright we're supposed to satisfy
- Vocalized/written by Richard Wagner
Naturalism in the Theater, 1881 correct answers - Written by Emily Zola
- Declared the traditional theater was untrue
- "Either the theater will die, or it will become modern and naturalistic"
The Experimental Novel, 1881 correct answers - Written by Emily Zola
- Tried to apply some of Bernard's ideas to his novel
, Works Zola was inspired by correct answers Introduction to Experimental Medicine (1865)
by Claude Bernard
- Book wanted to study the environment's effect on the body/organs
Zola's Ideas correct answers - The writer as a doctor
- Seek out societal ills and reveal them
- The writer should be objective
- Effect of heredity
- Plays should be a "fragment of existence" (Plays shouldn't have a beginning, middle, or
end)
Therese Raquin correct answers Zola's play
- Based on a novel first
- Definitely didn't succeed at being naturalistic
- Presented characters who weren't two dimensional; not too innocent or too villainous
- Naturalistic Elements: Dark atmosphere of set, characters who are 2-D
Andre Antoine correct answers - Wanted to do new plays
- Wanted to do a night of new theater
- Founded Theatre Libre
Theatre libre correct answers - The theater Antoine created because Zola was too
controversial
- Performed Jaques Damour by Zola
- Did theatre by subscription
- Naturalistic acting style
- Built the set first without thought to the actors
Subscription correct answers Patrons would pay to attend an entire season at a theater.
Antoine (Theatre Libre) originated it because he needed money to pay for his shows. A way
to get around censorship
Herik Ibsen correct answers Famous Norwegian Playwright
- Cataline
- The Warrior's Barrow
- Brand
- Peer Gynt
- Emperor and Galilean
- The Pillars of Society
- A Doll's House
- Ghosts
- Enemy of the People
- Hedda Gabler
- When we Dead Awaken
Ole Bull correct answers World Famous Violinist who noticed "Cataline" and "The Warrior's
Barrow," interested in promoting Nationalism.
Bergen Theater correct answers - Ibsen was an SM there.
- Did 145 plays in 6 years.
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