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INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE L.S Lowry

INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE L.S Lowry. INDEX. DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PAINTER HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PAINTING. By : Naiara Rodriguez Noelia Garlo Esther Torrecilla Nuria Calle. DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PAINTER.

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INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE L.S Lowry

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  1. INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE L.S Lowry

  2. INDEX • DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PAINTER • HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT • DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PAINTING By: Naiara Rodriguez Noelia Garlo Esther Torrecilla Nuria Calle

  3. DESCRIPTIONABOUTTHEPAINTER NAME: Laurence Stephen Lowry BORN: 1st November 1887 Manchester, England DIED: 23 February 1976 (aged 88) FIELD: Painting TRAINING: Manchester Municipal College and Salford Technical College WORKS: Going to the Match (1928), Coming from the Mill (1930), Industrial Landscape (1955), Portrait of Ann (1957) AWARDS: Freedom of the City of Salford, Honorary Master of Arts, and Honorary Doctor of Letters

  4. HISTORICAL CONTEXT (1) • Migrationfromthecountrysidetothecity. • PopulationgrowthImprovement of nutrition, hygiene, medicine. • Growingdemand of products. • Improvement of transport Railway

  5. HISTORICAL CONTEXT (2) • The most important technological innovations The steam engine The spinning machine “Spinning Jenny”

  6. CULTURAL CONTEXT (1) Most artists preferred turning their backs on to the darkness, child-labour, poverty and disease scenary typical of the Industrial Revolution. On the other hand: • Painting: LS Lowry (the smoking chimneys and terraced housing) and JMW Turner (railways). 7 “Industrial Landscape” by LS Lowry “Rail, Steam and Speed” by JMW Turner

  7. CULTURAL CONTEXT (2) • Novel : Charles Dickens (“Oliver Twist”, child-labour, The Old Curiosity Shop”, his feelingsand “Hard Times”, proletarian class versus upper class) Recommendation: If you want more information about cultural context… 8

  8. INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE L.S Lowry

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