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your turn #5

Christophe Karel Henri de Nerée tot Babberich (decadent 19th century illustrator, influenced by bearsdley and toorop)

class: we've covered art nouveau, harper's, the glasgow style of charles rennie and margaret mckintosh, women photographers, jan toorop, l'art pour l'art, muscha, the beggarstaffs, dudovich, beherens, van de velde.

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your turn #4

Dante Gabriel Rosetti's Day Dream, 1880. 

hi class: we talked about chromolithography, comics, pictorialism, some of the protagonists: Charles Gibson, Thomas Nast, Arts and Crafts, Morris, preraphaelites, and some more I couldn't cover but you'll read on your own. go ahead!

your turn #3

Guéricault, anatomical studies, 1818. 

thanks for your calligraphic studies!
we've talked about political satire, newspapers, romanticism, camera obscura, early photo, photojournalism, prerraphaelite design, etc. pick your favorite.
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welcome to yellow journalism (end of 19th century)

New York Journal's sensationalism responded to a need that was part and parcel of the mood of the times. 

The term "tabloid", like gutter press or the British term rag, also refer to a newspaper that tends to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news. Often, tabloid newspaper allegations about the sexual practices, drug use, or private conduct of celebrities is borderline defamatory; in many cases, celebrities have successfully sued for libel, demonstrating that tabloid stories have defamed them.

... an interesting excerpt from Hearst's The Examiner:

HUNGRY, FRANTIC FLAMES. They Leap Madly Upon the Splendid Pleasure Palace by the Bay of Monterey, Encircling Del Monte in Their Ravenous Embrace From Pinnacle to Foundation. Leaping Higher, Higher, Higher, With Desperate Desire. Running Madly Riotous Through Cornice, Archway and Facade. Rushing in Upon the Trembling Guests with Savage Fury. Appalled and Panic-Striken the Breathless Fugitives Gaze Upon the Scene of Terror. The Magnificent Hotel and Its Rich Adornments Now a Smoldering heap of Ashes. The Examiner Sends a Special Train to Monterey to Gather Full Details of the Terrible Disaster. Arrival of the Unfortunate Victims on the Morning's Train — A History of Hotel del Monte — The Plans for Rebuilding the Celebrated Hostelry — Particulars and Supposed Origin of the Fire.