From Realism to Art Nouveau Zhao Ji "Extreme times call for extreme

"Extreme times call for extreme reactions

from a brokenness she came to see we all share

whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble

is at once a guide to fashionable London

they find themselves with no choice but to fight shoulder to shoulder if they are to survive

From Realism to Art Nouveau Zhao Ji "Extreme times call for extremeTrace the roots of modern art, beginning with Realist paintings such as Courbets The Stonebreakers and Millets The Gleanersworks that shocked mid9th century Paris with their unblinking depiction of the lives of the poor. As changing styles in art reflected the enormous changes taking place in the wider world, Realism was followed in rapid succession by Naturalism, the Pre Raphaelites, Impressionism, Neo Impressionism, Aestheticism, Symbolism, and Art