19th-century works of artQuestion 1Late 19th-century American artists and audiences used visual arts and performances such as paintings, architecture, sculpture, and the performing arts in diverse ways to negotiate a wide range of issues including gender and the social identity of the American woman in the late 19th century. Following the growth of Renaissance movements, particularly in the last quarter of the 19th century, gender and the “female question” increasingly became an important factor in the visual arts (Wilson 37). One of the classic visual art representations of gender and the social identity of women in the 29th century is best captured in the painting “Lady aAgnew of lochnaw” by John Singer Sergeant (Nochlin 258). Painted in 1892, the classic portrait uses a direct gaze and a lilac sash to make a striking impact. John Singer particularly uses the portrait to provide a striking depiction of a modern woman with power and modesty at a time when these ideas were increasingly being questioned. According to Nochlin (257), another good representation of the gender and social identity of the American woman in the visual art of the late 19th century was a beautiful painting by Mary Cassatt titled "A cup of Tea" in 1880. The painting it depicted a group of women socializing outside their home and drinking a cup of tea. Painted in a more impressionistic manner, the canvas painting with a richly blue background highlights the growing participation of late 29th-century women in social and public life. Overall, the subjective focus of the representation of gender and women's social identity in the late 19th century was largely seen in the context of the cultural reconceptualization of women's identity. Question 2 Aesthetics... middle of paper... ....classes changed based on how they decorated their homes and their ability to afford new decorations. There were varieties of options, from handicrafts to factory productions. Foreign culture has also influenced people's perception of beauty. One of the examples of the use of vision in artistic practice is the 1891 painting entitled “The Shepherd's Song” by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Beautifully executed in wall decorations, the painting significantly displays an increasing attention to imagery in its allegorical representations (DeLue 46). Another notable example of how visual representations have increasingly become the most important aspects of artistic practice and consumer culture is the painting “Landscape with Trees” created by George Inness in 1886 (DeLue 56). The large painting used numerous recurring tree images to represent and cultivate the spiritual nature of the landscape.