19th Century European Art

The age of scientific development was ushered in by the advent of the 19th century. Significant developments were made during this age, both in respect to science and art. However, traces of romanticism were still evident in most of the works of art that were created during this time. The artwork that has been chosen herein has been attributed to Muybridge, Eadweard and has been titled Animal Locomotion, Plate 469. The picture depicts the movement of a seemingly young girl. Information obtained from the museum indicates that the picture was published in the year 1887 (Muybridge). It is critical to point out that it has been accessed via the National Gallery of Art; the links to the work of art will be appended in the references. The insights that can be sourced from this picture are that there was science being given high regard. The picture endeavors to provide insight into the need for comprehension of movement dynamics of man. Research has established that the picture contains potent information regarding the precise distance between each move and the muscles required in movement. Essentially, the photographer used the collection of animal locomotion pictures to better advance the comprehension of physical dynamics. To some extent, this piece of art has shaped modern thinking of movement. Given its time of publication, there was significant influence from the positivism, realism and romanticism. The chosen painting shows a convergence between science and art during the era of positivism and realism.

Positivism is oftentimes used to represent the epistemological presumption that experimental information is pegged on standards of objectivity, the establishment of all real learning (Duran, 403). The term positivist has been pertinent for quite a while in the human sciences in light of the fact that positivism has a tendency to subscribe to various thoughts that have no role in present-day science and theory. Positivism sees that human science can and ought to utilize the techniques for the common sciences, yet positivists do trust that sociologists ought to utilize quantitative methodologies and expect to recognize and measure social structures. As a philosophical methodology, positivism incorporates a collection of thoughts.

Realist hypothesis, similar to positivism, holds that human science can, and ought to, take after the rationale and routines of the normal sciences, in the interim, it contrasts from positivism in its translation of science (Leiter, 89). In positivist exploration, hypotheses are tried against perceptions and observed to be genuine or false or some place in the middle. In basic terms, the certainties dictate the validity of the hypothesis. Realists do not make this obvious division in light of the fact that they do not trust that perceptions can be isolated from theories. They contend that no type of science depends only on recognizable exact confirmation. There are dependably parts of any type of reality

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