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-[[Image:Alice Liddell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Alice Liddell as a beggar-maid]]'' ([[1858]]) by [[Lewis Carroll]]]]+[[Image:Stryge by Meryon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Stryge]]'' ([[1853]]) is a print by [[French etcher]] [[Charles Méryon]] depicting one of the [[Chimera (architecture)|chimera]] of the ''[[Galerie des chimères]]'' of the [[Notre Dame de Paris]] cathedral.]]
-[[Image:Stryge by Meryon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Stryge]]'' ([[1853]]) is a print by [[French etcher]] [[Charles Méryon]] depicting a [[vampire]]-like [[legendary creature]] called [[strix]]es.]]+{| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"
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 +"[[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]] remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as [[tragedy]], the second time as [[farce]]." --"[[The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon]]" (1852) by Karl Marx
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 +[[1859]] - [[1858]] - [[1857]] - [[1856]] - [[1855]] - [[1854]] - [[1853]] - [[1852]] - [[1851]] - [[1850]]
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[[Image:The Crystal Palace.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A huge [[iron]] and [[glass]] building, [[The Crystal Palace]] was one of the [[wonder]]s of, if not the [[world]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. A rebuilt and expanded version of the building that originally housed the [[Great Exhibition]] of [[1851]], it stood in [[Sydenham]] from [[1854]] until [[1936]], and attracted many thousands of visitors from all levels of society. The name "Crystal Palace" was coined by the satirical magazine [[Punch magazine|Punch]]. Today, it symbolizes [[modern architecture]], the rise of [[consumer culture]] and the start of [[industrial design]].]] [[Image:The Crystal Palace.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A huge [[iron]] and [[glass]] building, [[The Crystal Palace]] was one of the [[wonder]]s of, if not the [[world]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. A rebuilt and expanded version of the building that originally housed the [[Great Exhibition]] of [[1851]], it stood in [[Sydenham]] from [[1854]] until [[1936]], and attracted many thousands of visitors from all levels of society. The name "Crystal Palace" was coined by the satirical magazine [[Punch magazine|Punch]]. Today, it symbolizes [[modern architecture]], the rise of [[consumer culture]] and the start of [[industrial design]].]]
[[Image:Louis Janmot Nightmare.jpg|thumb|200px|''Poem of the Soul, Nightmare'' ([[1854]] by [[Louis Janmot]]]] [[Image:Louis Janmot Nightmare.jpg|thumb|200px|''Poem of the Soul, Nightmare'' ([[1854]] by [[Louis Janmot]]]]
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- +The '''1850s''' was a very [[turbulent]] decade, as wars such as the [[Crimean War]], shifted and shook [[European politics]], as well as the expansion of [[colonization]] towards the [[Far East]], which also sparked conflicts like the [[Second Opium War]]. At the mean time, The [[United States]] saw its peak on [[American frontier|mass migration to the American West]], that particularly made the nation experience an economic boom, as well as a rapidly increasing population.
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
 +*[[Bohemianism]]
*rise of [[fine art photography]] *rise of [[fine art photography]]
*the [[Great Exhibition]] (UK world fair) *the [[Great Exhibition]] (UK world fair)
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*[[James Whistler]], American artist, is one of many artists who flow into Paris after having read [[Murger]]'s accounts *[[James Whistler]], American artist, is one of many artists who flow into Paris after having read [[Murger]]'s accounts
*[[New Orleans]] legalizes licensed prostitutes *[[New Orleans]] legalizes licensed prostitutes
-*[[Olmsted]]'s design for New York's Central Park+*[[Frederick Law Olmsted]]'s design for New York's Central Park
=== Literature === === Literature ===
-*''[[Les Fleurs du mal]]'' (1857)+*''[[The Stones of Venice (book)|The Stones of Venice]]'' (1851-53) by John Ruskin
-*''[[Madame Bovary]]'' (1857)+*''[[Chemistry of Common Life]]'' (1855) by James Finlay Weir Johnston
-*''[[Artificial Paradises]]'' (1850s)+*''[[Les Fleurs du mal]]'' (1857) Charles Baudelaire
-*''[[The Origin of Species]]'' (1859)+*''[[Madame Bovary]]'' (1857) Gustave Flaubert
-*''[[The Stones of Venice]]'' by Ruskin+*''[[The Origin of Species]]'' (1859) by Charles Darwin
===Visual culture=== ===Visual culture===
-*The [[Crystal Palace]] (1851) - Joseph Paxton+*''[[The Stone Breakers]]'' (1850) by Gustave Courbet
-*''[[Poem of the Soul, Nightmare]]'' (1854) - [[Louis Janmot]] (1814-1892)+*''[[A Burial At Ornans]]'' (1850) by Gustave Courbet
-*''[[Great Day of His Wrath]]'' (1851-53) - [[John Martin]]+*[[The Crystal Palace]] (1851) - Joseph Paxton
-*''[[Fading Away]]'' (1858) - [[Henry Peach Robinson]]+*''[[Poem of the Soul, Nightmare]]'' (1854) - Louis Janmot
 +*''[[The Great Day of His Wrath]]'' (1851-53) - John Martin
 +*''[[Fading Away]]'' (1858) - Henry Peach Robinson
== Births == == Births ==

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Stryge (1853) is a print by French etcher Charles Méryon depicting one of the chimera of the Galerie des chimères of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.
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Stryge (1853) is a print by French etcher Charles Méryon depicting one of the chimera of the Galerie des chimères of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.

"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce." --"The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon" (1852) by Karl Marx


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A huge iron and glass building, The Crystal Palace was one of the wonders of, if not the world, Britain. A rebuilt and expanded version of the building that originally housed the Great Exhibition of 1851, it stood in Sydenham from 1854 until 1936, and attracted many thousands of visitors from all levels of society. The name "Crystal Palace" was coined by the satirical magazine Punch. Today, it symbolizes modern architecture, the rise of consumer culture and the start of industrial design.
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A huge iron and glass building, The Crystal Palace was one of the wonders of, if not the world, Britain. A rebuilt and expanded version of the building that originally housed the Great Exhibition of 1851, it stood in Sydenham from 1854 until 1936, and attracted many thousands of visitors from all levels of society. The name "Crystal Palace" was coined by the satirical magazine Punch. Today, it symbolizes modern architecture, the rise of consumer culture and the start of industrial design.
Poem of the Soul, Nightmare (1854 by Louis Janmot
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Poem of the Soul, Nightmare (1854 by Louis Janmot

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The 1850s was a very turbulent decade, as wars such as the Crimean War, shifted and shook European politics, as well as the expansion of colonization towards the Far East, which also sparked conflicts like the Second Opium War. At the mean time, The United States saw its peak on mass migration to the American West, that particularly made the nation experience an economic boom, as well as a rapidly increasing population.

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