19th century facts Flashcards
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Mars being disarmed by Venus
What is the allegorical meaning
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peace at the end of the Napoleonic era
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Raft of the Medusa
What was the the medusa carrying?
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colonists to west Africa
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Raft of the Medusa
where did it sink?
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off the coats of Senegal
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Raft of the Medusa
how many days was the raft adrift for?
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13
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Raft of the Medusa
how many ppl goto not the raft?
how many survived?
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150
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Raft of the Medusa
who disliked the painting and what did they say?
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supporters of the neo classical
‘a pile of corpses’
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La Grande Odalisque
when was it first exhibited and what happened?
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1819 salon
it made people feel uncomfortable so was removed
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La Grande Odalisque
what was it seen as a symbol of?
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islamic world morale and cultural backwardness
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La Grande Odalisque
how were middle eastern and ottoman people seen as?
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lazy and obsessed with their own pleasure
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Monument to Balzac
subject is
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Honore de Balaz
a famous french novelist
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Monument to Balzac
when did he die
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died in 1850
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Monument to Balzac
what did he do
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co-founded the society des gens des lettres
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Monument to Balzac
who was it commissioned by
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the society decided to honour him with a statue
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Monument to Balzac
what was the sculpture intend to convey
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the spirit and creative vitality of the man
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Clotho
who was the model
who else used her
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Maria Caira
an elderly Italian woman
Rodin - she who was the helmet makers once beautiful wife and desbois
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Clotho
what does her hair represent
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allusion to the threads of destiny she weaves
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Clotho
who was Camille Claudels teacher
and what influences can we see in her work
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Rodin
finish and detail
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Clotho
when was this model exhibited
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as a preliminary study for a final piece in 1893 salon
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Self-portrait with a bandaged ear
what happened
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Gauguin and Van Gogh had an argument
van gigue threatened Gauguin with razor he left
after he cut off his ear and took it to a prostitute called Rachel
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Self-portrait with a bandaged ear
when did they have the argument
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23rd december 1888
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Self-portrait with a bandaged ear
which ear was actually cut off
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left
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Self-portrait with a bandaged ear
where can the influence of Japanese art be seen
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block colour
outlining
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Self-portrait with a bandaged ear
when was this painting painted in relation to the argument
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2 weeks after
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Self-portrait with a bandaged ear
what can be seen on the wall
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a print he is known to have owned
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Sezincote house
style?
neo-mughal - on outside
| neo-classical - on inside
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Sezincote house
commissioned by?
what experinence did he have with India
Charles Cockerell
| he worked in India with the British east India company
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Sezincote house
how was India seen at the time?
primitive and decadent
| through the British interior avoids making too close a connection between the fmaily and India
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Sezincote house
who was the architect and what experience did he have with India?
notable architect but also Charles brother
| he had never been to India so based on the work of the artist Thomas Daniel
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Sezincote house
About Thomas Daniel
what specifically did Cockerell use
lived and worked in India for 9 years
used camera obscure so highly accurate
- his water colour Lalbagh Fate at Faizabad
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The Crystal Palace
how long?
563m
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The Crystal Palace
what was housed?
where?
the great exhibition
| hyde park
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The Crystal Palace
what did it showcase?
the worlds cultural and technological marvels
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The Crystal Palace
when was it?
how many visitors?
1st may - 18th October
| over 6mil visitors
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The Crystal Palace
how did the design come about?
competition held, 248 plans submitted, all rejected
| paxton was introduced to the head of the building committee, Henry Cole
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The Crystal Palace
how many months did it take to build?
10 months as promised
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The Crystal Palace
who were th parts for the building made by?
and where?
how were they transported
Chance Bros
Factory in Birmingham
by train
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Oxford university museum of natural history
Style?
gothic
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Oxford university museum of natural history
decoration?
John ruskin described museum as "cathedrals fo science"
explains the gothic style
he was involved in some of the designs for the carved decoration -
decoration of the tracery
around the door and windows are past and animals reflecting the nature of the exhibits
some of the decoration is unfinished
due to the stone carvers James and John o'shea being sacked after funds ran out and they protesting by carving animals resembling senior members of the university
connection between decoration and the buildings purpose is continued in the interior, iron colomns resembling trees with leaves
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Liberty leading the people
what does this painting commemorate
the political uprising in Paris in July 1830
| Parisians took to the streets in revolt against the greedy and tyrannical regime of the king, Charles x
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Liberty leading the people
what is the name of the little boy?
arcole
| at the time he was in Paris but went to the Lourve to protect the art
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Liberty leading the people
message fo the painting?
patriotism painting showing the French people as united against the bad monarchy
however these figures at the bottom of the painting suggest otherwise - the revolution is actually bad killing French people -> they are walking over their own
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Liberty leading the people
when was it exhibited?
at the salon bit was taken down due to then authorities thinking it was inspirational but was displayed publicly in 1855
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La Marseillaise
what does this sculpture commemorate?
the revolutionary wars of 1792
| in which European monarchies invaded France to stop the revolution and bring back the monarchy
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La Marseillaise
what does the sculpture display?
Anachronism
| scene of timelessness (armour)
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La Marseillaise
name of the winged figure?
Bellona The roman goddess of war
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Stone breakers
How did the artist do scribe
Complete expression of poverty
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Stone breakers
Age of boy
15
| Suffering from scurvy
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Stone breakers
What did the artist beleieve in
He was a socialist
| Believed in equality
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Stone breakers
Who else commented on it and what did they say
Pierre Joseph proudnon
| “An icon of the peasant world”
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Stone breakers
When was it painted
1 year before the communist manifesto by Karl Marx was published
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The Gleaners
What did the wrist say about the painting
That it had no political meaning
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The Gleaners
In what way has the painting been depicted
Barbizon
| The artist was generally associated with the barbizon school of landscapes
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Music in the TUILERIES gardens
What recognisable figures can be seen and what did they do
Charles Baudelaire
He was an author and friend of Manets he published a book in 1863 called “the painter of modern life” - suggests that modern life should be the main interest of any artist dealing with 2 themes which are v.important in manets work
Manet is also depicted as a Flaneur
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Music in the TUILERIES gardens
What class was the artist from
Upper - middle class
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Music in the TUILERIES gardens
How many times a week was there Music in the TUILERIES gardens
2 times a week
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Music in the TUILERIES gardens
What were 2 keys ideas of Baudelaire that this painting shows
Images of modern life as he knew it
Modern life moves at such pace that things are constantly changing
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Music in the TUILERIES gardens
What did Manet once’s famously say
There are no lines in nature only areas of colour one against anther
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Music in the TUILERIES gardens
What is is ifluecned by and how
Las meninas eye contact
| As if the viewer is important
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View of Paris Trocadero
Where did the artis family live
Passy
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View of Paris Trocadero
What happened atgthe time this was painted h
The Paris commune had just finished however there is no sign of war having taken place
The Franco Prussian war has also just ended - France lost this war, Paris had been attacked by the Prussians
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View of Paris Trocadero
Who r the figures
Morisots sisters
Yves
Edna
And the little girl Yves daughter Bichette
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View of Paris Trocadero
What landmarks r visible
Dom of the invalidies church
West front of the Notre Dame cathedral
Pont d’lena
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View of Paris Trocadero
What has been suggested about the painting
By Kathleen Adler (an art historian) that the separation of the female figures represent the societal restrictions on middle class women
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View of Paris Trocadero
Who was the artist trained by
Informally by Camille Corot
| Corot introduces Manet in 1868 they got on well and had a few lessons
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Burgher of Calais
What happened
6 burghers surrendered the town of Calais to the English under Edward III by dressing in rags to be executed and they would attack the town if they didn’t
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Burgher of Calais
Names of the burghers
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Dust ache de Saint -Pierre
D’aire
Wiessant X2
Fiennes
D’andres
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The vision after the sermon
What story is it from
Genesis 32:22-32
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The vision after the sermon
Where did the artist travel too
Pont-Aven in 1888
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The vision after the sermon
What was it directly influenced by
Plum orchard by Ando Hiroshima
| It was a print that Van Gogh owner so he would have seen it
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The vision after the sermon
What else does his would show influence of
Cloissonism
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Portrait of Emile Zola
What did Emile Zola write
An article defending Manets 1866 1 man show
Published in 1867 in a journal called La Revue du xixe Siecle
Blue book on the table
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Portrait of Emile Zola
Who was he
French author and journalist
| Supporter of the Avant-Garde in painting
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Portrait of Emile Zola
What did he specifically defend
Olympia in 1866
| Has a black and white print of it
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Portrait of Emile Zola
What else is seen
Velazquez’s The Triumph of Bacchus
And Ukiyoe print
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Portrait of Emile Zola
What book is he holding
Charles Blanc’s L’histoire des peintres
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Mango Tupapau
Who is depicted
Teha’ amana
| 15 year old gf
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Mango Tupapau
What has it been influence by
Olympia 1863
This layout shows some reworking
He took a post card with him
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Mango Tupapau
Where did the artist go and when
Tahiti in 1893
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The Hay Wain
What type of landscape
Pastoral
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The Hay Wain
What did the artist think about landscapes
Landscapes should render the sky and light effects as accurately as piss
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Crossing the brook
What type of landscape
Picturesque
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Crossing the brook
Who was thisnpaintinh influenced by
Claude Lorraine
| He did this with biblical and mythological scenes
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Crossing the brook
Where is this inspired by
Tamara Valley in Devon
| However appears italianate by the light and general appearance
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Winter Landscape
what type of landscape
sublime
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Liberty enlightening the world
what does it say on her tablet
The date the declaration of independence was signed in
| Roman numerals
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Liberty enlightening the world
when was the sculptor enlisted
1875
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Liberty enlightening the world
who was the engieneer
Eugene villet le Duc but he died in 1879
| Gustave Eiffel took over
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Liberty enlightening the world
ow tall was the pylon inside liberty that he used
28m
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Liberty enlightening the world
who was the base designed by
Richard Moris Hunt
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Liberty enlightening the world
when and where was it first exhibited?
Paris in 1884
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Liberty enlightening the world
scale?
46m tall
| 93m tall
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Liberty enlightening the world
inspired by
The colossus of Rhodes
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Eiffel Tower
3 names of important ppl to the design
maurice Koechlin
Emile Neugier
Stephen Savvestre
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Eiffel Tower
what was it built for and to commemorate
1889 exposition universelle in Paris
| the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution
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Eiffel Tower
how long did it take
2 years 2 months
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Eiffel Tower
how many work men
250-300
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Eiffel Tower
how many pieces of iron is it made from
18,038 separate iron pieces
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Eiffel Tower
how mnay rivets
2.5 million
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Eiffel Tower
height
324m including the antenna
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Eiffel Tower
when was the chrysler building built
1930
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Eiffel Tower
when was the building completed
31st march 1889
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Boulevard Montmarte at night
painted from
window of Le Grande Hotel de Russie in Paris
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Boulevard Montmarte at night
how many paintings of the same subject whats different about his one
14
| night
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Boulevard Montmarte at night
when was impressionism finished
1880's
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Woman with a pearl necklace sitting in a Loge
where is the scene set
Charles Garniers new opera house
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Woman with a pearl necklace sitting in a Loge
what was the name for watching other ppl at the time
culture of display
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Woman with a pearl necklace sitting in a Loge
who is the sitter
may be Cassatts sister Lydia
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Ploughing the Nivernais
who was the painting commissioned by
the French government
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Ploughing the Nivernais
why commissioned
the French Revolution had taken place the year before otherthorowing the Orleans monarchy and instating the 2nd French Republic
in June 1848 the June days was unsuccessful and was violently crushed with 10,000 killed or wondered and 4000 deported to Algeria
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Ploughing the Nivernais
message behind is
prosperity and happiness of the land
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St Giles
who built it
local builders and work men
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Gare st Lazare
who had the station been designed by
Eugene Flachat in 1854
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Gare st Lazare
what are some of the modern inventions seen
gas lamps
structure of station - cast iron
trains themselves
