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Gilded Age
A period in United States history following Reconstruction that was characterized by industrialization, political corruption, and the concentration of wealth. The art of this period is far more influenced by Europe than earlier periods, and includes Impressionism, Symbolism, and the aesthetic movement.
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Jacob Riis, Baxter Street, 1888–90, rom How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York, 1890 (The Museum of the City of New York)