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Impressionism

Impressionism. What is it? A style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color. Identifying Characteristics Defined brush strokes

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Impressionism

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  1. Impressionism • What is it? • A style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color. • Identifying Characteristics • Defined brush strokes • Impasto – paint applied thickly to the canvas, causing that brush stroke to stand out from the rest of the composition • Use of light and shadow to convey movement • Who are the artists in the movement? • Monet, Erin Hanson, van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, others…

  2. Impression sunrise - Monet

  3. Erin Hanson

  4. Self Portrait with Straw Hat- van Gogh

  5. Focus Artist : Georgia O'Keefe • Who is she? • “was an American artist. She was best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism” - Wikipedia 2018. • https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/ • Textbook : ArtTalk – pg. 30 • What type of art? Aesthetic? • Painting • Vibrant and saturated colors • Light and Shadow • Shape and Form • Abstraction of organic objects • Flowers and Animal Skulls

  6. Questions from teacher to students? • What I want students to know? Why? • How to identify the Period of a work of art based on the aesthetic characteristics of the artwork. • By learning how to DESCRIBE, ANALYZE, INTERPRET, and JUDGE the aesthetic characteristics of an artwork they will be able to more fully understand artworks in general, critically think about art, and become more proficient in the rendering of their art activity. • What type of activity will I have them do? • Research the “Focus Artist” • Art Activity: Mixed Media Macro drawing

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