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Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism Symbolism. 19 th century Reaction to Romanticism’s flight of fantasy Photography 2 types 1. Daguerreo produced lightly detailed, mirror like images on a metal plate 2. photography on paper was invented in England by William Henry Talbot
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19th century • Reaction to Romanticism’s flight of fantasy • Photography • 2 types • 1. Daguerreo produced lightly detailed, mirror like images on a metal plate • 2. photography on paper was invented in England by William Henry Talbot • Depicted botanical specimens reproducing works of art, and taking surveillance pictures in the dark Realism
Sculptural realism • Rumors started that he was trying to pass off a statue taken directly from plaster casts of a living model • Sculpted by hand • “Age of Bronze” • Too lifelike Auguste Rodin
French artist Gustave Courbet realistic painter • Paintings were of real people who posed for him • Did not believe in painting souls or goddesses • When he was asked why he never painting angels he replied, “Show me an angel and I’ll paint one “Show Me an Angel”
Manet-Olympia • Nude, seems unbothered by things/people • People found it hard to understand • Not goddess, but real model Realism Scandal
The unfinished, the complete, an act of instantaneous vision, a sensation rather than a perception • Stimulate by the new discoveries in science of optics, color theory, and nature of light, as well as recent knowledge about the physiology of the eye • Discovered when all of the colors of the spectrum are rotated, the eye sees them as white • Made discoveries about art in Nature • No hard lines shadows take on color of objects • Ex. grass shadow in greenish • Use primary colors to make the spectrum • Impressionists invented a new method of visual representation Impressionism
Idea of creating a stream of suggestive ideas • Symbolists investigated recent discoveries in psychology • Left the connection, order, and form of their of their poetry inconclusive and fragmented • Reader was given plenty of room for use of their imagination (room for interpretation) Symbolism
Impressionists left the mixing of color to the eye and the relationship of subject matter to the mind of the viewer • Symbolists left the connection, order, and form of their verbal still lifes to be completed by the reader
A combination of the senses, or an attempt to have one sense, such as sight, be stimulated by another sense • Chain reaction • Tried to stimulate the capacity for new and peripheral experiences • Implies that the images are revelations of something beyond sense data Synesthesia
Symbolists explored “listening” to colors, “looking” at sounds, “savoring” perfumes, and all such mixtures of separate sensations • Synesthesia
Philadelphia born painter • Absorbed the tenets of Impressionist color and atmospheric effects • Added the dimension of fine drawing • Carefully controlled composition • Worked with Parisian friend • Berthe Morisot • Worked closely together with Impressionist painter • Helped create ideas generated by the movement • Cassatt often painted pictures of women’s activities • Pushed impressionism in a different direction from that represented by Monet and Renoir Mary Cassatt
Central figure of impressionism • La Gare Saint Lazare • Renders the humid atmosphere, the mixture of steam and smoke, the hazy sunlight filtering from the open background and transparent ceiling glass • His figures are represented by thick dabs of paint • Full development of Monet’s broke color technique is seen clearly in Japanese Bridge at Giverny • In order to capture a particular moment, Money would paint a succession of canvases during a single day Claude Monet
Later work was on the style of impressionism • Introduced a contemplative note in the figure • Rue Mosnier, Paris and Bar at the Folies-Bergere are examples of his work • Bar at the Folies-Bergere was his last large scale work and is a technical tour de force Edouard Manet
Depicted casual, light-hearted city scenes • Ex. gaslit evening at a popular Parisian café • Le Moulin de la Galette • The Moulin was frequented by working class families • Use of full force Impressionist colors Auguste Renoir
