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Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Cubism Kagan, Ch. 24. Art of the Late 19 th Century and early 20 th Century. Impressionism. “Don’t proceed according to the rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel.” Pissaro – changing effect of light on objects in nature
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Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Cubism Kagan, Ch. 24 Art of the Late 19th Century and early 20th Century
Impressionism • “Don’t proceed according to the rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel.” • Pissaro – changing effect of light on objects in nature • Monet – interplay of light, water and atmosphere • Morisot – women were not dilettantes but had a special sense of vision
Post-Impressionism • More attention to form and structure • Personal statement of reality • Subjective reality • Cezanne – underlying geometric form • Van Gogh – the language of color
Cubism and Abstract Painting • Picasso & Cubism – geometric design to recreate reality • Kandinsky & Abstract painting – avoid representation all together, concentrate on color
Modernism in Music • Focus on folk music/melodies; nationalistic feeling • Edvard Grieg – Norwegian nationalism, incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s play • Claude Debussey – music inspired by visual arts • Igor Stravinsky • Musical primitivism; irrational forces in sound
Composers Rimsky-Korsakov Tchaikovsky