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Impressionism

Impressionism. 19th century 1870-1880’s Paris, France Term comes from Monet’s painting Impression-Sunrise Photography invented in 1826 affected the art world Rejected by art critics. First total artistic revolution since the Renaissance Radical change from traditional art schools

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Impressionism

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  1. Impressionism

  2. 19th century • 1870-1880’s • Paris, France • Term comes from Monet’s painting Impression-Sunrise • Photography invented in 1826 affected the art world • Rejected by art critics

  3. First total artistic revolution since the Renaissance • Radical change from traditional art schools • Salon Art Exhibition • Departs from tradition by rejecting • Renaissance perspective, • Balance • idealized figures • Chiaroscuro • Religious, historical, or mythological subjects • Exhibited their Art Independently • Represented immediate visual sensations through color and light • All started as Realists

  4. Characteristics • Realistic, everyday scenes • Painted outdoors “en plein air” • Short “broken” brush strokes • Overall visual effects instead of details • Mixed and pure unmixed colour. • Immediacy and Movement • Interest in Light and colour • Optical Mixing of colour • Doesn’t use black, uses complimentaries to make shadows and highlights “No shadow is black, it always has a color. Nature knows only color, white and black are not colors.”

  5. Artists • Monet • Degas • Pissarro • Rodin • Cassat

  6. Eduardo Manet • Father of Modern Art • Had a great influence on the Impressionist movement • Never exhibited with the Impressionists • Attempted to exhibit at the Salon • Utilized Black in his work • Wanted viewer to look at his paintings, not through them like a window

  7. Eduardo Manet, Luncheon on the Grass,1863

  8. Marked him as a “danger” to public morality • Based on Renaissance paintings • Triangle composition • Still life • Illusion of depth • Her contemporary look and direct gaze made it scandalous • Nude female in an everyday setting with two clothed men. Luncheon on the Grass

  9. Eduardo Manet, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1873

  10. No chiaroscuro • Light source • Layout of depth/composition • Dichotomy of the two figures • Cropped like a photo • No black Gare Saint-Lazare

  11. Eduardo Manet,The Waitress, 1878

  12. Looser, longer brushstrokes • Directional Snapshot effect • Lots of movement give impression of scene The Waitress

  13. Manet, Bar at Folies Bergere

  14. Claude Monet • Leader of Impressionism • Only painted outside • Did not paint objects, only the colors he saw • Optical Mixing/Broken Color • Putting pure color next to each other so they are visually blended • Basis for Impressionist theories of color and light • Painted many series of the same subject

  15. Claude Monet, Argenteuil, 1872

  16. Monet, Rouen Cathedral

  17. Did 30+ paintings • Depicted the heavy massive stone as only light and color

  18. Monet, Water Lily

  19. Monet, Houses of Parliment

  20. Monet, Venice Twilight

  21. Monet, Waterlilies

  22. Monet, The Water Lily Pond

  23. Camille Pissarro • Father of the Impressionists • Only artist to show work at all 8 Impressionist Exhibitions • Oldest member • Considered both an Impressionist and Post-Impressionist

  24. Pissarro, Boulevard at Night

  25. Liked to paint street scenes from second story windows • Shimmering light and color of the busy street • Wanted to capture the instantaneous sensation of the scene Boulevard at Night

  26. Pissarro, Country

  27. Pissarro, Portrait of Madame Pissarro Sewing at a Window

  28. Pissarro, Sunset at St. Charles

  29. Pissarro, Portrait of a Pork Butcher

  30. Edgar Degas • Different than most Impressionists • Did not like to paint outside “Art is not a sport.” • Carefully considered design and positioning of people and objects • Master of line and drawing • First artist to display his pastel drawings as finished works • Did many drawing of the Ballet Dancers

  31. Degas,Rehearsal on the Stage,1874

  32. Softness of costumes is contrasted with lines and edges of figures and background • Seemingly unbalanced composition • Asymmetrical feel • Creates a feeling of immediacy and unplanned • Uses pastel to convey the color and excitement of ballet Rehearsal on the Stage

  33. Degas, Carriage at the Races,1873

  34. Used a great sense of design • Painted outdoors • High-keyed palette • Contrasts with darker tones • Horse and carriage are off-center to give the feeling of a momentary glimpse • Balanced by partial carriage on left Carriage at the Races

  35. Degas,The Absinthe Drinker,1876

  36. Shows darker side of Paris • Looks like snapshot, yet is carefully planned • Diagonals draw viewer in The Absinthe Drinker

  37. Degas,Dance at the Moulin de la Galette Montmarte, 1876

  38. Degas,In the Meadow, 1892

  39. Degas, Blue Ballerinas

  40. Degas, The Rehersal

  41. Degas, The Dancers

  42. Degas, The Star

  43. Mary Cassatt • American Artist • Traveled to Paris to study Impressionism • Portrayed the social and Private Lives of Women • Mother and Children • Highly influenced by Degas

  44. Cassatt, Breakfast in Bed

  45. Cassatt, Woman with a Pearl Necklace

  46. Cassatt, In the Box

  47. Cassatt, At the Theatre

  48. Cassatt, La Toilette

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