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When you enter the classroom take the sheet of paper at your table an label that sheet of paper. In a moment we will have a classroom discussion on these artworks. Impressionism. Impressionism: the term was derived from a painting created by the artist Monet
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When you enter the classroom take the sheet of paper at your table an label that sheet of paper. In a moment we will have a classroom discussion on these artworks.
Impressionism • Impressionism: the term was derived from a painting created by the artist Monet • The worked was called impressionist sunrise • Was meant to be an insult to his work because to critiques his work seemed unfinished and lacked detail. • Movement began in France • The objective of this work was to capture a moment in time through light and color. • Most popular subjects was every day life of people in France. • Main Artist Cassatt, Monet and Degas
Claude Monet • 1840-1926 Subjects: seasonal landscapes, waterfront scenes, series of field of poppies, cliffs, haystacks, poplars, Rouen Cathedral, later work near abstract water lilies. Colors: Sunny hues, pure primary colors dabbed side by side (shadows were complementary colors dabbed side by side. Style: Dissolved form of subject into light and atmosphere, soft edges, classic impressionist look
Edgar Degas 1854-1917 Subjects: pastel portraits of human figure in stop-action pose, ballerinas, hose races, café society, laundresses, circus, late work nudes bathing. Colors: gaudy hues side by side for vibrancy, early work soft pastel, late work broad smears of acid-colors pastels. Style: offbeat angles with figures cropped at edge of canvas, asymmetrical composition, with void at the center.
Marry Cassatt • 1844-1926 • Was known for her self-portrait work • Painted women in every day life • Main subjects were mother and child • Her objective of work was to show the love mother had for her child. • Was also a printmaker • Only played with light and shadow not color.
Daily Art Goal • Clean and prep area for artwork and listening to instruction (20 points) • Create a silhouetted landscape scene. (15 points) • Make sure the scene you create has several pieces of information. Where the scene is and what is in the scene. Ex: if it’s a forest you will need trees not hills. (15 points)