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Title: Impressionism: history


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Impressionism history
  • Inspired by Edouard Manet
  • Rebelled against French art establishment
  • Movement received name at 1874 art exhibition

2
Impressionism characteristics
  • General impression of a scene or object
  • use of pure, unmixed primary colors
  • used small brush strokes to simulate reflected
    light

3
Impression Sunrise by Claude Monet, 1872
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Le Parliament by Claude Monet, 1904
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Haystacks by Claude Monet
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Haystacks Morning snow effect by Claude Monet
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Rouen Cathedral by Claude Monet, 1894
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Waterlilies by Claude Monet
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Waterlilies by Claude Monet
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Flowers at Giverny by Claude Monet
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Girl with Watering Can by Pierre Auguste Renoir
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Luncheon of the Boating Party by Renoir
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The Dancer by Edgar Degas
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Post-Impressionism
  • Redirection of Impressionism
  • Reaction against fleeting impressions
  • Restored concern for formal elements

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2 groups
  • Formalists
  • Seurat Pointillists
  • Cezanne
  • Colorists
  • Van Gogh
  • Gauguin
  • Matisse

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Pointillism
  • Application of paint in small dots of pure color
  • also called Neo-Impressionism

17
Sunday Afternoon on Le Grande Jatte by Seurat
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Pointillism close-up
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Cezanne
  • Most significant contribution eliminated
    distinction between foreground background
    asserted flatness of the 2-dimensional canvas

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Still Life by Cezanne
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Still Life by Cezanne
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Wheatfields by Vincent Van Gogh
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Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
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Bedroom at Arles by Vincent Van Gogh
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Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh
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The Dance by Matisse
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Blue Nude by Henri Matisse
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Icarus by Henri Matisse
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Impressionism review
  • General impression of a scene or object
  • use of pure, unmixed primary colors
  • used small brush strokes to simulate reflected
    light

30
Post-Impressionism review
  • Re-direction of Impressionism
  • Reaction against fleeting impressions
  • Restored concern for formal elements
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