1870s-1890’s. industrial revolution franco-prussian war london ‘tube’ is built
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Asymmetrical balance, Odd angles pure colors with shadows, arbitrary colors thick paint, subject matter Lacking finished details Influenced by photography and Japanese prints Main media was paint Used ‘Broken Color’ technique Captured light as a moment of time Realistic impressions of what was seen, imperfections in subject matter (Rodin)TRANSCRIPT
Impressionism Art
1870s-1890’s
World Events Industrial Revolution
Franco-Prussian War
London ‘Tube’ is built
Physical Characteristic
s Asymmetrical balance, Odd angles pure colors with shadows, arbitrary colors thick paint, subject matter Lacking finished details Influenced by photography and Japanese prints Main media was paint Used ‘Broken Color’ technique Captured light as a moment of time Realistic impressions of what was seen,
imperfections in subject matter (Rodin)
Impressionist Artists Claude Monet: French painter.
Captured light as a moment of time
Vincent Van Gogh: Dutch painter, used bright colors and line to show emotion.
Mary Cassatt: American painter, painted domestic scenes of women and children
Auguste Rodin – French sculpted the Thinker
Venice, The Loge Palace by Claude Monet
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
The Loge by Mary Cassatt
The Thinker, by Rodin
More Facts About Impressionist Art
Was the start of the modern era and 1800s art movement that began as an organization of Paris-based artists
These artists were ridiculed for creating ‘unfinished’ paintings.