art is us 7: realism, impressionism, post-impressionism
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Match the image with text. 1. Greek Classic origins. 2. Borrowed composition. 3. Romantic. 4. Idealized. 5. Places the viewer off stage.
6. Dramatic and theatrical. 7. A Baroque interpretation. 8. Realism. 9. Art For Art’s Sake. 10. Linear. 11. Chiaroscuro reduced to local color. 12. Influenced by the flatness of Japanese prints. 13. Recessional composition. 14. Reality is the fact that the canvas is flat. 15. Time in flux.
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Art For Art’s Sake
Whistler: His Mother or Arrangement In Grey and Black
Subject matter was nowthe visual elements of…
Compositional design Space
Color
Paint and canvas
Edgar Degas
What is new incompositionaldesign here?
And what was the source of thisnew vision?
REALISM
No dramatic finish.
Local color emphasis.
Minimal modeling.
Even illumination.
Candid.
Degas
A debt of gratitude to Courbet and Manet
Why would thelabel “Romantic”be inappropriate?
Say farewell to Romanticism.
Degas Bath
Common subjectsUndramatic and non-flattering posesPastel renderings
Monet The Saint-Lazare Station
Capturing sunlight on forms andatmosphere at a particular
time of day.
The MomentThe Particular
”Impressionists replaced the
gray toned works associated
with traditional studio art with
strokes of bright, unmixed colour.”
Some art historians perpetuate a myth, when closer scrutiny reveals flawed seeing.Note the difference between full chroma swatches and Monet's actual color palette.
Post-Impressionism: Moving towards more
personal interpretations.
EXPRESSION
ABSTRACTION
FANTASY
Cézanne
van Gogh
Gauguin
Gauguin: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
A search for a reality beneath appearances
Gauguin: Spirit of the Dead Watching
The “Noble Savage”:Portrayal of the significance of reality.
Why is the figure flattened?
Paying homage to color for its own sake.
Gauguin The White Horse
“…if you see a blue tree in the forestand you like the color, paint it all blue!”