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BELL RINGER M.Socrative.com Room # 38178 Question: 1. WHEN, roughly, is Realism/Impressionism? I will pass out your notes from yesterday as soon as the bell rings the answer to this question is on those notes.

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REALISM & IMPRESSIONISM Art Movements

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REALISM

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Ran through the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s Central Figure: Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) Courbet was influenced by the innovations of Corot in terms of the play of light on shadows and peripheral vision His aim was to make an objective and unprejudiced record of the customs, ideas, and appearances of contemporary French society

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COURBETS THE STONE BREAKERS Courbet painted 2 men as he had seen them working beside the road.

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COURBETS THE STONE BREAKERS The work is LIFE SIZE 5ft x 8ft Can tell the work is laborous

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COURBETS A BURIAL AT ORNANS Painted as he saw it no one posed or arranged Obscure, unknown people

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JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET Millet (1814-1875) Belonged to the Barbizon School, which focused upon a realistic-Romantic vision of landscape Typically used peasants as his subject matter

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JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET He exalted the honest, simple life and work on the land Determined to show the harsh reality of life His worked was viewed as anti-industrial

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MILLETS WOMAN BAKING BREAD The peasant emerges as an heroic figure The peasant women has added height and dominance thanks to the painters point of view Ordinary woman doing an ordinary thing

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OTHER MILLET WORKS The Gleaners The Sowers

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HONORE DAUMIER Daumier (1808-1879) Depicted urban scenes

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DAUMIERS THE THIRD CLASS CARRIAGE Shows the interior of a large, horse-drawn bus in Paris

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DAUMIERS THE THIRD CLASS CARRIAGE The viewer is in the seat opposite a grandmother, her daughter, and two grandchildren

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DAUMIERS THE THIRD CLASS CARRIAGE They form a strong compositional triangle that contrasts with the people behind them, but theyre still not posed

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EDOUARD MANET Manet (1832-1883) Strove to paint only what the eye can see His works go beyond a mere reflection of reality to a larger artistic reality One which suggests that a painting has an internal logic different from the logic of familiar reality Manet liberated the painters art from competition with the camera

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MANETS LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS Realism, but leading to Impressionism

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MANETS LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS Manet sought to speak in a new voice

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MANETS LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS Shocked the public (female nude while men dressed) dream like

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MANETS LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS Ordinary people Manets model, his brother, and the sculptor Leenhof

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MANETS LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS Took reality and put it in a mythical setting with mythical touches (nudity)

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IMPRESSIONISM Impressionism: a new way of seeing reality through color and motion, style based on an understanding of the interrelated mechanisms of the camera (new technology) and the eye These painters tried to outdo photography Impressionists emphasized the presence of color within shadows Vision consists of the result of light and color making an impression on the retina

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IMPRESSIONISM Characteristics: Pleasant, comfortable scenes Painted outdoors Still ordinary people doing ordinary things, but PLEASANT things Brushstrokes equalized across the canvas Forms and objects best appear when the viewer is at a certain distance

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IMPRESSIONISM The style lasted about 15 years in its purest form Profoundly influenced all painting that followed Working outside, the impressionists concentrated on the effects of natural light on objects and atmosphere Their experiments resulted in a profoundly different vision of the world around them

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IMPRESSIONISM For them, the painted canvas was a material covered with pigments (small color patches) which together, create lively, vibrant images The subjects painted are impressions of landscapes, rivers, streets, cafes, theatres, and so on Claude Monet brought impressionism to its birth

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CLAUDE MONET Not to be confused with Manet Monet (1840-1926) Monet tried to find an art in modern life by recording everyday themes with on-the- spot, objective observations Had two aims: (1) representation of contemporary subject matter and (2) optical truth (the way colors and textures really appear to the eye)

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CLAUDE MONET Monets paintings reflect an innocent joy in the world around him and intensely positive view of life He sought to bring realism to his peak (still ordinary people doing ordinary things, just in a different direction) His work encompasses scientific observation, the study of optics, and other aspects of human perception

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MONETS ON THE SEINE AT BENNECOURT Conveys a pleasant picture of the times, an optimistic view rather than the often pessimistic outlook of the realists

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MONETS ON THE SEINE AT BENNECOURT Lack of atmospheric or linear perspective brings the entire painting to the foreground no deep space

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MONETS ON THE SEINE AT BENNECOURT The scene is bright, alive, and pleasant were comfortable

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MONETS SERIES Monet painted several series (groups of paintings that work together or have a common theme) Initially did them as a way of studying light and shadow Most famous: the Water Lilies

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MONETS WATER LILLIES A series of approximately 250 paintings The paintings depict Monets flower garden and were the main focus of his artist production the last 30 years of his life (Many were painted while he suffered from cataracts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnABizX0jIo

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MARY CASSATT Cassatt (1845-1926) Came to Paris from Philadelphia It was her wealth in the US that helped the impressionists gain exposure and acceptance in this country

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CASSATTS THE CHILDS BATH Depicts her favorite subjects women and children Cassatts brushwork is far less obvious than that in other impressionist works Helped conventional viewers understand the work and relate closer to the scene Painted in clear, bright colors

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CASSATTS THE CHILDS BATH The subjects do NOT make eye contact with the viewer The forms are purposeful, and they awaken interest, rather than emotion Less brushstrokes and clearly not painting outdoors but still a very pleasant comfortable scene Realism is laborious!

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CREATE YOUR OWN... Impressionist art classes

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MY IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING There are places that teach you to paint quickly it wont be the most gorgeous thing from up close, but looks great far away Uptown Art is a very popular place in Louisville off of Bardstown Road. Pinots Pallete is in St. Matthews and does the same thing. Can be expensive ($40 for a 2-hour class) but includes all materials canvas, paint, etc.

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MY IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING

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This one is my MOMS! (the least artistic person on Earth!)

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MY IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING

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ANOTHER IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING