impressionism. characteristics of impressionism luminosity (emitting or reflecting light) the...
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Impressionism
Characteristics of Impressionism
Luminosity (emitting or reflecting light) The interaction of light and form
Example: Light reflecting on water Subtlety of tone (different shades of color) Use of complementary colors
Characteristics of Impressionism
From the Romantics, a fascination with nature. From the Realists, use of unbiased objectivity. A response to photography A response to 19th century science
Physics of light Chemistry of paint Laws of optics
Claude Monet (1840 – 1926)
Pioneer of Impressionism First work of the style called Impression:
Sunrise, done in 1873. Critic called it “only an impression” and
“wallpaper in its embryonic state” Plein-air: Painting outdoors.
Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise1873, Oil on canvas
Claude Monet Haystacks, End of Summer1891, Oil on canvas
Claude MonetRouen Cathedral Series1892 – 1893Oil on canvas
Claude MonetRouen Cathedral Series1892 – 1893Oil on canvas
Claude MonetWater-Lily Pond, Symphony in Green1899Oil on canvas
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919)
Render nature with short, brilliant brush strokes
Themes of everyday life (dining, dancing, boating, socializing, etc.)
Spontaneous position of subjects Over 6,000 paintings
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Luncheon of the Boating PartyOil on canvas, 1881
Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917)
Rejected “posed” models Viewpoint is deliberately random Influenced by photography Loved painting dancers & horses
Edgar Degas The False Start1870, Oil on canvas
Edgar Degas, The Dancing Class1871 – 72, Oil on wood
Edgar Degas, The Rehearsal1873 – 78, Oil on canvas
Edgar DegasThe Little Dancer1880 – 1881Bronze with net tutu and hair ribbon
Mary Cassatt
Knew and exhibited with Degas and Renoir Likely the lover of Degas
Specialty was mother/daughter scenes Popular artist in America, but she preferred
France because of their views on women
Mary CassattThe Bath1891 – 1892Oil on canvas
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Opposite of Cassatt Images of prostitutes, whore houses,
cabaret dancers, etc. Mocked traditional ideas of beauty Stylized figures, almost caricatures
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At The Moulin-Rouge1893 – 1895, Oil on canvas
Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917)
Parts left unfinished to create contrast between rough and polished texture.
This made the light reflect more realistically “The sculpture of antiquity sought the logic
of the human body; I seek its psychology.”
Auguste Rodin 'The Age Of Bronze'About 1876Bronze
Auguste RodinThe Thinker1902Bronze and marble
Auguste RodinThe Kiss1902Bronze and marble