realism, impressionism, post-impressionism symbolism
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Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism Symbolism. 19 th century Reaction to Romanticism’s flight of fantasy Photography 2 types 1. Daguerreo produced lightly detailed, mirror like images on a metal plate 2. photography on paper was invented in England by William Henry Talbot - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism Symbolism
19th century Reaction to Romanticism’s flight of
fantasy Photography
2 types 1. Daguerreo produced lightly detailed,
mirror like images on a metal plate 2. photography on paper was invented in
England by William Henry Talbot Depicted botanical specimens reproducing
works of art, and taking surveillance pictures in the dark
Realism
Daguerreo by Daguerre
Daguerreo by Daguerre
Daguerrerotype
Sculptural realism Rumors started that he was trying to
pass off a statue taken directly from plaster casts of a living model
Sculpted by hand “Age of Bronze”
Too lifelike
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin
Rodin: The Age of Bronze
Rodin: Burghers of Calais
French artist Gustave Courbet realistic painter
Paintings were of real people who posed for him
Did not believe in painting souls or goddesses
When he was asked why he never painting angels he replied, “Show me an angel and I’ll paint one
“Show Me an Angel”
Gustave Courbet
Mädchen an der Seine
• “The Stonebreakers” 1849oil on canvas
Manet-Olympia Nude, seems unbothered by things/people People found it hard to understand Not goddess, but real model
Realism Scandal
Edouard Manet-Olympia, 1863
The unfinished, the complete, an act of instantaneous vision, a sensation rather than a perception
Stimulate by the new discoveries in science of optics, color theory, and nature of light, as well as recent knowledge about the physiology of the eye
Discovered when all of the colors of the spectrum are rotated, the eye sees them as white
Made discoveries about art in Nature No hard lines shadows take on color of objects
Ex. grass shadow in greenish Use primary colors to make the spectrum Impressionists invented a new method of visual
representation
Impressionism
Impressionism
Impressionism
Impressionist
Idea of creating a stream of suggestive ideas
Symbolists investigated recent discoveries in psychology
Left the connection, order, and form of their of their poetry inconclusive and fragmented
Reader was given plenty of room for use of their imagination (room for interpretation)
Symbolism
Impressionists left the mixing of color to the eye and the relationship of subject matter to the mind of the viewer
Symbolists left the connection, order, and form of their verbal still lifes to be completed by the reader
A combination of the senses, or an attempt to have one sense, such as sight, be stimulated by another sense
Chain reaction Tried to stimulate the capacity for new
and peripheral experiences Implies that the images are revelations of
something beyond sense data
Synesthesia
Symbolists explored “listening” to colors, “looking” at sounds, “savoring” perfumes, and all such mixtures of separate sensations
Synesthesia
Synesthesia, Sounds and Perfumes Turn in the Evening Air
Synesthesia
Philadelphia born painter Absorbed the tenets of Impressionist color and
atmospheric effects Added the dimension of fine drawing
Carefully controlled composition Worked with Parisian friend
Berthe Morisot Worked closely together with Impressionist
painter Helped create ideas generated by the movement
Cassatt often painted pictures of women’s activities
Pushed impressionism in a different direction from that represented by Monet and Renoir
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
Central figure of impressionism La Gare Saint Lazare
Renders the humid atmosphere, the mixture of steam and smoke, the hazy sunlight filtering from the open background and transparent ceiling glass
His figures are represented by thick dabs of paint Full development of Monet’s broke color technique
is seen clearly in Japanese Bridge at Giverny In order to capture a particular moment, Money
would paint a succession of canvases during a single day
Claude Monet
Monet
Monet, La Gare Saint Lazare
Monet, Japanese Bridge at Giverny
Monet, The Iris Garden at Giverny
Monet, Lady with Parasol
Later work was on the style of impressionism
Introduced a contemplative note in the figure
Rue Mosnier, Paris and Bar at the Folies-Bergere are examples of his work
Bar at the Folies-Bergere was his last large scale work and is a technical tour de force
Edouard Manet
Edouard Manet
Manet, Bar at the Folies-Bergere
Manet, Rue Mosnier
Manet, Rue Mosnier Flags
Depicted casual, light-hearted city scenes
Ex. gaslit evening at a popular Parisian café
Le Moulin de la Galette The Moulin was frequented by working
class families Use of full force Impressionist colors
Auguste Renoir
Renoir
Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette
Renoir Girl
Renoir Girl
Renoir Girl, Lorelai Gilmore
Coined in 1910 by the art of Roger Fry Differs from Impressionism
More psychological depth, emotional involvement, or aesthetic exploration
Ex. Starry Night, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh, Starry NightPost-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism, Georges Seurat, Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Paul Gauguin, Day of the God
Post-Impressionist
