Impressionism began in the late 19th century when Impressionist wanted to capture fleeting moments and scenes from what they had experienced and were influenced by which was the camera. “Art of art’s sake” was how they referred to the expression of art, let art be art and let the artist paint what he sees and is who he is. They began to understand light and color and even pigmentations of oil and other chemicals (1). Yet rather than painting scenes from insides they wanted to paint the world, as the world, outside in that moment in modern, contemporary life. These Impressions were heavily influenced by Japanese Woodprints that illustrated the trade between Japan and the West in the last 1800s (1). They referred to this art as Uliyo-e means “fleeting or floating science”.
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Impressionist also included sculptures such as August Rodin’s ‘Age of Bronze’ and ‘The Thinker’, a very well known statue with few being found over the world. They sculptures were sculpted in fine detail so therefore the light that reflects of the statue illuminates the detail of the statue. Looking now at Post-Impressionism which began in 1874 to about 1886 (1) they also kept their focus on light in art but began to add dimension and depth, as well as shapes and lines. Artist such as Georges Seurant studied color and light and created a style of his own known as “pointalism” which consists of hundreds and thousands of tiny colorful dots from close up. However; looking at his most famous painting The Sunday Afternoon on the Grande Jatte it is not only huge, but it consists of only colored spots to create a portrait which looks just like it saw drawn from a distance, and later inspiring many more artists such as Vincent Van Gough’s ‘Starry Night’ and Paul Gaugins ‘The Spirit of the Dead
Impressionist also included sculptures such as August Rodin’s ‘Age of Bronze’ and ‘The Thinker’, a very well known statue with few being found over the world. They sculptures were sculpted in fine detail so therefore the light that reflects of the statue illuminates the detail of the statue. Looking now at Post-Impressionism which began in 1874 to about 1886 (1) they also kept their focus on light in art but began to add dimension and depth, as well as shapes and lines. Artist such as Georges Seurant studied color and light and created a style of his own known as “pointalism” which consists of hundreds and thousands of tiny colorful dots from close up. However; looking at his most famous painting The Sunday Afternoon on the Grande Jatte it is not only huge, but it consists of only colored spots to create a portrait which looks just like it saw drawn from a distance, and later inspiring many more artists such as Vincent Van Gough’s ‘Starry Night’ and Paul Gaugins ‘The Spirit of the Dead