Though there were many styles of art presented in the lecture this week, the ones that fascinated me the most were realism, impressionism and post-impressionism. Interestingly, all three of these styles have their own way of illuminating the viewer/audience. While realism captures people and events of their own time, impressionism captures effects of light, fleeting moments of color. Post-impressionism, on the other hand, expresses emotions through quality of formal element such as color, line, form and pattern.
Realism was well known around mid-nineteenth century where artists portrayed their works through realism itself; not artifice. The artists depicted objects and people who were considered ‘unworthy’ to be painted. An example of realism is oil on canvas painting by Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers (1849). Courbet portrays two stone breakers who seem to be disjointed; independent. The effect of this painting was shown to isolate the two laborers and to imply that they were physically and economically trapped. Courbet aims to show what is “real” in this painting, so he depicts a man who seems too old and a boy who seems too young for such labor. This shows the reality of the French rural life …show more content…
An Impressionists work is distinguished by visual brushstrokes or scenes of modern and ordinary life. One example of an impressionists work is Claude Monte’s famous painting from 1872 called Sunrise. This painting seeks to interpret the feelings proposed by a scene rather than providing details of a specific landscape. Monte expresses his insight of nature which was a key goal of impressionist art. The image focuses on the smooth feeling of a murky aquatic scene. Monte includes a palette of mainly cool yet dull colors with some blue and gray. He adds a touch of warm colors as seen by the red-orange sun and the sky. Monte was successful in capturing the rich atmospheric effects through this work of
Realism was well known around mid-nineteenth century where artists portrayed their works through realism itself; not artifice. The artists depicted objects and people who were considered ‘unworthy’ to be painted. An example of realism is oil on canvas painting by Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers (1849). Courbet portrays two stone breakers who seem to be disjointed; independent. The effect of this painting was shown to isolate the two laborers and to imply that they were physically and economically trapped. Courbet aims to show what is “real” in this painting, so he depicts a man who seems too old and a boy who seems too young for such labor. This shows the reality of the French rural life …show more content…
An Impressionists work is distinguished by visual brushstrokes or scenes of modern and ordinary life. One example of an impressionists work is Claude Monte’s famous painting from 1872 called Sunrise. This painting seeks to interpret the feelings proposed by a scene rather than providing details of a specific landscape. Monte expresses his insight of nature which was a key goal of impressionist art. The image focuses on the smooth feeling of a murky aquatic scene. Monte includes a palette of mainly cool yet dull colors with some blue and gray. He adds a touch of warm colors as seen by the red-orange sun and the sky. Monte was successful in capturing the rich atmospheric effects through this work of