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Impressionism
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-Style of painting characterized by:
+concentration on general impression produced by a scene or object +use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to stimulate actual reflected light |
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Edouard Manet
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-Father of Modern Art
-began as realist painter +chose subjects and events from own time -became more impressionist +use areas of paint to achieve effects beyond more representation |
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-Luncheon on the Grass (Le Dejeuner Sur'lherbe)
-Manet +Renaissance style =triangular composition, perspective +Shocking =girl naked and looking at us +More realist: clean brushstroke |
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-A bar at the Follies-Bergere
-Manet -theater -more impressionaist: +thick dabs of color and brushstrokes |
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Claude Monet
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-Ardent follower and defender of impressionsit stle
-Light=color -wished to be blind to know what things looked like at first sight -often painted same subject in different conditions |
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-Sunrise
-Monet -gave movement its name -original reference was derisive (scornful and mocking) -has a silowhete |
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-Rouen Cathedral
-Monet +26 verisons +different colors, angels, definition of cathedral |
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-Waterloo Bridge, London
-Monet -16 versions -change in brushstroke, color |
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-Women in the Garden
-Monet -More realistic |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Life
-Influenced and befriended by Monet +began his career as a strict impressionist +later developed his own, more diciplined and formal technique -became paralysed, but kept painting Paintings -used to paint porcelin and fans -his subjects included beautiful women (often nude), flowers and children +nudes were rosy and ample +"I consider nudes finished, when i want to smack their bottom" -Outdoor scenes bathed in light and color and seen unposed -didn't use black "it's not a color"=used blue instead -snipped off figures at edge of canvas, implying scene expanded |
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-The Girl with a Fan
-Renoir |
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-A Girl with a Watering Can
-Renoir |
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-The Luncheon of the Boating Party
-Renoir |
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-The Bathers
-Renoir |
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Edgar Degas
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-Reluctant Impressionist
-"Art is not a sport" +hated painting outside and doing landscapes +painted inside -Didn't think he was an Impressionalist +Subjects: ballerinas, horses -Opposed all social reform and disliked children, flowers, and dogs -Idolized Ingres ("skin of an onion") +"drew lines, many lines" |
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-Dancers in Pink
-Degas |
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-Little Dancer Aged 14
-Degas |
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-The Blue Dancers
-Degas -pic shows movement |
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-The Dance Class
-Degas -Captured movement of clothing |
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-The Glass of Absinthe
-Degas -Illuminated aloneness |
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-Race Horses
-Degas -Horses have graceful lines |
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Mary Cassatt
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-Mother and Child paintings
+figures often gesture realistically and often embrace |
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-Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
-Cassatt -Degas Color |
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-Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror)
-Cassatt |
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-Young Mother Sewing
-Cassatt -Natural pose |
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-The Letter
-Cassatt -Inspired by Japenese prints +adopted their brightly colored, flat imagre and sharp design |
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