Impressionism

produced from 1892-1894 (Harris, Beth, and Steven Zucker. “Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series.”). The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light was acquired by The J. Paul Getty museum in 2001 and is on display as a part of their permanent exhibit on Impressionism in The Getty Center (“The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light (Getty Museum).” The J. Paul Getty Museum). The Portal of Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light exemplifies the Impressionist movement by making the representation of light…

In the mid-1800’s to the early 1900’s two artists are responsible for the modern art movement these two artists are Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet. These two artists have very distinct style of painting, however, they both helped to shape the direction of painting would go over the following century. Monet and Van Gogh painted their lives on a canvas and in their thoughts and words. Through both of the men’s paintings we can understand the struggle as artists during this time in history. The…

Claude Monet, a french painter, painted the Church at Varengeville, Grey Weather, in the year 1882, in the midst of his artistic career. Varengeville-sur-Mer is a small commune in the Seine-Maritime of the north-western region in France. The painting is oil paint on a modest sized canvas about 25 by 32 inches. This oil landscape hangs directly on the wall, at a horizontal orientation, and is in a simple ornate frame. Monet’s painting is currently located at the Speed Art Museum, in Louisville,…

functioning and effective society. This, of course, brought different feelings of inspiration and expression among artists during this time. Responses to these transitions in economic culture formed these three art movements: Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. These movements expressed this time period and paved the way for new art forms and directions that art culture takes in the future. Life was extremely different before the Industrial Revolution. The modification of society from…

wanted to paint what they felt like painting, not idealized but real, not the past life but the modern life. This included having the ability to paint freely, applying patches of pure color next to one another. The fact remains that Cassatt made impressionism weightier and more solid, rarely allowing light and color to disintegrate form. Together the Impressionists showed their work in 1879 with Mary Cassatt present as well as in 1880, 1881, and 1886. It is not until later in Mary Cassatt’s life…

172). What Monet describes and experiences fits the expected of someone with cataracts. According to Marmor & Ravin (1997), Liebrich also found that the lens thickens with age, scattering light (p. 171). This could cause his artistic style, where impressionism shows essential forms rather than…

century. Because of the similarities his compositions share with impressionist art, many refer to Debussy as an impressionists. Impressionist, according to the online Webster dictionary, is defined as “one who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style; as, the skyrocketing prices of paintings by the French impressionists.” This is a designation Debussy was not particularly fond of. In his opinion, all variety of…

In this essay I will discuss the incredible works of the composers that have contributed to the music world and compare Program Symphony to Symphonic Poems and Impressionism to Expressionism music created by these composers. Program Music and Symphonic Poems are similar in that they play onto the imagination of the listeners of the mental pictures of the scenes or characters as they listen. Both genre are based on telling a story or poem. Although they have these similarities…

art movements, and other times it was the political and social circumstances that brought on a new range of artists and styles. The 19th century moved through many art movements, but one that dominated most of the late 19th century was Impressionism. Impressionism was an art style that was a response to the brutal and chaotic transformation of French life that occurred during the late 19th century (Kleiner 654). Preceding the Romanticist art movement, Monet, Degas and several others became the…

Claude Monet is considered one of the most prolific French painters of the 19th century and a founding father of the Impressionist movement. It was Monet’s ability to repaint seemingly similar landscape scenes while effectively differentiating each paining’s symbolic meaning and memorializing these varying variations of color and fleeting effects of light and seasonal weather changes that truly distinguishes his style of painting from other painters. In order to gain greater insight into the…