Impressionism

intimidating simply because there was a huge variety and the layout had just about everything you could imagine. From sculptures to paintings there was so much to take in. As I made my way through the museum I was immediately drawn to the room of Impressionism. The vibrant mix of colors and ambiguous intent. Each piece contained such a mix of colors that not a single item within the piece was overlooked. The room itself had each work of art separated by a large amount of wall space and used a…

MacCarthy (1911, pp.8, 9) argued that the Post-Impressionists were far more expressive of emotions than the Impressionists. Post-Impressionism is the group of painters included Gauguin, Cezanne, Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh working in France in the 1880s. Post-Impressionists intended to express beyond the impression which is the main concern of the Impressionists, while subjects of the Impressionists' painting are mainly landscapes or scenes of modern suburban life. Indeed, in the…

While Impressionism has no real over-arching theme, Post-Impressionism is connected by the artists’ desire to move beyond a passive representation of perception. Monet’s idea of immediate perception (in which scenes are painted quickly in order to capture a moment in time) was rejected. Instead…

Romanticism Art Era (1780–1850): An era that resulted as a byproduct of the French and American Revolution, Romanticism was an artistic period that spanned the 17th century through the late 18th century. Art related trends, during this period, centered around liberty and intellectual freedom. During this era, the conventional and objective regard to art was replaced with a more subjective and meaningful approach. Dramatic expression of emotion took center stage during this period, and an…

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…

Impressionism came about much in the same that Realism did and served as a reaction to Realism. This movement sought to exaggerate the good qualities of life and focused on movement rather than accuracy. In literature, this movement revealed itself by moving away from plot focused novels and instead put the emotions and mental development of the characters front and center. Realism provided a backdrop for these writings. Impressionism wanted to turn a mirror onto itself…

expressing the atmosphere of night with air sound. In the Jardins sous la pluie, he uses arpeggio and other effects of piano sounds to express the sounds of rain drop and the reflection of water drops. Like the discussion of the features of impressionism music which mentioned above, ‘Estampes’ also presents the beauty, pleasure of music and the nature by…

French painter and sculptor Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, more commonly known as Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is considered to be one of the main founders of Impressionism and is widely known for his paintings of females and the overall life of Parisians. Degas is especially associated with the subject of dance, actually Degas has produced approximately 1,500 works on the subject (Schenkel 2004). The ballerinas Degas created remain as some of the most famous works of 19th-century art. Degas' talent…

The Nineteenth Century brought a new movement to the art world in the form of Impressionism. Impressionism is creating art with blurred images rather than defined lines. One of these Impressionist artists include Marie Bracquemond. Marie’s painting entitled Woman with an Umbrella consists of thin, blurred and controlled lines of pastel colors to intrigue art-lovers. The objective view of the painting remains clearly identifiable. In the middle of the painting is an average woman, wearing a soft…

and 1965-1975. The first time period we are going to look at is 1860-1915. Impressionism came first. Impressionism is when artists are very expressive, and they use movement, angles of vision, and light pretty often (Wikipedia). An example is that Vincent Van Gogh shows Impressionism in almost every painting! Further on, we are going to look at Post-Impressionism. This was right after Impressionism. Post-Impressionism was the start of Fauvism, which is a bit later in this paragraph.…