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Birth of Modern ArtEdouard Manet
Edouard Manet
Music in the Tuileries Gardens
1862
Edouard Manet
Luncheon on the Grass
1863
Edouard Manet
Luncheon on the Grass
1863
Giorgione / Titian
Pastoral Concert
c. 1510
Edouard Manet
Luncheon on the Grass
1863
Marcantonio Raimondi
Judgement of Paris
c. 1515
Edouard Manet
The Railroad
1872-73
Impressionism
IMPRESSIONISM
- How did the term Impressionism come about?
- When did this movement develop?
- Who were the artists involved in this movement?
- What were their aims?
- How was their style(s) like?
IMPRESSION
Lack of realism
Blurred
Vague
Quick/fast
A moment in time
Sketch
Claude Monet
Impression: Sunrise
1872
Oil on canvas, 48 x 63cm
Claude MonetImpression: Sunrise1872
Claude Lorrain
Seaport with the embarkation of the queen of sheba
1648
Subject: Misty view of seaport at sunrise Hurried &
vigorous brushwork/dabs
Predominant use of orange
AIM: To capture an instantaneous sensation -- the shimmering surface of water, caring less about detail.
Dispersed/ all-over composition
No distinction between foreground, middle ground nor background.
Claude MonetImpression: Sunrise
1872This work changed the concept of a ‘completed’ artwork. A ‘sketch’ is now deemed by Monet as worthy of exhibiting
“What does the canvas depict? Look at the catalogue.”
“Impression: Sunrise”
“Impression -- I was sure of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it… and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wall-paper in its embryonic state is more finished than this seascape.”
~ Louis Leroy
Impressionist’s Pursuit -- Ever-changing Light
Invention of oil paints packaged in air-tight tubes allowed the Impressionists to paint outdoors
Edgar Degas (1834 -- 1917)Auguste Renoir
(1841 -- 1919)Claude Monet (1840 -- 1926)
Camille Pissarro (1830 -- 1903)
The Key Impressionists
Mary Cassatt (1844 -- 1926)
Some Examples of work by the Impressionists
Aim:• Objective transcription of the world• To study the effect of light on objects & people.
2 main groups:- Landscape: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley
- Figure: Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt
General Characteristics of Impressionists:
• - Clear, bright colours
~ Concept of complementary colours
• - Short, choppy brushwork / dabs• - ‘Snapshot’ composition• - Sketchy quality
Claude Monet
The Poppy Field
1873
Oil on canvas
Hokusai KatsushikaGreat Wave off Kanagawa
1823-9
The Influence of Japanese Woodcut prints on Impressionist artists
Hiroshige AndoCherry Blossom at Arashiyama
Kitagawa UtamaroThe Three Models
Impressionists applied the flat, bright colors, and asymmetrical compositions of woodcuts to their paintings.
Leader of the Impressionists
Claude Monet
1840 -1926
Claude MonetBathing at La Grenouillere1869
Claude MonetBathing at La Grenouillere1869
Detail
Claude MonetLa Grenouillere1869Oil on canvas, 74.6 × 99.7 cm
Claude Monet
The Rue Montorgueil, Paris
1878
Oil on canvas, 81x50cm
Detail
Claude MonetRouen Cathedral Series1890
1880s, Monet began to experiment with series of pictures that allowed him to capture the changes from one time to another.
- Devoted himself to capturing the flux of nature
Series: Trains arriving at the Gare Saint Lazare, Rouen Cathedral, haystacks, poplars and waterlilies
The changing conditions of light – affected by atmosphere, time of day, and season remained his theme
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/monet/swf/
Claude MonetHaystacks Series
1891
Claude MonetWater Lilies
1906