impressionism and post-impressionism
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What is Impressionism?Impressionism started way back in the 19th century in Paris, France. The name of this movement comes from the title of Claude Monet’s work “Impression, Sunrise”
Introduction
What is Impressionism?
Characteristics
Techniques
Claude Monet
Video
Notable Artists
Wall Wisher
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Monet - Impression
CharacteristicsImpressionist paintings tend to have small, thin brush strokes with an emphasis on accuracy over precision. Light is also a significant factor and how it is captured is key to impressionist work.
Introduction
What is Impressionism?
Characteristics
Techniques
Claude Monet
Video
Notable Artists
Wall Wisher
What’s Coming Up?
Your Turn!
Monet - Stacks of Wheat
TechniquesShort, thick strokes of paint are used to quickly capture the essence of the subject, rather than its details.
Colours are applied side-by-side with as little mixing as possible,
Grays and dark tones are produced by mixing complementary colours. In pure Impressionism the use of black paint is avoided.
The play of natural light is emphasized. Close attention is paid to the reflection of colours from object to object.
In paintings made en plein air (outdoors), shadows are boldly painted with the blue of the sky as it is reflected onto surfaces, giving a sense of freshness and openness that was not captured in painting previously. (Blue shadows on snow inspired the technique.)
Introduction
What is Impressionism?
Characteristics
Techniques
Claude Monet
Video
Notable Artists
Wall Wisher
What’s Coming Up?
Your Turn!
Claude MonetClaude Monet is seen as the father of Impressionism. He was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.
Introduction
What is Impressionism?
Characteristics
Techniques
Claude Monet
Video
Notable Artists
Wall Wisher
What’s Coming Up?
Your Turn!
In the late years, Monet devoted
himself to painting the exquisite
gardens and water lily ponds he created
at his home in Giverny
Other Notable Artists
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Frédéric Bazille
Gustave Caillebotte Mary Cassatt
Introduction
What is Impressionism?
Characteristics
Techniques
Claude Monet
Video
Notable Artists
Wall Wisher
What’s Coming Up?
Your Turn!
Post-impressionism
Postimpressionism, movement in late-19th-century
French painting that emphasized the artist’s personal
response to a subject.
Postimpressionists focused on emotional or spiritual
meanings that the subject might convey.
Postimpressionists conveyed their personal
responses to the world around them through the use
of strong, unnatural colors and exaggeration or slight
distortion of forms.
Café Terrace on the
Place du Forum,
Arles, at Night
The bold colors
heighten the contrast
between the inviting
glow of the café and
the darkness of the
streets and the late-
night sky. Van
Gogh’s thick, heavy
brush strokes,
typical of this period,
create an expressive
mood