What makes impressionism, “impressionism”?

COLORS

VIBRANT

URBAN LIFE CONCEPTS

SHORT BRUSH STROKES

REALISTIC

PROPORTION

Impressionism…• uses VIBRANT colors

• favored CONTEMPORARY SCENES OF URBAN LIFE

• paints a scene AS IF THE VIEWER CAUGHT THE SCENE “at a glimpse”

• makes use of SHORT BRUSH STROKES• Still favored realistic proportions and

lighting

Monet

Renoir

Degas

Post-impressionism…• “exaggerated form”

• favored RURAL SCENES & EVERYDAY OBJECTS

• paints a scene AS IF THE VIEWER CAUGHT THE SCENE “at a glimpse”

• makes use of THICK BRUSH STROKES• Still favored realistic proportions and

lighting

Van Gogh

Cezanne

Who were the Filipino impressionists of their time?

Juan Luna

“Spoliarium”

Fernando Amorsolo

Post-impressionism

“exaggerated form”favored RURAL SCENES & EVERYDAY OBJECTSpaints a scene as if the viewer saw it "at a glimpse”makes use of THICK BRUSH STROKESStill favored realistic proportions and lighting

Impressionism

uses VIBRANT colorsfavored CONTEMPORARY SCENES OF URBAN LIFE

paints a scene as if a viewer saw it“at a glimpse”

makes use of SHORT BRUSH STROKES

Still favored realistic proportions and lighting

Expressionism

• Brought new standards to modern art• Used Swirling, swaying &

exaggeratedly executed brush strokes• Used bold colors

(1905-1925)

“Unlike Impressionism, its goals were not to reproduce the impression suggested by the surrounding world, but to strongly impose the artist’s own sensibility to the world’s representation. ”

“The Scream”By Edvard Munch

Tempera, Oil paint, Paste(1893)

“Anxiety”By Edvard Munch

Tempera, Oil paint, Paste(1893)

“Blue Horses”By Franz Marc

(1911)

“The Yellow Cow”By Franz Marc

(1911)