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# History of Art and Architecture ## Honore Daumier A lithographer and cartoonist, satirized Parisian life and the classical tradition that lingered. Famous for his satirical caricatures. Works: The Freedom of the Press, Transonian Street ## 1. Claude Monet A landscape impressionist and leader...

# History of Art and Architecture ## Honore Daumier A lithographer and cartoonist, satirized Parisian life and the classical tradition that lingered. Famous for his satirical caricatures. Works: The Freedom of the Press, Transonian Street ## 1. Claude Monet A landscape impressionist and leader of the plenarists - people who believed in working outdoors. Adapted the practice of painting a single subject a number of times in varying lights and seasons. Works: Autumn Effect on Argenteuil, Les Bassin de Nympheas, Impression: Sunrise ## Transitional (from Realism to Impressionism) Painters ### 3. (Early works of) Edouard Manet Statement in form of the artist's individual freedom. Use of shallow perspective. Works: Dejeuner sur l'herb, Olympia, Dead Toreador # XVIII. Impressionism (late 1860s-late 1890s) A movement in French painting sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light and movement on appearance of objects. The most conspicuous characteristic of Impressionism in painting was an attempt to accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and color. ## A. General features in art 1. Light and its reflection. 2. Quickly painted surfaces (or the appearance of quickly painted surfaces) 3. Dots, dashes, commas and other short brushstrokes. 4. Bright pure colors and separating them, and letting the eye's perception mix them. 5. Modern life as the subject matter. ## B. Important Artists ### Monet, Rouen Cathedral ### 2. Edouard Manet Painted with full brush and full strokes, placement of colors side by side, placing a concentration of light on an important feature of the picture to record the impression of the eye naturally and immediately receives. Works: Bar at Folies Bergere, Boating at Argenteuil ### 3. Edgar Degas Worked in pastels and oil. Adopted the big diagonal viewpoint and abrupt cutting of composition by picture frame. His favorite subject was ballet. Works: Absinthe, Dancers Practicing at the Bar