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MODERN ART ARTS 10 - Quarter 1 Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s.  IMPRESSIONISM and POST-IMPRESSIONISM Lesson 1 IMPRESSIONISM  IMPRESSIONISM an art movement that emerged in the second half of the 1...

MODERN ART ARTS 10 - Quarter 1 Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s.  IMPRESSIONISM and POST-IMPRESSIONISM Lesson 1 IMPRESSIONISM  IMPRESSIONISM an art movement that emerged in the second half of the 19th century among a group of Paris- based artists the name impressionism was coined from the title of a work by French painter Claude Monet - Impression, Soleil Levant (Impression, Sunrise)  IMPRESSIONISM: A Break From Past Painting Traditions COLOR SUBJECT MATTER and SETTING LIGHT and MOVEMENT  IMPRESSIONISM Color and Light - painted with freely brushed colors (visual effect) - used short “broken” strokes - placed pure unmixed colors side by side “Everyday” Subjects - scenes of life; household objects; landscapes and seascapes; houses, cafes, buildings - ordinary people seemingly caught off-guard doing everyday tasks, at work or at leisure, or doing nothing at all - people were not made to look beautiful or lifelike  IMPRESSIONISM Painting Outdoors - painting outdoors in natural light best capture the ever- changing effects of light on color - gave their works freshness and immediacy Open Composition - experimented with unusual visual angles, sizes of objects that appeared out of proportion, off-center placement, and empty spaces of the canvas Influence of Photography - photography inspired impressionists to capture fleeting moments of action – subjective view - advantage of manipulating the color PAINTERS Manet, Monet, Renoir  EDOUARD MANET (1832-1883) one of the first 19th century artists to depict modern- life subjects a key figure in the transition from realism to impressionism Argenteuil Café Concert (1874) (1878)  Rue Mosnier Decked With Flags (1878) The Bar at the Folies-Bergere (1882)  CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926) one of the founders of the impressionist movement along with his friends Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Frédéric Bazille the most prominent of the group; considered the most influential figure in the movement best known for his landscape paintings, particularly those depicting his beloved flower gardens and water lily ponds at his home in Giverny Impression, Sunrise (1872)  The Red Boats, Argenteuil (1875) La Promenade (1875)  Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies (1899) Irises in Monet’s Garden (1900)  AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) one of the central figures of the impressionist movement (along with Claude Monet) snapshots of real life, full of sparkling color and light a more disciplined, formal technique to portraits of actual people and figure paintings Dancer (1874) A Girl with a Watering Can (1876) Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers (1880) Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)  POST- IMPRESSIONISM  POST-IMPRESSIONISM artists continued using the basic qualities of the impressionists before them — the vivid colors, heavy brush strokes, and true-to-life subjects  POST-IMPRESSIONISM expanded and experimented in bold new ways – using a geometric approach, fragmenting objects and distorting people’s faces and body parts, and applying colors that were not necessarily realistic or natural PAINTERS Cezanne and Van Gogh  PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906) a French artist and post- impressionist painter his work paved the way for the next revolutionary art movement - expressionism Hortense Fiquet in a Harlequin Boy in a Red Vest Striped Skirt (1888-1890) (1890) (1878) Still Life with Compotier (1879-1882)  VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890) a post-impressionist painter from The Netherlands his works were remarkable for their strong, heavy brush strokes, intense emotions, and colors that appeared to almost pulsate with energy his works becoming among the most recognized in the world Sheaves of Wheat in a Field Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (1885) (1888) The Sower (1888)  Bedroom at Arles (1888) Wheat Field with Cypresses (1889) Starry Night (1889)  GEORGES SEURAT (1859-1891) a French post-Impressionist painter and draftsman devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884)