Edouard Manet first introduced the modernist style in his painting Le Déjeuner sur L’Herbe. The painting exuberated painterly style with large unblended brushstrokes and also introduced an dark outlining around figures and objects that created a flattening effect that rejected the three dimensional perspective that was highly used in the Renaissance era. The use of harsh lighting, extreme lights with drastic darks, sequentially, make the paintings look like a photograph. These painting techniques are just the tip of Modernism; there are numerous other techniques that derive from Edouard Manet’s works by other Impressionist/Post-Impressionist artists. Claude
Post Impressionistic artist moved away from a lot of the loose free stokes used in Impressionism and focused more on the quality of lines they used. Vincent van Gogh was a front runner for this Post Impressionistic movement and after reviewing many of his works including my personal favorite “Starry Night” which further confirms my opinion that Post Impressionism is in fact a continuation from Impressionism rather than a new movement. Van Gogh created a scene that was a mixture of stiff and free lines. Not quite as loose as Impressionism because the forms are much more distinct and recognizable however the lines are loose enough to still create flow and movement in the painting. (VanGoghGallery) Another of Van Gogh’s works that show how Post Impressionism evolved yet stayed in the impressionistic movement is “Café Terrace at Night” which has much cleaner defined lines with bold colors yet the forms of the people in the painting are still very loose and less defined.
Baroque art was not specifically Italian, although it is thought to have begun in Rome. It quickly spread to the Protestant North, and Baroque characteristics were applied to subjects other than religion (we find quite a number of contemporary themed works). Baroque thus can be considered as a portal that leads to newer style of arts. The word "baroque" was first applied to the art of period from the late 1500s to the late 1700s, by critics in the late nineteen century. Baroque, in arts, is a style in which painters, sculptors and architects mingled emotion, movement and variety in their works.
In addition, under Camille Pissarro's influence, Cézanne embarked on abandoning dark colors and the colors in his canvases grew much brighter. Impressionism is in use during this time, not only did his palette colors lighten but also so did the pressure he put on his paintings with his brush. During the Mature period (1878-1890) A run of Cézanne’s paintings of focused on mountains and gardens, a time period also sometimes known as the Constructive Period. Cézanne’s final period (1890-1905) included the work where he expressed the use of cubism. In cubist artwork, objects tend to be broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled
I have chosen to interview Impressionist painters Claude Monet and Edgar Degas because this type of painting is my favorite style. The paintings, of that period, are very light, airy, with brush strokes in a feathering fashion that were often done en plein air, which translates to “in the open air”. Both Monet and Degas were considered founders of impressionism, although Degas “rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist” (Gordon 31). These two painters are, in my opinion, the best of the period. Mr. Monet, what is your definition of “pure impressionism”.
Claude Monet is one of the most vital painters in French, a great deal of theory and practice of Impressionism, he also take the majority of participate in contribution. He specializes in experimental and performance techniques of light and shadows, and his style is concentrate on description of shadow and contour lines of paintings to create a bold innovation, making a deliberate break with traditional sepia-tone style. Moreover, Monet’s technique towards making use of color is quite fine and delicate; he used a large number of identical ordinary subject matter to experiment with light and color. Charing Cross Bridge, Fog is one of a twelve finished series oil painting that was created by Claude Monet in London, the United Kingdom in 1902. The 2 angle of its vision is oblique.
Impressionist displayed their work in independent shows from 1874-1886. Their desire to create an open forum for artist to show their work, united them as a group. The term impressionist was brought about by the critic Louis Leroy, after screening paintings in the first Impressionist exhibition in April of 1874. He as well as the entire French public, did not consider the works of Edgar Degas as art that valued serious attention. Degas was best known as an Impressionist and was a notorious member, if not the strongest supporter of the group.
Is Manet an Impressionist? Before one poses the question whether or not Manet is an Impressionist, one must first delve deeper into what the meaning of an impressionist is. It is said the impressionism was used “to describe a rapidly notated painting of an atmospheric effect [that] artists rarely, if ever exhibited pictures so quickly sketched”. In essence, Impressionism is about modernity and creating a new way to see the world. It captures fleeting moments of the mundane, everyday activities of the life of the middle class.
STUDENT’S NAME: INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: COURSE TITLE; DATE: The Art of Abstract Expressionism Introduction and Definition Abstract Expressionism or “AbEx” in short form is a term that refers to a movement of largely non representative form of painting. Abstract expressionism came into the art scene in the post-World War II era. Its characteristics were extremely energetic applications of paint and messiness. Critics in the era viewed abstract painting as a youthful antagonism unworthy of the name “art”. Abstract expressionism is also known as Action Painting, Colour Filed Painting or Gestural Abstraction because the strokes of the painting brush revealed the artist’s process.
Salvator Dali’s "The Persistence of Memory" One of the most distinguished works of artist Salvator Dali is his 1931 surreal oil on canvas painting “The Persistence of Memory”. Julien Levy, an American art dealer discouraged the painting telling Dali that it wouldn’t sell, but obviously it did. It even landed Dali on the cover of Time Magazine with his most famous artwork making its way into the Museum of Modern Art and the rest, as they say is history. The Persistence of Memory, when carefully observed in details is a portrait that speaks about the imagination of its artist Salvator Dali. In his imagination, it is sunrise, basing this idea on the colour of the horizon which is yellow slowly fading to green until it completely becomes blue.