RIWT Task One By Katie Ziegler Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Impressionism developed in the mid to late 19th century in France, and lasted until the early 20th century (Pioch, 2006). Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, and Pierre Auguste Renoir wanted to focus more on painting the “fleeting effects of nature” through quickly painted works ("Movements > impressionism," ). Instead of being inspired by historical times, Impressionists painted contemporary landscapes and scenes of modern life ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,"). They “rejected the system of state-controlled academics and salons in favor of independent exhibitions” ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,").
Impressionism was the first of the modernist art movements. The term impressionism is derived from Monet’s artwork Impression: Sunrise, which is a demonstration of the values of the movement. Impressionism began in France in the 1860’s and exemplified the rejection of traditional art making methods and began abstract art. The impressionists (Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Degas) veered away from the realistic style paintings which society valued and developed a darker and sketchier style. Their paintings reflected every day scenes and landscapes, often painting on location and in plein-air (the open air).
In the painting there are intense colors show and the Expressionism is linking with Fauvism and making a great influence on the painting. Everyone in the picture seems to have a purpose and a task as to doing something whether it is going to work, or shopping, or just walking around. One of the members of Die Brucke was Emil Nolde who was also a member of the German expressionist painters. He was known for
This would become his permanent form of art. Although he experimented with others, most frescoes and paintings by Rivera were done in the style of impressionism. Rivera’s experience with Paul Cézanne influenced him greatly and would change the course of his artistic style forever. In 1935, Diego Rivera created one of his most noted works, The Flower Carrier. Like many of his paintings, The Flower Carrier is simplistic at first glance but was examined closely, has deep social meaning.
Rebellion and independence defined these movements, creating artist that were bound together by their unique style of creating art. The Impressionism art movement began late in the 19th century when a group of radical artists were rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts. An annual art show called, “the Salon,” which was sponsored by the Academy, set the standards for what was accepted as art(Dillen, 2011). The very opinionated panel of judges, thought to be experts, usually judged art based off of tastes and styles that hadn't changed in decades. Anything that was unfamiliar or considered new was seldom chosen and usually “crucified by the critics”(Janaro & Altshuler, 2009 p. 143).
Comparison and Contrast Essay: Seurat and van Gogh In the late 1800s, when Impressionist movement had lost most of its momentum, the Post-Impressionists appeared, started to seek for distinguishable styles, concentrate on themes and deeper meanings and express strong personalities and emotions rather than just focus on optical impressions. Among them were Georges Seurat and Vincent van Gogh, fathers of Pointillism and Expressionism respectively, two notable styles in the Post-Impressionism as well as modern art. Despite having many differences in techniques and styles as well as careers and personal lives, both Georges Seurat and Vincent van Gogh have proved their places in the Post-Impressionist movement, become brilliant inspirations for fellow artists and remained two of the most eminent artists of all time. There are numerous distinctions between Seurat and van Gogh, starting with their backgrounds and personal lives. Georges-Pierre Seurat was born in 1859 in Paris to a wealthy legal officer and a Paris woman.
Thematic Essay: Romanticism and Realism From the mid-18th to the late 19th century, dynamic transformations in European art mirrored turbulent political and social changes, including revolutions, imperial conquests, and the emergence of the modern industrial age. The expressive, emotional aesthetics of Romantic art echoed a form of artistic rebellion against the orderly Enlightenment era to assert individuality of the artist and reject the stoic subject matter seen in the style of Neoclassicism. Romantic artists were primarily focused on exotic and tumultuous themes, often executed with loose and colorfully bold brushwork. Later in the century, proponents of the Realist movement turned to sober depictions of working people as the Industrial Revolution swept through Europe. Some Realists turned to nature, using landscape to convey a sense of direct experience of a specific place and time.
Romantic art portrays emotion painted in a bold manner. Paintings like Liberty Leading the people painted by Eugene Delacroix are a prime example of paintings that display emotion. Delacroix was known for his radical themes. His painting “Liberty leading the People” expressed so much emotion and vivid colors that it makes you feel as if you are right there in the scene. (MindEdge, 2012) “The Romantic period emphasized the boldly heroic, the individuals, the imaginative, and the irrational, believing that aesthetic authenticity could be found in strong emotional response.
In some of his paintings from this period he adopted the Impressionists’ open brushstrokes, but Gauguin’s use of the bounding line was closer to his thoughts, as was the artist's ambition to go beyond the depiction of external nature and give form to an inner vision of the soul. His friend the Danish poet Emanuel Goldstein introduced him to French Decadent Symbolist poetry during this period, which helped him formulate a new philosophy of art, and a pantheistic conception of sexuality. Munch’s own deep original style came about around the year 1892. The flowing, winding use of line in his new paintings was similar to that of contemporary Art Nouveau, but
Western Governors University Pablo Picasso, a man with works that remained a product of 19th century Romanticism, once said, “We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell (“Quotes about Artists”). Opinions such as this are what differentiate Romanticism and Neoclassicism. Neoclassicism and Romanticism compare in some time frames, yet differ in beliefs, values, and illustration. First, these artistic styles share similar time periods. Neoclassicism and Romanticism have very few similarities, but they both utilized continuing components of the baroque era, which began in 1600 and expressed a style of exaggerated motion that contained easily interpreted detail to produce drama and other reactions.