“I cannot paint an angel because I have never seen one.” – Gustave Courbet Realists focused on day-to-day life Peasants in the fields, laborers doing.

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“I cannot paint an angel because I have never seen one.” – Gustave Courbet

Realists focused on day-to-day lifePeasants in the fields, laborers doing work, a

baker making bread, etc.Realists rejected the idealistic portrayals of

the human form that were common with Neoclassicism.Used more realistic depictions of humans

Realism

Courbet traveled to the Netherlands and was inspired by the portrayals of ordinary people, which was common in Dutch art.

Gustave Courbet

The Stone Breakers

Jean-Francois Millet: The Sower

Jean-Francois Millet: The Gleaners

Like French Realists, Pre-Raphaelites portrayed nature as realistically as possible

Unlike Realists, Pre-Raphaelites chose to depict figures from Medieval art and literature

Pre-Raphaelites

John Everett MillaisOphelia

Impressionism is considered to be one of the most popular artistic movements of all timeCollectors now pay millions for art by

Impressionist artists (Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas)

At the time, Impressionists were not very popular at all.

The terms “impressionism” was originally meant as an insult, a slur for artists perceived to be too lazy to finish a painting properly

Impressionism

Characteristics:Has an unfinished quality, images sometimes

seem to blur, colors dissolve togetherAttempts to capture a fleeting glimpse, a

glance, a quick gesturePainted quickly with loose, sketchy

brushstrokes

Impressionism

Edouard Manet: The Railway

Manet:

Berthe Morisot Self Portrait

Claude Monet: Springtime

Monet: Water Lilies (one of 250 he painted)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Theater Box

Renoir: Luncheon of the Boating Party

Edgar Degas: L’Absinthe

Degas: Blue Dancers