The Modern World of Art Chapter 21- Living With Art
Dec 27, 2015
The Modern World of Art
Chapter 21- Living With Art
IMPRESSIONISM:
The Impressionist style of painting developed in the late 1870s in France. The artists sought to represent objects with light and air; it was not to paint local colors, but the
effects of light under which everything momentarily changes color.
The name of the movement is derived from
the title of a Claude Monet
work, Impression,
Sunrise
Characteristics of Impressionist
paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible
brush strokes and emphasis on the
accurate depiction of light
in its changing qualities.
Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927), Sunset at Ivry1873
Movement is a crucial element of the Impressionist style.
Claude MonetHaystacks1890-1891
Radicals in their time, early Impressionists broke the rules of academic painting. They began by giving more emphasis to color and free brush strokes than they did line.
They also took the act of painting out of the studio and into the modern
world. Previously, still lifes and
portraits as well as landscapes had
usually been painted indoors.
Claude MonetWoman With A Parasol1875
Impressionism was an art of
immediacy and movement, of
candid poses and compositions, of the play of light expressed in a
bright and varied use of colour.
Vincent van GoghThe Starry Night1889
Post-Impressionism
Characteristics
• Emphasis on color and form
• Art for art’s sake– Didn’t try to sell their art– No patrons– Didn’t care what critics or public thought
• Strived to invent new techniques
Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890)
• Bright colors (especially yellow)
• Short, choppy brushstrokes– Sometimes didn’t even use a brush
• Lonely life of poverty, depression and mental illness
Vincent van GoghSunflowers1888, Oil on canvas
Vincent van GoghWheatfield with Crows1890, Oil on canvas
Paul Gauguin (1848 – 1903)• Abandoned his wife and kids, travelled the world
and settled in Tahiti• Knew van Gogh
– Painted together in France– Argued frequently
• Figures with no shadows• No realistic colors
Paul GauguinDay of the Gods (Mahana no Atua)1894, Oil on canvas
Paul GauginSpirit of the Dead Watching1892
Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891)
• Pointillism – Painting using tiny dots that are side by side
• Scientific use of color
• Painted indoors with artificial light
Georges SeuratThe Bathers, AsniAsnièèresres1883 - 18841883 - 1884
Georges SeuratA Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 18841884 – 1886, Oil on canvas
Paul Cézanne (1839 – 1906)
• Tried to recapture the glory of landscapes
• Obsessed with 3D feel in nature
• His still-lifes tilt, twist, and violate the laws of physics
Paul CezanneThe Basket of Apples1895, Oil on canvas
Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire1902 – 1904, Oil on canvas
Impressionism & Post-ImpressionismArt Activity!
• Pick an artist from either art period (refer to the PowerPoint as needed)
• Find a work of art from this artist• On paper, work on sketching the outline
of the basic shapes• Tomorrow and Thursday we will
establish colors and textures with the use of pastels and colored pencils!