2. * Baroque Art - Caravaggio

3. * Romantic Art - Gericault

4. * Paris, France-center of the art world * Photography invented in 1839 * The label Impressionism came from a critic who saw Monet’s painting titled Impressionism: Rising Sun * Artists painted outdoors * Paint was now in tubes

6. * Impressionists sought to capture spontaneity of nature and life around them * Their first impression * They studied the effects of light on color * They broke with traditional ways of painting * They did not have carefully planned, carefully outlined subjects

7. * Monet painted haystacks, cathedrals, and water at different times of the day

8. * At the end of the day

9. * The Rouen Cathedral

11. * Haystacks painted at the end of summer

13. * The effects of snow and sun

17. * Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853 * He worked in an art gallery and as a missionary to a poor mining town in Brussels * At 27 he decided to become an artist * His early works were dark

18. * This was the only painting he ever sold

21. * Van Gogh had a very passionate personality * Eventually he went mad * Upset with an artist friend, he cut off part of his ear * He was committed to an insane asylum * He died at the age of 37 by suicide

25. * In 10 years he painted 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches.

29. Seurat was born into a wealthy family in Paris. He studied art under a sculptor. His first major painting was rejected for exhibit by the Paris Salon so he allied himself with independent artists of Paris.

31. Pointalism is the use of tiny dots of pure color next to and on top of each other.

32. Scientists were studying color, optical effects, and perception. Chevreul produced a color wheel. He also discovered that 2 colors juxtaposed or slightly overlapping would have the effect of another color from a distance.