1. Impressionism
by Phillip Martin

2. Impressionism
What can that possibly mean?

3. Impressionism
An “ism” is a suffix at the end of many English words. It comes from Greek “ismos” and Latin “ismus”.
You have seen it at the end of words like optimism, Buddhism, racism, favoritism, and terrorism.

4. Impressionism
It signifies a belief, practice, idea, or movement. In art, there are many movements that end in ism.
One of the most important ISMs is Impressionism.

5. Impressionism
It’s really hard to give the definition of Impressionism without using the word “impression”.
Light was important to the Impressionists. They wanted to capture the moment.
Woman with a Parasol by Claude Monet

6. Impressionism
Light on objects and the shadows around them change during the day.
Impressionists wanted capture the way light changed colors in their surroundings. That’s how they captured the moment.
Shepherdess by Camille Pissarro

7. Impressionism
Many of the Impressionists were from France where the movement started in the 1860s.
At first the public did not like their work. One newspaper critic called their work sketches or impressions, but not finished pieces.
Dancers in Pink
by Edgar Degas

8. Impressionism
Boating
by Edouard Manet
Dancers in Pink
by Edgar Degas
Times change and now the Impressionists are among the world’s most popular artists.

9. Impressionism Boating by Edouard Manet Girl with a Watering Can
Dancers in Pink
by Edgar Degas
Girl with a
Watering Can
By Pierre-
Auguste Renoir

10. Impressionism
One of the central artists associated with Impressionism was Claude Monet.
Monet’s painting, Impression, Sunrise, inspired the name of the movement.
Claude Monet

11. Impressionism
Impression, Sunrise
By Claude Monet

12. Impressionism
Visiting his home and garden in Giverny, is like walking inside his paintings.
The water lilies are still there.

13. Impressionism
Water Lilies by Claude Monet

14. Impressionism
Water Lilies by Claude Monet

15. Impressionism
So now you know about Impressionism in art. If you want to know more, you can always a
research Cubism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Constructivism, Fauvism, Pointillism, Dadaism, Realism, Post -Modernism, Modernism, Mannerism, Neo-Expressionism, and Romanticism. . . for starters.

16. Movements Impressionism Cubism Pointillism Realism Surrealism
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