1. MERELY AN IMPRINT, NOT A PAINTING! HOW VULGAR. IMPRESSIONISM

2. First artistic revolution since Renaissance Only lasted less than 30 yrs Rejected perspective, balanced compositions, idealized figures and chiaroscuro Represent visual sensations through color and light Presented an “impression”, initial sensory/ feeling recorded by artist in quick glimpse IMMEDIATE VISUAL SENSATIONS Color changes constantly Distinctive short choppy brushstroke

3. MANET AND IMPRESSIONISM Influence “L’Atelier des Batignolles” Fantin-Latour 1870

4. Claude Monet Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (in Sun) Oil on canvas Met

5. Claude Monet Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies Water Lilies

6. Camille Pissarro Two Young Peasant Women Oil on canvas 1891-92 Met

7. Edgar Degas The Dance Class 1874 Oil on canvas, Met

8. Edgar Degas L’Absinthe 1876 Oil on canvas

9. Pierre Auguste Renoir Luncheon of the Boating Party 1881 Oil on canvas Private Collection DC

10. Pierre Auguste Renoir Le Moulin de la Galette 1876 Oil on canvas, Musee d’Orsay

11. Mary Cassatt Young Mother Sewing 1900 Oil on canvas, Met

12. Mary Cassatt Sleeping Baby 1910 Pastel on paper Dallas Museum

13. Auguste Rodin The Thinker 1879-1889 Bronze, Nat Gal DC

14. Auguste Rodin The Gates of Hell 1879- never finished Bronze, Nat Gal DC

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