December 3, 2007 Impressionism/Post Impressionism notes Set up graph for timed readings. 2 lessons.
Impressionism & Post-Impressionism Exploring Color and Light
Impressionism, is a major movement in painting that mostly started in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Impressionism was a short period between A group of artists shared a set of painting techniques and ideas. Camille Pissarro, The Beet Harvest, 1881The Beet Harvest
Impressionism: Accurately recorded reality using the changing effects of light and color
Landscape: art work about or of the land. Famous Impressionists: Claude Monet….
….Camille Pissaro…
Detail of Edgar Degas painting
…and Edgar Degas.
Post Impression: (Began after Impressionism) A subject is not totally realistic and also expresses the emotional state of the artist.
The movement began after Impressionism and began to include more of Europe.
Famous Post-Impressionists: Henri Matisse…
Portrait: Picture or painting of living beings
…..Edvard Munch...
….Paul Cezanne….
Still life: picture or painting of non-living objects
…Paul Gauguin…
…and Vincent Van Gogh.
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." -Howard Beecher