1. Madame Zahn French Art History
Impressionism
Madame Zahn
French Art History

3. Impressionism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJthUa536Hw

4. During the video
In what ways did Impressionists depart from traditional and accepted ways of painting?
Think about: 1.) Subject matter
2.) Color
3.) Technique

5. What is Impressionism?
art movement that developed mainly in France during the 1870’s and 1880’s
got its name from an art critic who used the term in a satirical way
“Impression—I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it ... and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape.”
Louis Leroy, art critic

6. What is Impressionism? Subject matter:
Featured middle-class people (friends, family members)
Cityscapes (Paris), seascapes, countryside
Ordinary activities (bathing, relaxing, leisure activities, etc.)
Color
Canvas background light rather than dark/reddish brown
Used manufactured colors that beforehand were difficult to mix and applied them directly to the canvas
Mixed paints with whitish hue to produce luminescent color
Technique
En plein air (open air): went outside to paint at different times of the day under different skies
Applied colors side-by-side without mixing/blending for optical effects
Visible quick brushstrokes

7. What is the purpose of Impressionism?
to emphasize an accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities
to accentuate the effects of the passage of time (capture a moment in time)

8. Why is Impressionism important to art history?
it marks the birth of modern art
it ran counter to the establishment’s standards and redefined the parameters of artistic expression
many other art movements stem from impressionism, including post- impressionism, fauvism, and cubism

9. Timeline of the lives of the Impressionists
Timeline: Lives of the Impressionists[edit]
The Impressionists
Timeline of the lives of the Impressionists

11. Auguste Renoir The Swing 1876

12. Renoir Dance at the Moulin de la Galette 1876

13. Renoir Luncheon at the Boating Party 1880-1881

14. Edgar Degas

15. Degas

16. Camille Pissarro

17. Pissarro

18. Claude Monet