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Impressionism Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
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Impressionism Art Characteristics
Concerned with perception of optical sensations of light and color No sharp edges Minimal defined lines Form and space are implied not defined Intense color and use of light
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Impressionist Art Impression: Sunrise 1872 Paris, France
Artist: Claude Monet Painting which gave the name to the new movement Impressionism was meant as an insult as it stated that the artists could only make an impression of the scene Large brushstrokes and no definitive lines
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Impressionist Art Haystacks at Giverny (end of summer, morning) 1891
Giverny, France Artist: Monet Monet painting the same subjects over and over again at different times of day and in different seasons to show how light effected it His brushstrokes was deliberately fuzzy to create the impression of the subject The focus of his work was light He painted outdoors and did not mix his colors on the palette, but rather on the painting
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Rouen Cathedral: The Portal
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Claude Monet Rouen Cathedral: The Portal Rouen, France Different times of day allowed different light
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Snow Effect at Eragny, Road to Gisors
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Camille Pissarro Snow Effect at Eragny, Road to Gisors 1885 Paris, France Amongst the giants, Pisarro is often forgotten for his contributions to Impressionist movement
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Impressionist Art Dance at the Moulin de la Galette 1876 Paris, France
Artist: Renoir Impressionists often depicted pleasant places where people congregated to have fun In Renoir, the weather is always good and the men and women always attractive His goal was to capture the mood of the event with color and light
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Slide concept by Anthony F
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
Édouard Manet A Bar at the Folies-Bergère 1882 Paris, France Manet has completely gone impressionist by this point in his career – the unique perspective of the mirror adds mystery to this painting Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
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Impressionist Art Summer’s Day 1879 Paris, France
Artist: Berthe Morisot Probably the most daring of all the Impressionists as her brushwork was the loosest Some of the subjects in the painting are nearly unrecognizable Her artwork was critiqued for being too feminine (to many scenes of women and children)
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Impressionist Art The Dancing Class 1874 Paris, France
Artist: Edgar Degas Painted in a style called linear impressionism (use of more clear lines) Famous for his depictions of ballet dancers A behind the scenes look capturing the dancers in relaxed mode or stretching, certainly not at their best or most graceful Degas created a space where the walls are not parallel with the viewer
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Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Edgar Degas Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer bronze, paint, tulle, satin, wood Degas barely dabbled with sculpture although he kept the ballerina theme
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Impressionist Art The Boating Party 1893 – 1894 Paris, France
Artist: Mary Cassatt The best known American Impressionist; she moved to Paris to paint Part of early critique of this work was the apparent ;rudeness’ of the man in the boat who has turned his back to us The central figure is the baby (his arm, the oar and the boat all point there)
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Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Mary Cassatt Little Girl in a Blue Armchair 1878 Paris, France Cassatt’s focus on feminine subjects caused her to be dismissed as frivolous
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Mary Cassatt The Bath ca. 1892 Paris, France
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Mary Cassatt The Bath ca Paris, France
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Impressionist Art Arrangement in Black and Gray: The Artist’s Mother
1871 London, England Artist: James A.M. Whistler An American ex-patriot who moved to Paris and then London The work is known popularly as Whistler’s Mother A rather unemotional and intellectual portrayal of the subject is seen here This work is both abstract and formal at the same time Whistler named all his paintings in musical terminology
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James Abbott McNeil Whistler
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. James Abbott McNeil Whistler Nocturne in Black and Gold (The Falling Rocket) ca London, England
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Fin de Siecle Art Eiffel Tower 1889 Paris, France
Artist: Gustave Eiffel At the time the tallest structure in the world at 984 feet tall Foreshadows the skyscrapers of the 20th century Many Parisians still hate the structure, yet it has still come to represent France
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Post-Impressionism Characteristics
Post Impressionism is the retrospective label given to the work of Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Georges Seurat, who were painting in the final years of the nineteenth century. These men never formed a definitive school of painting but now it is possible to see that they were seeking similar aims: (characteristics) (1) Celebration of visual images not for their verisimilitude to nature, but as equivalents for nature in their own right (2) Celebration of the application of paint on to the canvas for its creative abilities
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Post-Impressionist Art
Mount Sainte-Victoire from the Large Pine Tree 1885 – 1887 Aix-en-Provence Region, France Artist: Paul Cezanne Cezanne preferred landscapes and still life Cezanne shows depth by working on planes rather than using linear perspective
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Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
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Post-Impressionist Art
Still Life with Peppermint Bottle 1894 Paris, France Artist: Cezanne He often combined unrelated objects into his still life paintings Disregard for perspective was intentional
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Pointillism Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte 1884 – 1886
Paris, France Artist: Georges Seurat Painted with tiny dots to create a complete figure from a distance, the closer you get the more it starts to blur and eventually become indistinguishable New style called pointillism
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Slide concept by Anthony F
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Post-Impressionist/ Expressionist Art
The Night Café 1888 Arles, France Artist: Vincent van Gogh Born in Holland, he mover first to Antwerp then to Paris and eventually to Arles Bright colors record van Gogh’s own personal feelings
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Post-Impressionist/ Expressionist Art
Starry Night 1889 St-Remy, France Artist: Van Gogh Intentional loose form not rushed and painted Appears spontaneous, thick strokes, blobs of color Was preplanned from sketches however
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Post-Impressionist/ Symbolist Art
Manao Tupapau (Spirit of the Dead Watching) 1892 Tahiti Artist: Paul Gauguin Artist attempted to show fear by use of somber and sad colors Symbolism – the attempt to give concrete form to abstract ideas
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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Paul Gauguin Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897 Tahiti
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Post-Impressionist Art
The Thinker 1879 – 1889 Paris, France Artist: Auguste Rodin Rodin used broken surfaces to create a similar unfinished effect that reflected light like the painting of the Impressionists His most famous work Note how the feet almost grip the stone Originally sculpted as part of a grand monument that was never built in tribute to Dante’s Inferno
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Post-Impressionist Art
The Kiss 1886 – 1898 Paris, France Artist: Rodin Left lower part un finished as a contrast to the softness and warmth of their bodies
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Henri Rousseau The Sleeping Gypsy 1897 Paris, France
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Henri Rousseau The Sleeping Gypsy 1897 Paris, France A new style of naturalism appeared with Rousseau
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Turn of the Century American Art
Wainwright Building 1890 – 1891 St. Louis, Missouri Artist: Louis Sullivan It had an underlying steel skeleton and bricks were placed as the ‘skin’ ‘form follows function’
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Art Nouveau Staircase, Dr. Tassel’s Home 1893 Brussels, Belgium
Artist: Victor Horta Horta put nature into all his work He designed the entire home to give it a sense of unity
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Art Nouveau Casa Mila 1905 – 1907 Barcelona, Spain
Artist: Antoni Gaudi A totally new style was created by Gaudi Curved lines are everywhere Asymmetrical on purpose Looks more like it was molded from clay then built of stone and steel Balconies appear to be mangled
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Gustav Klimt The Kiss 1907-1908 Vienna, Austria
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Gustav Klimt The Kiss Vienna, Austria Part of Art Nouveau movement
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Fauvism Woman with a Hat 1905 Paris, France Artist: Henri Matisse
Fauvism tended to shock the viewer Colors appear arbitrary, placed mish mash around the painting for no reason It is his wife
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Cubist Art Gertrude Stein 1906 Paris, France Artist: Pablo Picasso
Considered most important painter of the 20th century Simplified forms into basic shapes Painted her face from memory – making this a cerebral not retina-based painting
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Fauvism Harmony in Red 1908 – 1909 Paris, France Artist: Matisse
Everyday scene full of patterns, lines, and harmony between the colors Parts are 2 dimensional while others are 3D
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Cubist Art Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907 Barcelona, Spain
Artist: Picasso Demoiselles here means prostitutes not young ladies Freed from reality, Picasso worked with distorted figures and proportions in favor of shapes and angular pieces
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Cubist Art Still Life with Chair Caning 1912 Paris, France
Artist: Picasso Picasso began to paste real materials onto the canvas, here he chose a rope with a piece of oilcloth with imitation chair caning on it and a fragment of newspaper Jou are the 1st 3 letters of journal (the newspaper used) but they are also the 1st 3 letters of jouer – to play Method was called collage
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Cubist Art The Portuguese 1911 Paris, France Artist: Georges Braque
Depicts a guitarist playing at a café There is, however, no truly distinguishable figure here Forms are broken down into cubes and portrayed at different angles even Range of color was restricted to focus on style
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Futurist Art Suburban Train Arriving at Paris 1915 Italy
Artist: Gino Severino Depiction of speed in a sequence of multi-faceted positions; fragmented but focused Futurists wanted to destroy art museums and anything old
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German Expressionist Art
Dancing Around the Golden Calf 1910 Dresden, Germany Artist: Emil Nolde Influenced by Fauvism and Matisse, Nolde’s use of bright colors to convey meaning can be seen here Biblical subject being shown in sexual manner was controversial Colors help convey sexuality, fury and ecstasy of this piece
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Edvard Munch The Scream 1893 Norway
Slide concept by Anthony F. D'Ascoli FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Edvard Munch The Scream 1893 Norway Expressionism develops throughout Europe
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German Expressionist Art
Improvisation No. 30 (Warlike Theme) 1913 Munich, Germany Artist: Vassily Kandinsky He believed colors caused ‘vibrations in the soul’ Shows cannons firing to welcome the 2nd coming of Christ to Moscow
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