Inovácia obsahu a metód vzdelávania prispôsobená potrebám
vedomostnej spoločnosti
Impressionism
Art history
VYPRACOVAL: Mgr, Vladislav, Kravec
Jún 2014
„Moderné vzdelávanie pre vedomostnú spoločnosť/Projekt je spolufinancovaný zo zdrojov EÚ“
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Definition of Impressionism
A short-lived Movement
First exhibition
Impressionism specifics
Claude Monet
Definition
„Impressionism is a light, spontaneous manner
of painting which began in France as a
reaction against the restrictions and
conventions of the dominant Academic art. Its
naturalistic and down-to-earth treatment of
its subject matter, most commonly
landscapes, has its roots in the French
Realism.“
(http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/impressionism.html)
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise
Oil on canvas, 1873
A short-lived Movement
Centred in France, 1860's to 1880's
• In the late 1860s, three artists – Claude Monet,
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissaro - formed
the habit of going to sit on the banks of the Seine
and Oise to paint the countryside.
• Their main interest was the reflection of light on the
river; it seemed to be constantly moving and giving
life to the water.
• The many colours revealed in the reflections gave
them the idea of painting light by applying bands of
opposing colours – they subconsciously applied the
theory of complementary colours
First exhibition
From April 15 to May 15, 1874
• at the photographer Nadar's former studio at 35
Boulevard des Capucines
• 165 works were displayed
• Led by the French artists Monet, Degas, Renoir,
Pissarro and Berthe Morisot - they called themselves
the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors,
Engravers, etc.
• The critical response was mixed. Monet and Cézanne
received the harshest attacks.
• The exhibition is considered to be „the beginning of
Modern ART“
Impressionism specifics
• Themes:
everyday scenes
from the world
artists knew, mostly
nature
Camille Pissaro, Apple Blossoms, Eragny 1900
Impressionism specifics
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Colour:
complementary,
vibrant and light
colours, sometimes
mixed straight on the
canvas, in contrast
with the darker
palettes of traditional
art
Claude Monet, Antibes seen from the Salis Gardens, 1888
Impressionism specifics
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Brushwork:
quick,
spontanious as
they tried to
capture the
fleeting
moment
Berthe Morisot, Summer's Day 1879
Claude Monet
• born on November 14, 1840, in
Paris, France
• enrolled in the Academie Suisse
• after an art exhibition in 1874, a
critic insultingly dubbed Monet's
painting style "Impression," since
it was more concerned with form
and light than realism, and the
term stuck.
• Monet struggled with depression,
poverty and illness throughout
his life.
• died in 1926.
SOURCES
• http://arthistory.about.com/od/first_eight_exhibitions/a/first_Impressi
onism_exhibition.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism
• http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/FrenchImpressionists/intro/i
mpressionists.html
• http://www.wikiart.org/en/camille-pissarro/apple-blossoms-eragny
• http://www.intermonet.com/oeuvre/antibes.htm
• http://www.wikiart.org/en/berthe-morisot/summer-s-day-1879
• http://www.biography.com/people/claude-monet-9411771
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/xvHSPV9XI3A/T4ekK6ILH3I/AAAAAAAAACg/B1oaYHIRBbA/s1600/l-TheWater-Lily-Pond.jpg