Nicolas Poussin
1594 - 1665
-French painter
-Baroque, Classical
Style
-Spent working life
in Rome
Landscape with a Calm by Poussin, 1651
Impressionism
1800’s
France
No black paint:
Mix dark colors &
complementary colors
Painting light, warm & cool colors
Unmixed Primary Colors
As if catching a glimpse in time:
Quick, fresh, immediate
Claude Monet
-French painter
-Impressionism:
1870’s
-Painters of light:
Avoid black paint
“Impression Sunrise”
Monet, Oil, 1874
Critics: “Painters of mere impressions” rather than a
finished piece: Gave the Impressionists their name
Oat and Poppy Field
Monet, Oil, 1890
Claude Monet
“Bridge over a
Pond of Water Lilies”
Oil Paint
1899
Renoir
“Dance at Bougival”
Oil, 1883
Other Impressionists
Edgar Degas
Mary Cassatt
Edouard Manet
Paul Cezanne
Three Rules of Composition:
1. Rule of Thirds
2. Avoiding Tangents
3. Dynamic Angles
Landscape Quiz
Study Guide
Spatial Depth:
1. Foreground, Middle Ground, Background
2. Linear Perspective
3. Atmospheric Perspective: Values, Contrast, Saturation,
Color, Texture
Cause of Atmospheric Perspective: Why does it happen?
Impressionism:
1. What is the purpose of this art style?
2. Why don’t these artists use black?
Artists: Poussin, Monet, Renoir
Landscape with a Calm by Poussin, 1651
“Impression Sunrise”
Monet, Oil, 1874
Critics: “Painters of mere impressions” rather than a
finished piece: Gave the Impressionists their name
Oat and Poppy Field
Monet, Oil, 1890
Claude Monet
“Bridge over a
Pond of Water Lilies”
Oil Paint
1899
Renoir
“Dance at Bougival”
Oil, 1883