This document provides an overview of modern art movements from Impressionism to Expressionism. It summarizes the origins and key characteristics of Impressionism, including works by Manet, Monet, and Renoir. Post-Impressionism is discussed, focusing on Cezanne and van Gogh. Expressionism is then introduced as a bold new movement using distortion and strong colors to convey emotion over realism. Specific Expressionist styles like Neoprimitivism, Fauvism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Social Realism are briefly described along with example artworks.
This document provides an overview of modern art movements from Impressionism to Expressionism. It summarizes the origins and key characteristics of Impressionism, including works by Manet, Monet, and Renoir. Post-Impressionism is discussed, focusing on Cezanne and van Gogh. Expressionism is then introduced as a bold new movement using distortion and strong colors to convey emotion over realism. Specific Expressionist styles like Neoprimitivism, Fauvism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Social Realism are briefly described along with example artworks.
This document provides an overview of modern art movements from Impressionism to Expressionism. It summarizes the origins and key characteristics of Impressionism, including works by Manet, Monet, and Renoir. Post-Impressionism is discussed, focusing on Cezanne and van Gogh. Expressionism is then introduced as a bold new movement using distortion and strong colors to convey emotion over realism. Specific Expressionist styles like Neoprimitivism, Fauvism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Social Realism are briefly described along with example artworks.
This document provides an overview of modern art movements from Impressionism to Expressionism. It summarizes the origins and key characteristics of Impressionism, including works by Manet, Monet, and Renoir. Post-Impressionism is discussed, focusing on Cezanne and van Gogh. Expressionism is then introduced as a bold new movement using distortion and strong colors to convey emotion over realism. Specific Expressionist styles like Neoprimitivism, Fauvism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Social Realism are briefly described along with example artworks.
ALYZA P. APIGO Teacher Impressionism Origins of the Movement The name impressionism was coined from the title of a work by French painter Claude Monet, Impression, soleil levant (in English, Impression, Sunrise). The term precisely captured what this group of artists sought to represent in their works: the viewer’s momentary “impression” of an image. It was not intended to be clear or precise, but more like a fleeting fragment of reality caught on canvas, sometimes in mid-motion, at other times awkwardly positioned —just as it would be in real life.
CHARACTERISTICS: 1. Short “broken” strokes that were intentionally made visible to the viewer 2. Pure unmixed colors side by side 3. "Everyday" Subjects- captures scenes of everyday life 4. Painting are painted outdoors 5. Open Composition- unusual visual angles, sizes of objects that appeared out of proportion, off-center placement, and empty spaces on the canvas. Impression, Sunrise Claude Monet, 1872 Oil on canvas
THE INFLUENCE OF EUGENE DELACROIX
Eugène Delacroix is a French painter.
Delacroix was greatly admired and emulated by the early impressionists—specifically for his use of expressive brushstrokes, his emphasis on movement rather than on clarity of form, and most of all his study of the optical effects of color. In particular, Delacroix’s painting, The Barque of Dante, contained a then revolutionary technique that profoundly influenced the coming impressionist movement. And it involved something as simple as droplets of water. The painting is loosely based on a fictional scene from Dante’s Inferno, showing Dante and the poet Virgil crossing hell’s River Styx, while tormented souls struggle to climb aboard their boat. It is the drops of water running down the bodies of these doomed souls that are painted in a manner almost never used in Delacroix’s time. Impressionism WORKS OF MANET, MONET AND RENOIR Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was one of the first 19th century artists to depict modern- life subjects. He was a key figure in the transition from realism to impressionism, with a number of his works considered as marking the birth of modern art.
Rue Mosnier Decked With Flags
Edouard Manet, 1878 Oil on canvas
Argenteuil Edouard Manet, 1874 Oil on canvas Claude Monet (1840-1926) was one of the founders of the impressionist movement along with his friends Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Frédéric Bazille. He was the most prominent of the group; and is considered the most influential figure in the movement. Monet is best known for his landscape paintings, particularly those depicting his beloved flower gardens and water lily ponds at his home in Giverny.
The Red Boats
Claude Monet, 1875 Oil on canvas
La Promenade Claude Monet, 1875 Oil on canvas Impressionism Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), along with Claude Monet, was one of the central figures of the impressionist movement. His early works were snapshots of real life, full of sparkling color and light. By the mid-1880s, however, Renoir broke away from the impressionist movement to apply a more disciplined, formal technique to portraits of actual people and figure paintings.
Dancer Rue Mosnier Decked With Flags
Auguste Renoir, 1874 Edouard Manet, 1878 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas
Post-Impressionism After the brief yet highly influential period of impressionism, an outgrowth movement known as post-impressionism emerged. The European artists who were at the forefront of this movement continued using the basic qualities of the impressionists before them— the vivid colors, heavy brush strokes, and true-to-life subjects. However, they expanded and experimented with these in bold new ways, like using a geometric approach, fragmenting objects and distorting people’s faces and body parts, and applying colors that were not necessarily realistic or natural.
WORKS OF CEZANNE AND VAN GOGH
Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) was a French artist and post-impressionist painter. His work exemplified the transition from late 19th-century impressionism to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century—paving the way for the next revolutionary art movement known as expressionism.
Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt Still Life with Compotier
Paul Cezanne, 1878 Paul Cezanne, 1879-1882 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas Post-Impressionism Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a post-impressionist painter from The Netherlands. His works were remarkable for their strong, heavy brush strokes, intense emotions, and colors that appeared to almost pulsate with energy. Van Gogh’s striking style was to have a far-reaching influence on 20th century art, with his works becoming among the most recognized in the world.
Starry Night Wheat Field with Cypresses
Vincent van Gogh, 1889 Vincent van Gogh, 1889 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas
Expressionism A Bold New Movement In the early 1900s, there arose in the Western art world a movement that came to be known as expressionism. Expressionist artists created works with more emotional force, rather than with realistic or natural images. To achieve this, they distorted outlines, applied strong colors, and exaggerated forms. They worked more with their imagination and feelings, rather than with what their eyes saw in the physical world.
VARIOUS STYLES THAT AROSE WITHIN THE EXPRESSIONIST ART MOVEMENTS
Neoprimitivism Neoprimitivism was an art style that incorporated elements from the native arts of the South Sea Islanders and the wood carvings of African tribes which suddenly became popular at that time. Among the Western artists who adapted these elements was AmedeoModigliani, who used the oval faces and elongated shapes ofAfrican art in both his sculptures and paintings.
Head Yellow Sweater
Amedeo Modigliani, c. 1913 Amedeo Modigliani, c. 1919 Stone Oil on canvas Expressionism Fauvism Fauvism was a style that used bold, vibrant colors and visual distortions. Its name was derived from les fauves (“wild beasts”), referring to the group of French expressionist painters who painted in this style. Perhaps the most known among them was Henri Matisse.
Blue Window Woman with Hat
Henri Matisse, 1911 Henri Matisse,1905 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas
Dadaism Dadaism was a style characterized by dream fantasies, memory images, and visual tricks and surprises—as in the paintings ofMarc Chagall and Giorgio de Chirico below. Although the works appeared playful, the movement arose from the pain that a group of European artists felt after the suffering brought byWorld War I. Wishing to protest against the civilization that had brought on such horrors, these artists rebelled against established norms and authorities, and against the traditional styles in art. They chose the child’s term for hobbyhorse, dada, to refer to their new “non-style.”
Melancholy and Mystery of a Street I and the Village
Giorgio de Chirico, 1914 Marc Chagall, 1911 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas Expressionism Surrealism Surrealism was a style that depicted an illogical, subconscious dream world beyond the logical, conscious, physical one. Its name came from the term “super realism,” with its artworks clearly expressing a departure fromreality—as though the artists were dreaming, seeing illusions, or experiencing an altered mental state.
Persistence of Memory Woman with Hat
Salvador Dali, 1931 Henri Matisse,1905 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas
Social Realism The movement known as social realism expressed the artist’s role in social reform. Here, artists used their works to protest against the injustices, inequalities, immorality, and ugliness of the human condition. In different periods of history, social realists have addressed different issues: war, poverty, corruption, industrial and environmental hazards, and more—in the hope of raising people’s awareness and pushing society to seek reforms. Ben Shahn’s Miners’ Wives, for example, spoke out against the hazardous conditions faced by coal miners, after a tragic accident killed 111 workers in Illinois in 1947, leaving their wives and children in mourning.
Melancholy and Mystery Guernica
of a Street Pablo Picasso, 1937 Giorgio de Chirico, 1914 Oil on canvas Oil on canvas (Size: 11’ 5 1/2” x 25’ 5 3/4”) Name Date
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