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Impressionism vs. Post-impressionism
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Impressionism was an art movement that originated in Paris in the 19th Century, during a time of confusion. The second Industrial revolution and the French society were being undermined by the Francco-Prussian war and the siege of Paris. (mind-edge). Art was loaded with political significance. Rulers used art as a way to portray their ideas of beauty ensuring values which in their eyes made a stable and civilized society. A group of Parisian artists, also thought of as radicals, refused to acknowledge the academicism that dominated French at the time. Despite having multiple submissions rejected by the Salon jury the group decided to exhibit their artwork independently. They did not follow the accepted art, their views of the here and now as well as paintings of commoners were not well received. Art that didn’t follow the classical way was seen as an object of contempt, fear or repression.
Impressionists took to the outdoors in order to put the impression of light and shadows on canvas as well as the density of air. Their goal was to catch their first fleeting reaction to objects at a particular moment in time, as if it was a snap shot. The artist became less interested in the nature of the object he or she was painting and more interested in the appearance of the object in a particular moment; the flickering of light at dawn, sun setting on the water a foggy morning. In order for impressionist’s to capture these moments in time they typically used rapid short hasty brush strokes to capture their immediate response to a subject. They used color side by side on the canvas to achieve vivid colors by allowing the viewer to mix the colors optically instead of premixing colors on a palette. They often used the technique of impasto in favor of glazes, leaving out detail allowing their paintings to have softer edges and suggest rather than define. This lead people to believe their painting were
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IWC Task 1
Impressionism was an art movement that originated in Paris in the 19th Century, during a time of confusion. The second Industrial revolution and the French society were being undermined by the Francco-Prussian war and the siege of Paris. (mind-edge). Art was loaded with political significance. Rulers used art as a way to portray their ideas of beauty ensuring values which in their eyes made a stable and civilized society. A group of Parisian artists, also thought of as radicals, refused to acknowledge the academicism that dominated French at the time. Despite having multiple submissions rejected by the Salon jury the group decided to exhibit their artwork independently. They did not follow the accepted art, their views of the here and now as well as paintings of commoners were not well received. Art that didn’t follow the classical way was seen as an object of contempt, fear or repression.
Impressionists took to the outdoors in order to put the impression of light and shadows on canvas as well as the density of air. Their goal was to catch their first fleeting reaction to objects at a particular moment in time, as if it was a snap shot. The artist became less interested in the nature of the object he or she was painting and more interested in the appearance of the object in a particular moment; the flickering of light at dawn, sun setting on the water a foggy morning. In order for impressionist’s to capture these moments in time they typically used rapid short hasty brush strokes to capture their immediate response to a subject. They used color side by side on the canvas to achieve vivid colors by allowing the viewer to mix the colors optically instead of premixing colors on a palette. They often used the technique of impasto in favor of glazes, leaving out detail allowing their paintings to have softer edges and suggest rather than define. This lead people to believe their painting were
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