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Impressionism And Post-Impressionism (Key Characteristics (Painting:…
Impressionism And Post-Impressionism
Post Impressionism
1880's A new group of artists pushes beyond impressionism
Birth of psychology and psycho-analysis (Freud)
Many artists worked in isolation of a personal style
Two-Directions
Pseudo-scientific approach
Look at the world from a distance, block out emotions, scientific only
Paul Cezanne & George Seurat (Pointillism)
Personal and subjective approach
Impressions of Society
Vincent Van Gogh & Paul Gauguin
Key Characteristics
Short Impressions/Snapshot
Everyday life of middle class
Impression of Nature
Open air
No Intention for symbolism, morality, mythology
No underlying message
Painting:
Rapid Brush strokes
Colour Experimentation
Colour therapy e.g red and green NOT red and orange
Why?
Technology and Industrialisation
Industrial paint tubes, transportable easels, Rail roads
Economic Growth and Urbanisation
Influence of Japanese art and Culture
Invention of Photography
No longer any need for for realistic paintings, the need to paint actual subjects is not needed as they can be be photographed
Art becomes autonomous and the birth of "avant garde"
Professionalization of the art world: galleries, art critics, journals, at dealers
Conversations among peers about art
George Eugene Haussmann
Commissioned to rebuild the city, resulting in widened streets, new water systems and sewage systems introduced, the working class poor evicted to the suburbs
The term 'Impressionism' was derived from Claudet Monet painting 'Impressionism Sunrise'
Key Figures:
Claude Monet
Most famous impressionist
Focused on he city and Industrialisation
Reject academic values
Uses mainly primary colours no intermediate colours, considered unconventional art
He wanted to move on and innovate within paintings
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Focus on Leisure Activities
Modern world is a spectacle
Social diversity of modern life
Snapshot
Light
Gustave Caillebotte
Focus on light
Original and Diverse