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IMPRESSIONISM
PAINTING:
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Developed in France in late 19th
century
Artists who shared a set of related
approaches & techniques
Interest in natural colour and
landscapes and the effects of light
on the colour
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Broke every rule of the French
Academy of Fine Arts
1st artistic revolution since the
Renaissance
Term comes from Claude Monet’s
painting Impression-Sunrise.
EDOUARD MANET
1832-1883
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Trained as a
traditional painter
Message of them
painter was in the
brush strokes & the
paint on the canvas
Did not want to
compete with the
camera, but the
viewer should look at
his paintings
Music at Tuileries, 1862
Luncheon on the Grass, 1863
Olympia, 1863
Gare Saint-Lazare, 1873
The Bar at the Folies-Bergere, 1882
CLAUDE MONET,
1840-1926
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Became leader of the
Impressionist
movement
Span Realism to
contemporary Abstract
Loved to work outdoors
Fascination with light
Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, 1865-1866
Jardin a Sainte-Adresse, 1867
Impression, Sunrise, 1872
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Style changed-flat brush strokes
gave way to a shimmering effect
with colour & light
Use dabs of colour & mixed them on
the canvas—technique is called
optical mixing became the basis
of the Impressionist theories of
colour & light
Poppies Blooming, 1873
Argenteuil, 1875
Woman with Parasol, 1875
Rue Montorgueil, 1878
Rouen Cathedral, Fascade, Sunset, 1892
Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899
Water Lilies, 1914
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Water Lilies, 1920
CAMILLE PISSARO,
1830-1903
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Born in the West
Indies, came to
Paris at 25 Years
old to be an artist
Favourite subject
was street scenes
of Paris
The Stage Coach at Louveciennes , 1870
Garden at Pontoise, 1875
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR,
1841-1919
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1st job was
painting nudes in
a porcelain factory
1st period:
interested in
bright effects of
light, typical of
Impressionists
Nude in the Sun, 1875
The Swing, 1876
Moulin de la Galette, 1876
By the Water, 1880
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2nd period:
-gave up the effects of
Impressionism & painted solid,
carefully defined forms
On the Terrace, 1881
Girl Braiding her Hair, 1885
After the Bath, 1888
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3rd period:
-tried to unite by combining the
formal; balance of traditional
approaches with the shimmering
effects of Impressionism
Girls at the Piano, 1892
Artist & His Family, 1895
Woman on the Coach, 1906
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4th period:
-fingers were crippled with arthritis
exaggeration of brushstrokes &
more intense colours
Self Portrait, 1910
Bathers, 1918
BERTHE MORISOT,
1841-1895
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Sister-in-law of
Manet
Posed for many of
her friends
Subjects were
feminine
The Cradle, 1872
Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wright, 1875
Summer Day, 1879
EDGAR DEGAS,
1834-1917
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Began under
Ingres
Master of line
drawing
1st artists to
exhibit sketches
Amateur
photographer
Painted in series,
ballet, horses
Portrait of the Bellili Family, 1858-1867
At the Dance Class, 1872-1876
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 1873
Ballet Rehearsal, 1873
Horseracing in Longchamps, 1873-75
L’Absinthe, 1876
At the Races, 1877
Ballet Rehearsal, 1878
MARY CASSETT,
1855-1927
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Born in the USA,
but came to Paris
to study the
Impressionist
Mothers and
children were her
favourite subjects
The Boating Party, 1893-1894
JAMES ABBOTT WHISTLER,
1834-1903
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American who
moved to Paris to
study art
Worked in grays &
blacks. Used thin
glazes of colour to
build up grays
Influenced by
Japanese prints
Portrait of Whistler with Hat, 1858
Harmony in Blue & Silver, 1865
Arrangement in Gray & Black No. 1: The
Artists Mother, 1871
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
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By the end of the 19th century
Impressionism was changing
Artists such as Renoir, Degas &
Monet were exploring new styles
Looked for something more
substantial wished to combine the
colour & light of Impressionism with
design & composition of traditional
paintings
PAUL CEZANNE
1839-1906
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Spent most of his life
in Aix
Started with
Delacroix, but met
Pissarro & adopted is
styles
Works refused by the
Salon
Painting should
remain as flat
canvases with paint
on them
Portrait of Uncle Dominique, 1867
Self Portrait, 1875
Jas de Bouffan, 1876
The Card Players, 1892
Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1892
Still Life with a Curtain, 1895
GEORGE SEURAT
1859-1891
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Sunny pictures
Pointillism-result is
grainy
Bathers at Asnieres, 1884
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le
Grande Jatte, 1884-`1886
The Circus, 1891
HENRI de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
1864-1901
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Born into noble
family, but became
a dwarf at 14
Moved to Paris to
paint
Drew caricatures
of night life
Moulin-Rouge Poster, 1891
At the Moulin Rouge, 1892
Salon at the Rue des Moulin, 1894
VINCENT VAN GOGH
1853-1890
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Worked as an art
dealer, etc. began
painting at 27
Mental depression &
was admitted into
sanatoriums
Produced over 800
paintings in 10 years
Committed suicide at
37
Lead the movement
that became known as
Expressionism
Still Life, 1881
Self Portrait, 1887
Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers,
August 1888
The Café Terrace on the Place de Forum,
Arles, at Night. September 1888
Starry, Starry Night, June 1889
Entrance of the Hospital, 1889
Portrait of Dr.Gachet, 1890
ARCHITECTURE
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Became innovative as structural
steel freed up the limitations that
allowed architects to go as high as
they pleased
1st skyscapers in Chicago in the
1880’s
Lines were simple
The Brookline Bridge, 1869-1883
Eiffel Tower, 1887-1889
MUSIC
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Rise of national music, folk songs, &
national history provided the
inspiration for operas
Era of the travelling performer who
played to audiences.
Composers wrote music to amaze
the audience
FRANZ LISZT
1811-1886
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Hungarian composer
Over 1200 compositions
Innovative piano
compositions based on gypsy
music
1st composer to perform solo
piano concerts turned the
piano sideways, so the
audience could see his hands
Taught music in Vienna to
100’s
 Faust Symphony (1854)
 Hungarian Rhapsody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejXPcv9MS7s
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Russian composer who
was educated in Law
school, but left to study
music
wrote symphonies,
operas, ballets & popular
concert music, including:
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Swan Lake,
Sleeping Beauty,
The Nutcracker,
The 1812 Overture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY4Y1gTO9HE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ
RICHARD STRAUSS
1864-1949
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Wrote symphonic
poems & operasto convey
emotions,
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Don Juan (1888)
Thus Spake
Zarathustra
(1896)
Don Quixote
(1897)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLuW-GBaJ8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CTYymbbEL4
LITERATURE
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A great period for fiction
Not content with realist’s aim to
reflect life with accuracy , but to
deal with human development &
their problems
Prose literature dealt with protests
& exposed people as greedy, selfish,
combative, etc.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
1856-1950
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Born into poverty in
Ireland
Self-educated in
economics & politics
Prominent Fabian,
expressing views on
feminism war, religion &
socialism
Considered the greatest
dramatist in the English
language since
Shakespeare won
Nobel prize for literature
in 1925
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Plays included:
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Mrs. Warren’s Profession
(1893)
Arms & the Man (1894)
Caesar & Cleopatra
(1898)
Man & Superman (1905)
Pygmalion (1913)
St. Joan (1923)
H.G. WELLS,
1866-1946
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Studied zoology
Fabian Society in
1903 Liberal
Democrat
Research Committee
for the League of
Nations (1918)
Pioneered modern
science fiction
Believed in the
perfectibility of
mankind through
evolution
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Works included:
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The Time Machine
(1895)
The Island of Dr.
Moreau (1896)
The Invisible Man
(1897)
The War of the
Worlds (1898)
A Modern Utopia
(1905)
The New Machiavelli
(1911)