Modern art history chapter 2, Photography, Realism, and Impressionism

Muybridge, horses in motion and woman in motion

Set up cameras as the horse ran it took a picture

Female in motion, 1887

Photography—→ assistance

formed an important step in the development of motion pictures.

Realism definition

Truthfulness, contemporary subject matter. Straightforward in life.

Readapt the compressed pictorial space found in neoclassicism

Daumier

Created nadar elevating photography to the height of art

•Third class

And Rue Transonian, 1834

About Gustave Courbet

He is known for the father of realism.

He created stone breakers,1849 which was destroyed in WW2

-burial at omenans, almost mural size and the subject was contriversal

-The artists studio,1855: he was denyed for this painting in the salon and he made his own show to go against the society

-source of the louve, 1864 and created the Paris society. Which was an artist circle

Who made this painting and why is it a prime example of realism

Courbet, stone breakers- 1849

Because this painting depicts a scene of ordinary, everyday life, genre scene.

He saw this in real life, he paints things that he actually sees

showcasing the harsh realities of working-class life with a focus on the mundane and often-overlooked aspects of society

Overview on Manet

French painter who influenced the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

He was within the exhibition about the salons that went against the salon/ rejection show.

Inspired by the Spanish

Who is this painting by?

Luncheon on the grass by Manet, public and critics hated this piece for the vulgarness+ knowing that person.

Belief that he switched the faces

Critics claimed he took it from the Titian

Who painted this painting?

Manet, Olympia, 1863: contemporary ideas+ modernism.

Critics complained it looked fat and the symbolism and his subject matter

Impressionism elements

• Brush strokes: Short, thick, visible strokes that are often dappled and repetitive 

  Perception of the world and based on nature

• Color: Bright, vibrant colors that capture the moment as seen by the artist, shadows not in black

• Composition: Open compositions that run off the edge of the canvas to create the illusion of a world beyond the painting 

• Subject matter: Scenes of everyday life, landscapes, and modern leisure 

Mary Cassatt

•Was a printmaker and painter and inspired drypoint

-created Women bathing (1891) and the bath,1891

Women painted them with their children because that’s what he saw

Who painted this painting and why is it a prime example of Impressionism?

Claude Monet, Sunrise 1872 this is a prime example of Impressionism because it was what he saw or remembered

prioritizes capturing the fleeting quality of light and color in a scene, using loose brushstrokes to suggest the subject rather than meticulously detail it, with a strong emphasis on the momentary impression of a sunrise over a harbor.

What did Monet also paint?

Arrival of the Normandy train (1872) industrialism painting.

Stack of wheat (1890-91)

Rouen cathedral,1884

Waterlilies (1914-28)mural sized painting and which was painted by memory.

Claude Monet overview

•Father of Impressionism

•Later in life he developed cataracts that affected the way he painted- waterlilies

Who painted this? And what’s the title?

Edgar Degas, The Tub, 1886 created with pastels and wanted to make it a unique pose. Shows vulnerability,intimacy. fleeting moment of everyday life, utilizes unconventional perspectives, and focuses on the play of light

Who sculpted this? What’s the title?

Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Fourteen Years Old.depicts a young, working-class ballerina in a very realistic manner, showcasing the awkwardness and vulnerability of adolescenc

Renior overview

•French Impressionist painter and a leader in the movement's development. His work is known for capturing the light and movement of Parisian life

• Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) A famous painting that depicts a Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette in Paris

Morisot

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

•painting in loose, quick brush strokes

Impressionists

Monet (Fr), Renoir (Fr), Degas (Fr),Cassatt (Am), Morisot (Fr)