Impressionism

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What were artworks before impressionism

They were imaginary and perfect

Did they paint outdoors?

Yes

they looked at _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

how light and colour changed the scences

How do their brush strokes look like

painted thickly and used quick( and quite messy) brush strokes

What is the most famous impressionist style?

Claude Monet

When was Claude Monet born?

November 14, 1840

What qualities did Claude Monet had?

Initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of the impressionist style

What was his 2 most notable works

Impression, Sunrise( 1872) and the beach at sainte adresse (1867)

When did the impressionism art movement began?

1860s

Why did the impressionist art movement began?

They wanted to remove the stricter rules

about how and when paintings should be

constructed and create art that showed the

way that they saw the subject

What are 9 facts about impressionism?

 •Art movements by a group of Paris-based artists—untraditional!

• Capturing fleeting effects of natural light (accentuates passage of

time)

• Open composition (scenery goes “beyond” the page) & inclusion

of movement (crucial elements of human perception and

experience)

• Small, thin yet visible brush strokes

• Unusual visual angles

• They portrayed overall visual effects instead of details

• Ordinary subject matter (landscape*, people) BUT

• Not blended smoothly or shaded

• Used vivid colours (very little to no black)

What are the 10 traits of Impressionism?

1. Bold Brush Strokes

2. No Use of Black (very, very minimal if necessary)

3. No Mixing of Paint

4. Lighting

5. Influence of Photography ( “a fleeting moment, a snapshot of time”)

6. Painting Outdoors

7. Asymmetrical Composition (off-guard moments captured)

8. Everyday paintings of life

9. Landscapes

10. Small-scale Paintings (artist could carry them outdoors to do their work)

Impressionism art is the most _in all of _

Famous, history

Impressionism is referred as a _ _

Art Movement

Impressionism became one of first _ _ of what became modern art

Major movements

Before the impressionists it was the _of the_

art, past

Impressionists _against this and did things _

rebelled, differently

In _ _a group of artists defied the paris salon and set up their own (blank)

april, 1874, exhibition

What was the name of the Impressionist exhibition?

Salon

What did Impressionists believe that art did not need to be?

Perfect and Academic

What did impressionists believe that art needed to be?

It needed to be Fresh, it should evolve, have movement, and felt to create something entirely new

Who put together the first artwork exhibition?

Claude, Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, and Edgar Degas

What type of brushstrokes did impressionists have?

Quick and Loose brushstrokes

What did the painting ultimately create

An impression of the momment

They were more interested in doing dots of _ _

pure colour

Impressionists used varying levels of _ _ _

pure primary colours

_ affected the scene at any given Momment

Light

What was the term known as outdoor painting

Plen Air

Artists focus on capturing the outdoors _

quickly

What did impressionists paint

Trees, bridges, and cites

Their Colourful painting often showed _

Movement