early modernism ca4

realism

literature that attempts to represent life as it really is

impressionism

a style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by color, light, and shadows

post-impressionism

An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen, like dreams and fantasy.

symbolism

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

arts and crafts movement

artistic, architectural, and decorative movement emphasizing craft, handmade pieces, and natural materials.

art nouveau

early 20th century art movement that emphasized nature in art and often featured floral motifs

palette knife

a thin steel blade with a handle for mixing colors or applying or removing paint.

japonisme

an attraction for Japanese art and artifacts that were imported into Europe in the late 19th century

en plein air

painting outdoors

local color

an object's actual color

contrast

strong lights and darks, few mid-grey tones

value

the lightness or darkness of a color

complementary colors

Colors located directly opposite one another on the color wheel

optical mixing

the practice of allowing colors to blend in the viewer's eye rather than mixing colors on a palette

flaneur

A man of leisure, who strolls about. Associated with impressionist paintings.

Haussmannization

French administrator who improved the landscaping, street designs, and utilities systems of Paris.

ukiyo-e

Japanese woodblock printing; translation: "pictures of the floating world"

impasto

painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

facture

the manner in which a painting is made, the way a painting is applied to a canvas

sunday painter

amateur or non-professional painter who has a day job, usually refers to inferior skills or cliched subject matter

fin du siecle

angst surrounding the end of an era, in this case the year 1900

communist manifesto

history is all about the class struggle between the "haves" and "have nots"

scumble

… using small scribble marks to build up value and texture