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Impressionism is an artistic style of painting that originated in France in the 1870s. This style of painting attempts to capture an experience or emotion opposed depicting a scene accurately. Every impressionistic painter has a distinct method of rendering as well as their own distinct set of qualities that reflect the artist themselves. For instance, The Basket Chair by Berthe Morisot and The Orange Trees by Gustave Caillebotte are two impressionist works of art of oils on canvas that contrast in many ways. These two paintings will be compared side by side with an in depth approach comparing the artist’s personal status in society, modernism’s role in the piece, and the execution of composition.

Historically, prior to the nineteenth century people had very little leisure time. However, by the 1870s, working conditions were improving and everyone had Sunday off. It was now a time of relaxation and activities such as boating, or going to dance halls and cafés. Seurat and Monet began to paint these types of scenes and their characteristically loose painting styles complemented the leisure activities they portrayed. La Grenouillère was a popular middle-class resort consisting of a spa, a boating establishment and a floating café. It was the perfect subject for Monet to demonstrate the new way of leisure in the society at that time. Similarly, the Island of the Grande Jatte was the site of a public garden in Paris, also a place for people to go and relax, perhaps on a Sunday afternoon, since they had those days off. Both paintings combine the new subject matter of leisure with the relaxed painting style of impressionism to create a whole new category of modern art.

Art History is the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts. The history of art, we feel, can sometimes be confused with art criticism. However, Art History is concerned with finding the value of the artistic piece in respect with others in the same category of art or movement, and art criticism is more of an evaluation of art. The art examined best represents the culture during the time period, visions the artist imagined, and history behind an event. It also represents society in a specific area, beliefs the people may have, writing that tells a story, the natural world and environment, conflict between people and areas, and the human body. With these representations, artwork overall represents the life in which we live (d). Each piece has its own genre, design, format and style to it. This makes each piece extremely different, yet pleasing to the eye. They also vary between paintings, sculptures and architecture. These different types also make a variety of artwork to be seen by all people. The art pieces that I chose, Jar, Bottle and Glass by Juan Gris, The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, seemed interesting to me and I believe to best represent the context in which they were created, along with the major artistic movements of the time. I went on to research them more thoroughly to better understand the history behind them,

On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt by the French painter Claude Monet is one of the few great paintings that truly embody Impressionism. On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt was painted in 1868 on the Seine River in the Northwestern Portion of France. Created with oil on canvas and standing at thirty-two inches tall by thirty-nine and two-thirds inches wide, this painting depicts Monet’s future wife, Camille Doncieux, gazing across the Seine River at a village not too far off in the distance. The ability this painting has to capture the eye is amazing and unique, and allows you to fully appreciate the Impressionist Art Movement.

This essay analyses the aesthetic and ideological underpinnings of the Modernist artwork, Impression, Sunrise of Claude Monet. The artwork and Impressionism is considered to be a visual articulation of the avant-garde and the latter statement is explained. References to the writings of Charles Harrison, Clement Greenberg and Wilhelm Worringer is used to theorise the aesthetics of modernity.

Art by its nature is a subject of the philosophical, social, economic, political or religious context surrounding its creator. More often than not, a work of art addresses a specific topic or somewhat revolves around a particular person. Therefore, it is impossible to separate the context of a piece of painting, either historical or cultural, to its intrinsic value or the artwork's meaning. On the other hand, different cultures and time utilized specific conventions that govern the representation of objects of creativity. This essay highlights various pieces of art and their relationship to particular cultural, political, economic, or social settings. Moreover, it pinpoints how different times influence art presentation.

The shift from Realism to Impressionism in the 19th century represented not only a change in form, but it also represented a shift in ideology. As one of our module videos notes, rather than focusing on accuracy and clarity, Impressionism emphasized “what the mind and the eye sees” and the “impression of light and color.” We will briefly discuss how the differences in the approaches of the Realists and the Impressionists had interesting implications for arts and how these ideologies can be applied to the ways in which believers and unbelievers interpret art.

Visual opulence, creativity, inimitable vision, and a style that is highly influential are the many characteristics of an admired movement in art history, that being of the Post-Impressionism movement (1875-1892). This movement, which was a by-product of the Impressionism movement, is the bridging gap between the two movements known as Realism and Expressionism. Post-Impressionism takes on some of the stylistic characteristics of these movements; however, it does not contain the all too glossy visuals of Realism or the heavily fantastic visuals of Expressionism, rather it is the intermediary of these two poles. My paper will discuss why this link was absolutely essential to the history of art movements, and I will be specifically using the

A painterly quality with an otherworldly aesthetic is what set pictorialism apart from other photographic practices at the time. This notion of perfection is what really captures my attention. What I find quite interesting is that looking into this aesthetic every man

Whether pride, fear, or peace, art is intended to make the viewer feel an emotion. The visit to the St. Louis Art Museum had me excited to discover a new revelation. Being the second time that I had visited in two semesters, I was looking forward to a new angle to take, writing about some of my favorite pieces I was unable to include in my last paper. This semester we have been focusing on the Renaissance era (1300-1700), also known as the Rebirth. During this time, scholars and artists looked back towards the classical learning. Purposefully looking past the middle-ages, they focused on the classical past of Rome and Greece. During this time period many works of art were created, however, throughout this semester every major artist we studied

Paul Cézanne is considered to be an influential figure from an era of Post-Impressionism that later spawned Fauvism and Cubism including their complexities. During the era of Post-Impressionism, Paul Cézanne “insisted that painting stay in touch with its material, if not virtually sculptural origins” (TheArtStory-PC, n.d.). In congruence with Paul Cézanne's (1905) The Large Bathers, Henri Matisse's (1905) Joy of Life (Bonheur de Vivre), and Pablo Picasso's (1907) Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, an observer may consider the balance of color and line conformity that separates style from each composition while simultaneously indicating the origin of influence.

The Impressionism movement was a reaction to the realism and romantic movement. Instead of detailed, accurate and photo-like paintings of the contemporary life of realism and romanticism, Impressionist painters used more blurred brush reality to the canvas (Strickland). Specific techniques Impressionist artists used were unblended colors and quick, short brush strokes with a unique play on light. An Impressionist artists' goal was to "objectively paint reality in terms of transient effects of light and color." The artists of this movement would paint vibrant contrasting colors directly onto the canvas, which was a great contrast to the traditional art of blending somber colors. Confused and ridiculed by this technique, the Salon of the French Academy consistently rejected most of the artwork done by Impressionist artists. These rejections of artwork eventually led a group of artists to organize their own exhibitions, Exhibitions of the Independent Artists.

Impressionism as an historical art period is best described as a shift in thinking and focus. This paradigm shift, away from realism and toward individualism, began a centuries long transformation of self-expression in art as a whole. Impressionism is generally considered a French movement and is typically defined as spanning from approximately 1867 to 1886. Impressionism is best embodied by and was perhaps initiated by Claud Monet in such world-renowned works as Impressions: soleil levant which lent its name to the style and subsequently the art period as a whole.

Throughout the vast history of art, historians can find connections throughout the centuries. Artists from the beginning of humankind have been inspired by the world around them. From the Apollo 11 stones to present day, history and culture have provided inspiration and have been the focus of various pieces. Examining artwork from the 15th-18th century, viewers can be shown a whole world that would be unknown to us without these artist’s contributions. History, religion, and cultural events have sculpted the art world, and we can observe this through many pieces during the 15th-18th centuries.

In the 19th century, an art movement called Impressionism had prevailed in France that had hugely impacted many aspects in the field of art. Not only it had changed the people’s perspectives on art but also it had transformed the status quos in the traditional principles. Its techniques were adopted and inspired numerous artists to produce new art movements such as Neo-Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. In all, Impressionism was a revolutionary departure from the traditions that had profoundly changed the views on art by exploring ways to capture the fleeting moment. In fact, the word, “Impression” came to be used in the name of the movement after Claude Monet’s exhibition, a famous Impressionist. A quote was given by Monet,”I was