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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte, painted by Georges Seurat in 1884-6, and La Grenouillère, by Claude Monet in 1869, are both works that are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, originally painted in France during the Impressionism period. These works are recognized today for the modernity embodied in their impressionistic painting styles as well as their depiction of leisure in modern life.

Romantic music inspired two smaller movements: nationalistic music and music about legends. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) is a German composer who wrote many pieces on the basis of a story or myth. He revolutionized opera through creativity, discontent with musical formulas and his focus on drama.

8.      Claude Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born Achille-Claude Debussy in 1862 in St.-Germain-en-Laye, France, his mature compositions, distinctive and appealing, combined modernism and sensuality so successfully that their sheer beauty often obscures their technical innovation. Debussy is considered the founder and leading exponent of musical Impressionism (although he resisted the label), and his adoption of non-traditional scales and tonal structures was paradigmatic for many composers who followed. The son of a shopkeeper and a seamstress, Debussy began piano studies at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 11. While a student there, he encountered the wealthy Nadezhda von Meck, whom was most famous as Tchaikovsky's patroness. She employed Debussy as a music teacher to her children; through travel, concerts and acquaintances, she provided him with a wealth of musical experience. Most importantly, she exposed the young Debussy to the works of Russian composers, such as Borodin and Mussorgsky, who would remain important influences on his music. Debussy began composition studies in 1880, and

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.

The young, soon to be famous painter, Grant Wood was born on the day of February 13, 1891 in the town of Anamosa, Iowa. In his young life he was in Iowa his father passed away in the year 1901. After the death of his Father when he was ten, His family moved to Cedar Rapids.

In the late 1900’s the art world became even more evolved from Impressionism, Fauvism, Futurism, and Abstract styles of art. Neo-Expressionism, a style of painting, and some sculpture, which emerged in the early 1980s, usually characterized by a return to figuration in expressive, gestural, and sometimes brashly aggressive works. This art movement was mostly associated with artist from New York like Julian Schnabel, David Salle, and Eric Fischl (Artsy.com). Of these artist there was one African-American, by the name of Jean-Michel Basquiat, genius of his time, and currently one of the world’s most renounced artist. His shaky upbringing along with his feelings towards situations in his personal life and cultural issues during is time,

Claude Debussy was one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. His music pioneered new genres, and he was considered the father of impressionistic music. To understand Claude Debussy and his music, it is important to take a look at his early life and what effect that may have had on his character and influences. His early life had great influence on his musicality and musicianship, specifically his song set Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse.

Australian Impressionism is influenced through the French as it has grown over time. Some of Australia’s world famous artists are from the Heidelberg School Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Jane Sutherland and Charles Conder were all students who studied at the Heidelberg School. The following Artists work was made during 1833 and 1897. During this time each of these artists played an important role in the development of an Impressionist style of painting The Years between 1883 and 1897 were the beginning of the Australian impression era. During this time Charles Darwin career kicked off as well, being famous naturalists, for many of the Australian impressionist artists, Charles Darwin’s findings would have been a good influence

Breaking away from the established conventions of art at the time, the Impressionist work of Édouard Manet and Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe was rejected for its controversial subject matter of a woman in the nude amongst clothed men as the central focus. As such, a reproduction of artwork for the band Bow Wow Wow and their album ‘See Jungle...’ by Andy Earl in the 1980s would cause similar controversy, for the underaged lead female singer being pictured in the nude. Earl has created over one hundred memorable covers and album sleeves, working with many famous artists.

With such a refine way of making music in the 19th century, Claude Debussy strayed from the norm with his strange musical innovations. It was apparent from an early age just how gifted Debussy was musically. By age 11 he sent to Paris Conservatory, and by age 22 won the Prix de Rome. With such musical accomplishments, he was able to settle himself as a leading figure in French music. Incorporating such nontraditional scales and tonal structures into his work provided him with a foundation that would later establish him as a founder of musical impression in the late 19th and 20th century (Claude Debussy Biography).

Question: To what extent did music from earlier period influence composers working after 1950? Discuss at least two different examples from art music or popular music, or one from each.

Achille-Claude Debussy or Claude Debussy was a French 20th century composer known for his prominent role in impressionistic music. Debussy never described his pieces as impressionism as he disliked the term when it was associated with his music. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he and his family left for Paris in 1867 only to move to Cannes in 1870 to escape the Franco-Prussion war. Claude Debussy learnt to play piano from an Italian violinist by the name Jean Cerutti and later studied under a woman, by the name of Marie Mauté de Fleurville, who claimed to have been a pupil of Frédéric Chopin. In 1872 he was enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire and remained there to develop musically over the next 11 years. Debussy was infamous for his experimental nature breaking

As stated earlier impressionism is a style of art characterized by short brush strokes of bright colors to represent the effect of light on objects. Impressionism was launched in 1874 when Claude Monet painted Impression, Sunrise. Claude was considered the leader of impressionism because of this painting. When he painted this painting everything seemed to change. He changed the movement by using loose brushwork which was sketch like giving the painting an unfinished look. Impressionism was also different because it focused on capturing modern lifestyles. Artists most commonly painted: suburban lifestyles, landscapes, railways, and trains.

Since the 18th century, paintings were classified by the genre they fit in. History paintings were viewed to be superior, followed by portraits, landscape, genre scenes, and still life. The upcoming style to break this hierarchy would be Impressionism. Impressionism started around 1869 and would soon birth a variety of incredible artists still acknowledged today. Now let's start to break down what defines this new style called impressionism. The term Impressionism developed from a scolding critique by Lewis Lee rod where he described a painting as just a minor impression. This

Impressionism began in 1860’s in Paris when a group of artists refused to paint in the realistic style of their day. These “originators” were rejected by the art society and denied to show their work in exhibitions or salons. Impressionists did not use the fine details in trying to paint an accurate replica of what they saw instead they painted what their brains saw as the overall impression of a particular scene. Rivers were no longer one whole body of blue and green, instead they became a myriad of colors intertwined to give an overall “impression” of a river. Impressionism can be considered the first distinctly modern movement in art because of the way that it turned away from the modern art convention of the time that focused on the fine line details and instead centered on the sensory effect of the scene, the impression objects made on the eye in a fleeting instant. This style of painting was best captured in the outdoors, thus the artists moved from the studio to the streets and countryside, painting “en plein air” (www.theartstory.org/movement-impressionism.htm). “There are no lines in nature, only areas of color, one against another."-Édouard Manet