The Red Lilies By Claude Monet

In the 19th century, there was an artistic transition from realism to a new form called impressionism. This change originated in France, as the world underwent a transition to industrialization. The impressionist was able to understand how light and color operate hand in hand in a painting. Instead of seeing an image as a whole work, impressionist would see smaller images making up the entire piece. The style was primarily made of the use of intense colors, open composition, light and movement and brush strokes. They were mainly

Impressionism can be considered the first distinctly modern movement in painting. Developing in Paris in the 1860s, its influence spread throughout Europe and eventually the United States. Impressionism was a style of representational art that did not necessarily rely on realistic depictions. The Impressionists loosened their brushwork and lightened their palettes to include pure, intense colors.

French history is filled with an amazing culture that consists of beautiful architecture and delicious food. One aspect of French culture that stands out is its Art. Among the famous artists that have contributed over the years, one artists name stands out among the rest, Claude Monet. Claude Monet is known for being one of the influential artists to introduce impressionism. In a style not previously before painted, impressionism depicted a landscape or scene by creating illusion through the use of shading and coloring. Traditional painting was produced in an art studio, but impressionism was a unique. It allowed the artist to shed the use of a studio and step out into nature. Monet and other famous artists launched this new style of art that challenged traditional painting and would forever change French culture and influence art for many years to come.

Impressionism is an art movement initiated in France (Paris) in 19th century. The name of this art movement was taken from a French artist’s name called Claude Monet, who painted his artwork (impression, sunrise). Impressionism art movement combined a group of prominent French artists, who their exhibitions became more important through 1870 – 1880s, despite the opposition from the classical art community in France. Claude Monet’s painting was provoked by the Critic Louis Leroy.

Traditionalism is exactly what its name implies. Traditionalism sticks to the established traditions set forth by the academy. They look towards realism and religion for inspiration. The traditionalist believe their work to be like a picture from a history book. The works need to be virtuous, teach values, and be historically accurate. The research is part of the work’s appeal. On the complete opposite side is Avant-Garde. It is defend by Tate.org as “avant-garde was originally applied to innovative approaches to art making in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it is applicable to all art that pushes the boundaries of ideas and creativity, and is still used today to describe art that is radical or reflects originality of vision.” With Traditionalism being the tried and true methods and Avant-Garde pushing the envelope, that leaves impressionism to be the middle man between the two. Impressionist look at realistic depictions of life, not just biblical stories. They also use more colors and less straight lines. You can see the brush strokes and the painter’s hand. Each school believes their art form to the best. Traditionalists cannot stand the unrefined style of Impressionism and Avant-Garde. Impressionist and Avant-Garde artist tolerate each other but believe the Academy and

Classical artists such as Picasso will never be forgotten in the classical art history dues to his great contribution to the art and for building the foundations of the main art. Another hand, there were many others revolutionary artists which after their time that revolutionized the art into what is known today. Impressionists let by Claude Monet formed a group of artists which were rejected from the main academies and started to paint in their own objective which was the reality of what they thought could make art a turned point of their senses considering the effect on the environment and on an object or placing the focus on everyday activity. The Impressionists helped redefine art; while they started the process of the transformation of art, Pablo Picasso more

The rest of the Impressionist soon adopted their, now, particular style. They typically forgot about chiaroscuro, and usually paid no attention to composition. Moreover, they adopted Monet’s quick sketchlike technique, where the final painting looked unfinished. Their goal was to capture the “constantly changing aspects of reality”. The impressionist style shared the desire to truthfully capture “tone and colour and the play of light” from the point of view of the observer. To really achieve this, quick, loose, and rough brushstrokes where often necessary. The new approach to painting mentioned above, came as a shock to the Parisian public, for they were so used to the Salon’s presentation of “only the smoothest of paint surfaces… the delicate, mother-of pearl transition of values”, that they considered the Impressionist paintings as “a fall into the abyss of deepest ignorance”, and a disgrace to traditional painting. In fact, art critic of the time, Ballu, wrote in the Chronique des Arts et de la

Art was rapidly changing. Beginning with the Impressionists, art slowly moved away from classical teachings and subjects. After the Impressionists came Post-Impressionism, which had many similarities with Impressionism. Following Post-Impressionism came another game-changer. Fauvism, with its bright, clashing colors, distorted form, and vigorous brushstrokes, was rejected at first. Critics despised the work, calling it "the naive and brutal efforts of a child playing with its paintbox. Eventually the short-lived movement gained some support. More importantly, though, it paved the way for modern art. The possibilities were endless. Two paintings exhibit the unrestrained work of modern artists: "Guernica" and "No. 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)".

The Impressionism movement in art was followed by the Realism and Romantic periods. In complete contrast to Realism and Romanticism, with its detailed, accurate and photo-like paintings of contemporary life, Impressionism brought about more of a blurred reality to the canvas. 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."(1) The Impressionist artist would place vibrantly contrasting colors directly on the canvas; which was a great contrast to the traditional art of blending somber colors. Not understanding, or accepting these new techniques, the Salon of the French Academy consistently rejected most artwork by Impressionist artist. These rejections from the Salon eventually forced a group of Impressionist painters to organize their own exhibitions; Exhibitions of the Independent Artists.

The sculptures created in the Renaissance era saw the use of new techniques and styles that were never used before. The artwork had a huge impact of humanism on the different artists in this era. Starting around the 14th century and ending around the beginning of the 17th century the Renaissance era art was all about realistic linear perspective where the artist would observe objects from close and far and then paint it. This enabled the artist to get a lot of depth in his or her sculptures. Also, the art changed to depicting joy of human emotions and pleasures of life. On the other hand, art of today, also known as contemporary art, started a few years after World War II up to present day. During this period, different art movements occurred that influenced artists all over the world. In the 1950 and 1960, contemporary art was influenced by movements like Abstract, Expressionism, Pop Art, Neo-Dada, Minimalism and New York School. Some of the famous artists of this era are Andy Warhol, Wassily Kandisky, Robert Lichtenstein and Jackson Pollock (Witcombe, 2005). The 1960s was a playground for modern art. In spite of this new movement in art, the innovation and technical skill was not of a near caliber as of the Renaissance era. This mainly because of the lack in detail and human spirit, these are not recognized in modern art sculptures, paintings and photographs today. This being a

What happened throughout the 20th century in the post impressionist era of art is artists going wild and exploring how wide Art can actually be. Beforehand Art was either marble statues or Realistic Oil paintings (even watercolours were looked down upon) but because of the (sometimes insane) things artists did throughout the 20th century, including cubism, we have reached a point where you don't have to worry about people telling you that what you make is not art, it can't be art because it

Water lilies is a collection of about two hundred oil paintings by French impressionist, Claude Monet.  The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at his home in Giverny, and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted while Monet suffered from cataracts. Monet was focused on capturing art and natural forms in his art work. Water Lilies was the main works he focused on during the last 30 years of his life. He is one of the most well known artists in all of art history. Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, France. He enrolled in the Academie Suisse. After an art exhibition in 1874, a critic insultingly dubbed Monet's painting style "Impression," since it was more concerned with form and light than realism, and the term stuck. He struggled with poverty, illness, and various health issues

The Impressionist period was a time of innovation. This created pressure on the artists to respond to the invention of the light bulb and the camera. Photography became popular with the middle class as it was cheaper and more accessible than portraiture. This forced painters to think outside the box and the impressionist art period was born. Painters, with this change, needed to experiment with different brush and colour techniques. They could reduce their attention to the subject matter and focus more on how they applied the paint. Realism was no longer the ideal in the artists eye (Impressionism, 2015, para 1). Landscapes became popular to paint with the innovation of tubed oil paints. Artists found it easier to transport their materials

During the Modern Era of the late 19th century and the early 20th century, many artists were turning away from the idea of painting realistic images. Photography, having just been developed for public use a few decades earlier, made artists of the day focus less on painting as an precise copy of what is seen, as had been done for centuries. Since the Middle Ages, most artists painted exact representations of life. Starting in the late 1800s, though, many artists were starting to embrace the theory of art as an impression of what is seen. Impressionism, the art movement that began in the 1870s in France, was the first real development of this new concept of painting. Impressionists, such as Claude Monet, sought to put on canvas how they

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.