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    Claude Manet – Impressionism – 19th Oscar-Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and productive expert of the movement 's philosophy of communicating one 's observations before nature particularly applied to plein-air landscape painting. The expression "Impressionism" is from the title of his piece Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was shown in 1874 in the first of the independent presentations mounted by Monet and his partners as

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    Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Bal du moulin de la Galette) was created in 1876 by the artist known as Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The medium is oil paint on canvas and the style of it is best known as French Impressionism. The painting is located in Musee d’Orsay (Paris, France). What is happening in this painting? In Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, there is a large crowd gathering and socializing in this garden. Renoir depicts an energetic crowd for of lively faces with simple strokes of his

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    The Evolution of Manet: Transitioning from Realism to Impressionism, 1860-1880 Although at first glance, Realism and Impressionism appear to be completely separate movements in 19th century art, they in fact were both bred as a response to the new order of Europe that had evolved as a result of the marks made by both the Industrial Revolution and a series of European continental wars. Realist painters and Impressionist painters alike faced controversy in challenging the status quo of the Salons

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    My event was the Dallas Museum of Art; “The Lens of Impressionism,” photography and painting along the Normandy coast 1850-1874. I went on Sunday, February 21, 2010. The class studied this era in Chapter 13: The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie. The term "impressionism" was coined by a critic interacting with Clause Monet's "Impression: Sunrise" painting in 1874. French impressionists depicted light and color and was often embellished with romanticism; usually conveyed scenes filled with light

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    Claude’s Cataracts: Blurring the Lines Through Impressionism Isabella Kalish Art 323 Modernism Kimberly Anderson December 9, 2016 Claude Monet is perhaps one of the most well known artists in recent times. His career spanned nearly seven decades and his work inspired a new generation of artists. As impressive as this sounds, we may still ask what was the reasoning behind his success? It is no secret that towards the end of his life and career,Monet was losing his eyesight

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    Impressionism is considered to be the first distinctly modern movement within painting. Developing in Paris in the 1860s, its influence spread throughout Europe and eventually the United States. Its originators were artists who rejected the official, government-sanctioned exhibitions, or salons, and were consequently shunned by powerful academic art institutions. In turning away from the fine finish and detail to which most artists of their day aspired, the Impressionists aimed to capture the momentary

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    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. Impressionism is a way of painting which depicts objects using strokes and dabs of primary unmixed colours in order to simulate reflections of light. This style of painting

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    Impressionism vs Post Impressionism Modern culture is believed to be the brainchild of two versions of the Protestant worldview: the northern French positivism and irrationalism. If the first is trying to discern the signs of the afterlife in the image of reality (which is actually a reflection of the culture established meanings), the second

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    Keren Escoto Prof. Clayborn Western Civilization 1 April 10, 2008 The Impressionist Movement Impressionism, French Impressionnisme, is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as “a theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.” Impressionist painting comprises the works of

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    Additionally a more recent and immediate example of this happening is the progression from impressionism to post-impressionism, both share the use of vivid colors, everyday objects and settings, as well as thick application of paint, but the post-impressionism movement rejects the spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and color that the impressionistic

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