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    1870-1880 During the 1870’s the United States experienced great changes with the end of the Civil War. America was going through a period called Reconstruction. Tensions were fairly high and an air of freedom was present throughout the nation. By 1877, it was obvious the United States was beginning to develop into a recognizably modern economic system of making, earning, spending, and living (Brown 60). In 1880, “over half of American workers worked on farms and only one in twenty worked

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    Photography and its Effects on Impressionism Dakota Saunders Rewind roughly back to the 1860’s. Several apprentice painters, namely Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Frédéric Bazille learned that they did not share the same views of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. The Academy believed that mythological and historical scenes for painting was vastly superior to that of still life and landscape scenes. The Académie des Beaux-Arts would run an art show, the Salon de Paris, which

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    which resulted in a new sense of isolation. Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street; Rainy Day begun production in 1876 and was finished early in 1877, showing a flaneur’s-eye view of an ordinary slice of bourgeois life. The painting shared spotlight with Auguste Renoir’s Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, and was first exhibited along with Le Pont de L’Europe and Claude Monet’s series of the Saint-Lazare train station at the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877. Paris Street; Rainy Day places us upon a rain-soaked

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    Alfred Sisley was an Impressionist painter that was born in Paris, France in 1839. He was an influential painter of the 1870s all the way to the time of his death in 1899. Even though in his lifetime his artwork was never admired, success of his paintings started one year after his death. Sisley was known for his landscape paintings and animate portrayal of village streets and Parisian rivers. However, his lack of progress outside the realm of landscape is a key factor for his shortage of success

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    Art Works Of Claude Monet

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    Monday morning, at 6:30 A.M, I can hear the sound of the wind blowing away the leaves on the tree and rain pitter-patter outside my window that made me feel relaxed. Suddenly I heard my mother, Elizabeth, yelling, “Elijah wake up! It’s time for you to get out of bed and get ready for school!” This is the perfect weather to stay in and sleep but unfortunately, I had to get out of bed and go to school. I am currently attending an art school Le Havre, located in Le Havre, Normandy, where I hope to develop

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    Monet is a master of the impressionist advancement that rose during the nineteenth century. His elegant style and vigilant brush strokes tested the structure and set up guidelines of contemporary workmanship. Unmistakably, in any case, his work was subject to much examination and criticism from his partners. No ifs ands or buts, Monet's style, as depicted in his delineation titled Water Lillies, was not a sudden jump forward; rather, it was a transformative strategy of reliable progression. Nevertheless

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    Claude Monet Claude Monet was a famous French painter. His work contributed to the art movement impressionism. Impressionism was an art form concerned with capturing light, natural forms and shadows. Claude Monet was born November 14th 1840 in Paris. In 1845, He and his Family moved to Le Havre where his Father Adolf Monet was to manage his family’s ship chandlering and grocery business. Claude’s father’s job meant he was spending long hours outside in Norman weather by the beach, where he grew

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    Claude Monet was an artist born in the 19th century. He was well known for being one of the founders of the art movement know as impressionism, and also helped innovate certain techniques that helped other artists depict natural lighting during the art movement. Monet created many art series in which he would paint one object multiple times, one of his most famous series being water lilies, which was created towards the end of his life. The painting I will be talking about today is one of his many

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    Claude Monet was a prolific French painter who founded Impressionism in the 19th century. He strongly held onto his belief of his painting style throughout his long career and is considered to be one of the most prominent and influential painters in history. He focused on capturing the feeling or experience of a certain moment. He was intrigued by the light and color, so he explored their changes under various weather conditions at various times of day. Monet’s fascination of shifting effect of light

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    Claude Monet Influences

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    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

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