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Below, you will find a set of readings and videos that will introduce you some of the best known and most influential artists involved with the Impressionist style. The Impressionists often chose to depict scenes of everyday life, following in the footsteps of Courbet and the other 19th century Realist artists we learned about a few weeks ago. Unlike the Realists, however, the Impressionists focused on the mechanics of seeing: on how color and light really look and how our eyes work to interpret them. Overall, most impressionists did not want art to be about what it means, they wanted it to be about how it looks. In this way, they built on the idea of Art for Art’s Sake that we were investigating in our assignments last week. The artistic style of the Impressionists was initially disliked because it was a radical departure from the style of painting people were accustomed to. Like many ground-breaking art movements, the broad public wasn’t ready for what the Impressionists were doing, and it took a few decades before the style was widely accepted.
Reading 1: This set of three articles will introduce you to the Impressionist style and explain the origins of the 1.movement and its historical (and art historical) contexts.
Click here for the article A Beginner’s Guide to Impressionism
Click here for the article How the Impressionists got their name.
Click here for the article Impressionism, Art and Modernity.
Reading 2: This set of readings consists of one article and four videos about French Impressionist painter Claude Monet.
Click here for the article Claude Monet. 1840-1926 .
Click here for the video Monet, The Argenteuil Bridge
Click here for the video Monet, Poplars
Click here for the video Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series
Click here for the video Monet, Water Lilies
Reading 3: Now that you’ve looked closely at several Impressionist paintings it is a good time to learn about some of the specific social changes and technological innovations that helped to shape this art movement. The three short articles below all address the ways that Impressionists integrated new inventions and investigated the science of color.
Click here for the article Guide to Impressionism: Modern Life
Click here for the article Guide to Impressionism: Applying Science
Click here for the article Never Underestimate the Power of a Paint Tube
Reading 4: Often times when people think of Impressionism they picture landscape paintings. There were, however, many Impressionist painters who focused on the human figure and on documenting social activities. This set of readings will introduce you to the artworks of two of these more figure-focused Impressionists: August Renoir and Edgar Degas.
Click here for the video Degas, the Dance Class
Click here for the video Degas, Visit to a Museum
Click here for the video Renoir, Moulin de la Galette
Click here for the video Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party
Reading 5: This final set of articles and videos will introduce you to three more influential Impressionist artists: Mary Cassatt, Gustave Cailbotte, and Berthe Morisot. If it is not already clear, these three artists should help you to see the great variety that existed within Impressionism. Most of these artists knew and socialized with one another, and they shared some core beliefs about painting, but they also each have different approaches and highly individualized styles.
Click here for the video Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers
Click here for the video Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day
Click here for the video Morisot, The Mother and Sister of the Artist
Click here for the video Cassatt, Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge
Click here for the video Cassatt, In the Loge
Click here for the video Cassatt, The Child's Bath
Do some research on the changes that were occurring in Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Then, choose an artwork we’ve studied this week that you feel reflects some of those changes. Compose a 1page, double spaced essay in which you discuss your chosen example and connect it up to the social conditions and historical events that were occurring at that time. Use at least two reputable research sources, and document them in a bibliography at the end of your essay. Upload your assignment via the link at the top of this window.
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The student’s essay meets all of the format and research requirements explained in the instructions. 10 points. The student’s discussion of their example indicates an accurate understanding of the artwork and style 10 points. The student makes logical and thoughtful connections between the artwork and its historical context 10 points |
