art12.docx
Watch for these terms in the assigned readings. Be prepared to use them in your coursework:
Impressionism: The Rejection of Permanence
· Japonisme
·
en plein air
· scumble
· boulevard
· bourgeois
· impasto
· Giverny
· Rouen Cathedral
· flâneur
Realism: Inventing the Avant-Garde
· Avant-garde
· Paris Commune
· Ornans
· Nivernais
· Baron Haussmann
· Napoleon III
· Urbanization
· Salon Carré
· Gleaner
· Tuileries Gardens
· Salon des Refusés
· Royal Academy
· formal analysis
· contextual analysis
Read
·
The Great Accomplishments of Haussmann
, by Dr. Marc A. Cirigliano
·
The Fundamentals of Impressionism
, notes from Dr. Marc A. Cirgliano
|
SmartHistory: Realism and Impressionism
|
|
Topic/Artist
|
Reading/Viewing
|
|
France and the Second Empire
|
Thomas Couture,
Romans of the Decadence
, 1847
Haussmann the Demolisher and the Creation of Modern Paris
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux,
Dance
, 1865-69
|
|
Realism in France
|
A beginner’s guide to Realism
,
quiz
Gustave Courbet
·
The Stonebreakers
, 1849
·
A Burial at Ornans
, 1849-50
·
The Artist’s Studio
, 1854-55
Rosa Bonheur,
Plowing in the Nivernais
, 1849
Jean-François Millet
·
The Gleaners
, 1857
·
L’Angélus
, c. 1857-59
Édouard Manet
·
Le déjeuner surl’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
, 1863
·
Olympia
, 1863,
quiz
·
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
, 1882
|
|
United States
|
James Abbott McNeil Whistler,
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket
, 1875
|
|
Impressionism: the rejection of permanence
|
What does “Impressionism” mean?
Impressionism: painting modern life
Impressionist color (
essay
)
Impressionist space (
essay
)
Berthe Morisot
·
The Cradle
, c. 1872
·
Hunting Butterflies
, 1874
Edgar Degas
·
At the Races in the Countryside
, 1869
·
The Dance Class
, 1874
·
Visit to a Museum
, c. 1879-90
Gustave Caillebotte,
Paris Street; Rainy Day
, 1877
Mary Cassatt
·
In the Loge
, 1878
·
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
, 1878
·
The Coiffure
, 1890-91
·
The Child’s Bath
, 1893
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
·
How to recognize Renoir
·
The Grands Boulevards
, 1875
·
Moulin de la Galette
, 1876
·
Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children
, 1878
·
Luncheon of the Boating Party
, 1880-81
·
The Large Bathers
, 1884-87
Claude Monet
·
How to recognize Monet
·
The Argenteuil Bridge
, 1874
·
The Gare Saint-Lazare
, 1877
·
Poplars
, 1891
·
Rouen Cathedral Series
, 1892-94
·
Water Lilies
, 1918-26
|
Assignment
3 pages
Apa
2 line spacing
12 point
In a Paris that was rebuilding itself into what we would today call a modern city, the Realists took a step away from both traditional academic art and also Romanticism. How did they do this? Also, explain how the Impressionists took several steps.
Use the material in the presentation and SmartHistory, plus your own thoughts to write your essay. Cite specific works of art, taking into consideration their form, content and social messages.
Requirements and Guidelines
· You must cite your references and images.
