AP Impressionism

Impression"m1860s - 1880

What Is Impression"m?

•  An  art  movement  &  style  of  pain2ng  that:  – started  in  1860s  France  – Depicts  candid  glimpses  of    subjects  –  Is  concerned  with  the  effects  of  light  

Remember    ELBOW  

•  E      Everyday  life      •  L      Light      •  B      Brushstrokes      •  O      Outdoor  se2ngs      

• W    Weather  and  atmosphere  

Impression"ts•  Èdouard  Manet  •  Claude  Monet  

•  Pierre  Auguste  Renoir  •  Camille  Pissaro  

•  Edgar  Degas  

MANET

Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe

MANET

Bar at the Folies-Bergère

MONET

Waterlilies  

MONET

Rouen Cathedral (various times of the day…)

RENOIR

Le Moulin de la Galette

The  Theatre  Box  

RENOIR

Luncheon  of  the  Boa6ng  Party  

RENOIR

DEGAS

Green  Dancer   Two  Ballerinas  

DEGAS

Women  Ironing  

Po$-Impression"m1880 - 1905

Po$-Impression"m

•  Building  on  Impressionist  works,  this  art  form  rejected:  – Naturalism  – FleeGng  effects  of  light  

Po$-Impression"m

•  Showed  a  greater  concern  for:  – Expression  – Structure  – Form    

Po$-Impression"ts

•  Georges  Seurat  (poin6llist)  •  Paul  Cézanne  •  Vincent  Van  Gogh  •  Paul  Gauguin  •  Henri  Toulouse-­‐Lautrec    

SEURAT

A  Sunday  on  La  Grande  JaDe  

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Mont  Sainte-­‐Victoire   Large  Bathers  

CÉZANNE

GAUGUIN

Two  Tahi6an  Women  

Two  Tahi(an  Women  and  Dog  

Sunflowers  

VAN

GOGH

Church  at  Auvers  

VAN

GOGH

VAN

GOGH

Harvest  

Starry  Night  Over  the  Rhône  

VAN

GOGH

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat

VAN

GOGH