Realism
This movement was reacting against the established art of the time … The word “realism” with a small ‘r’ refers to any artwork that attempts to copy how we perceive the world (as in, optical realism). “Realism” with a capital ‘R’ refers a specific movement of art that occurred, mainly in France, in the mid-1800s.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps, David
Death of the Sardanapolus, Delacroix
Algerian Women, Delacroix
Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849
Rosa Bonheur, Plowing at Nivernais, 1850
Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1853
Jean Francois Millet, The Sower, 1858
Millet, The Gleaners, 1857
Honore Daumier, Third Class Carriage, 1862
Daumier, Rue Transnonain, 1868
Honore Daumier, Gargantuaç
Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863
Ingres, Odalysque with a Slave, 1840
Edouard Manet, Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868
Edouard Manet, Bar at the Follies-Bergeres, 1883 Realist artists were concerned with: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from and ahead of mainstream culture.
Impressionism
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise; 1872
The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment
The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake
The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from and ahead of mainstream culture.
The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral;
The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used)
The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera
The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera
The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera
Not allowed to show their art in The Salon, the annual showing of French art in Paris, the Impressionists began to show their artworks independently from the Art establishment – truly avant garde!