WeeK 1: Introduction to Impressionism Artists & terms this week: The Salon (“The Academy”) Claude Monet Alla prima En plein air Louis Leroy Lilla Cabot Perry Auguste Renoir Edgar Degas Charles Gleyre Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille Café Guerbois, Montmarte
The Impressionists: Artistic rebels who challenged The Academy BUT ALSO Artists who were a product of their time –social & political changes in Paris –changes in the art market –new scientific improvements –Influence from earlier artists
Monet, Sunrise, An Impression, 1872
Monet, Haystack Series,
Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series,
Cabot Perry, Lady with a Bowl of Violets, 1910
Renoir, La Moulin de la Galette, 1876
Degas, Place de la Concorde, 1875
Gleyre, Pentheus Pursued by Maenads, 1864
Monet, Sunrise, An Impression, 1872
The Impressionist Style A looser, obvious brushstroke Increased awareness of canvas surface Increased abstraction Destruction of spatial illusion Change in subject matter