1. IMPRESSIONISM MARINA CARMONA LÓPEZ

2. WHAT IS IMPRESSIONISM? IMPRE SSION ISM IS A 19TH CENT URY ARTIS TIC MOV EMEN T THAT SWEP T MUC H OF THE PAINT ING AND SCUL PTURE STYLE S OF THE PERIO D. IT WAS NOT JUST A PASSI NG FAD BUT HAS DEFIN ED AN ENTIR ELY MOD ERN WAY OF EXPRE SSING ONE’ S ARTIS TRY THAT EVEN TUALL Y RUBB ED OFF IN OTHE R ART FORM S LIKE LITER ATUR E AND PHOT OGR APHY.

3. IMPRESSIONIST TECHNIQUES -SHORT, THICK STROKES OF PAINT QUICKLY CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THE SUBJECT, RATHER THAN ITS DETAILS. -COLOURS ARE APPLIED SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH AS LITTLE MIXING AS POSSIBLE, A TECHNIQUE THAT EXPLOITS THE PRINCIPLE OF SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST TO MAKE THE COLOUR APPEAR MORE VIVID TO THE VIEWER. -IMPRESSIONISM AVOIDS THE USE OF BLACK PAINT. -WET PAINT IS PLACED INTO WET PAINT WITHOUT WAITING FOR SUCCESSIVE APPLICATIONS TO DRY, PRODUCING INTERMINGLING OF COLOUR. -THE PAINT IS APPLIED TO A WHITE OR LIGHT- COLOURED GROUND. -THE PLAY OF NATURAL LIGHT IS EMPHASIZED. CLOSE ATTENTION IS PAID TO THE REFLECTION OF COLOURS FROM OBJECT TO OBJECT. -IN PAINTINGS MADE OUTDOORS, SHADOWS ARE BOLDLY PAINTED WITH THE BLUE OF THE SKY AS IT IS REFLECTED ONTO SURFACES, GIVING A SENSE OF FRESHNESS PREVIOUSLY NOT REPRESENTED IN PAINTING.

4. MAIN ARTISTS MANET MONET RENOIR DEGAS CASSATT

5. ÉDOUARD MANET ÉDOUARD MANET 23 JANUARY 1832 – 30 APRIL 1883) WAS A FRENCH PAINTER. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 19TH-CENTURY ARTISTS TO PAINT MODERN LIFE, AND A PIVOTAL FIGURE IN THE TRANSITION FROM REALISM TO IMPRESSIONISM.

6. CLAUDE MONET OSCAR-CLAUDE MONET HE WAS FRENCH. 14 NOVEMBER 1840 – 5 DECEMBER 1926) WAS A FOUNDER OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING, AND THE MOST CONSISTENT AND PROLIFIC PRACTITIONER OF THE MOVEMENT'S PHILOSOPHY OF EXPRESSING ONE'S PERCEPTIONS BEFORE NATURE, ESPECIALLY AS APPLIED TO PLEIN- AIR LANDSCAPE PAINTING.

7. PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR FRENCH ; 25 FEBRUARY 1841 – 3 DECEMBER 1919), WAS A FRENCH ARTIST WHO WAS A LEADING PAINTER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMPRESSIONIST STYLE. AS A CELEBRATOR OF BEAUTY, AND ESPECIALLY FEMININE SENSUALITY, IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT "RENOIR IS THE FINAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A TRADITION WHICH RUNS DIRECTLY FROM RUBENS TO WATTEAU.

8. EDGAR DEGAS FRENCH: BORN HILAIRE-GERMAIN-EDGAR DE GAS; 19 JULY 1834 – 27 SEPTEMBER 1917) WAS A FRENCH ARTIST FAMOUS FOR HIS PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, PRINTS, AND DRAWINGS. HE IS ESPECIALLY IDENTIFIED WITH THE SUBJECT OF DANCE; MORE THAN HALF OF HIS WORKS DEPICT DANCERS

9. MARY CASSATT MAY 22, 1844 – JUNE 14, 1926) WAS AN AMERICAN PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER. SHE WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA, BUT LIVED MUCH OF HER ADULT LIFE IN FRANCE, WHERE SHE FIRST BEFRIENDED EDGAR DEGAS AND LATER EXHIBITED AMONG THE IMPRESSIONISTS. CASSATT OFTEN CREATED IMAGES OF THE SOCIAL AND PRIVATE LIVES OF WOMEN, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE INTIMATE BONDS BETWEEN MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.