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2 Romanticism Emotion over reason A response to the Enlightenment
Optimism, flexibility, personal feeling Rejection of rules & order. Instead: imagination & intuition Nature portrayed as alive & changing Rejection of the past as restrictive, instead embracing growth and change

3 Key Words Adventure Stormy Emotional Moody

4 Friedrich Wanderer

5 JMW Turner Slave Ship

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7 Constable Clouds

8 Realism A response to the Industrial Revolution
Close observation of humans & nature Accuracy & objectivity when portraying ordinary world Inclusion of new science & technological advancements

9 Key Words Accurate Dim Ordinary Work

10 Repin Bargehaulers on Volga

11 Courbet The Stonebreakers

12 Courbet Burial at Ornans

13 Millet Woman Baking Bread

14 Millet The Gleaners

15 BOOM Camera is invented

16 Impressionism After invention of camera, realism is not so exciting Painting of everyday scene. The color is vibrant and looks like it is mixed directly on the canvas. The painter was fascinated with capturing a fleeting moment. Quick spontaneous brushwork.

17 Key Words Glance Soft Memory Bright

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19 Manet Boating 1874 oil on canvas 96x130cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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23 Post-Impressionism Personal exploration of color Forceful brushwork
Many characteristics of Impressionism (vivid color, short thick brushstrokes, awareness of how color and light work together) Distorted shapes and colors

24 Key Words Distorted Bold Eye-popping Sharp

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27 Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889 The short tubular brush strokes that have become so characteristically Van Gogh are dominant in this image, particularly the sky. The swirling sky creates an emotions. He painted this from inside of an asylum. It is predicted that this image was painted after a vision he had during a seizure. Ask class: What do you think this image represents? What do you think Van Gogh was suggesting by the swirling sky?

28 Van Gogh, Self Portraits
Van Gogh suffered fits of mental illness which made it difficult for him to paint. He cut off his ear in a fit of anger and eventually committed suicide. You can see the despair and depression in his self portraits. Wheat Fields with Crows was his last painting, painted hours before he killed himself.

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35 Draw a picture using the principles of one of the following art movements
Romanticism A response to the Enlightenment Emotion over reason Optimism, flexibility, personal feeling Rejection of rules & order. Instead: imagination & intuition Nature portrayed as alive & changing Rejection of Past as counter-progressive, now growing & changing nationally Realism A response to the Industrial Revolution Close observation of humans & nature Accuracy & objectivity when portraying ordinary world Inclusion of new science & technological advancements Impressionism Painting of everyday scene. The color is vibrant and looks like it is mixed directly on the canvas. The painter was fascinated with capturing a fleeting moment. Quick spontaneous brushwork. Post-Impressionism Personal exploration of color Expressive use of line and color Forceful brushwork Many characteristics of Impressionism (vivid color, short thick brushstrokes, awareness of how color and light work together)


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