1. LES IMPRESSIONNISTES

2. Les Impressionnistes Where did they prefer to paint? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

3. Les Impressionnistes Outdoors/ “en plein air”

4. Les Impressionnistes in the countryside

5. Les Impressionnistes in the city

6. Les Impressionnistes Whom did they prefer to paint? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

7. Les Impressionnistes …ordinary people in ordinary surroundings

8. Les Impressionnistes What did they prefer to paint? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

9. Les Impressionnistes …modern inventions such as steam trains, gas lamps, umbrellas, etc.

10. Les Impressionnistes What were they trying to do? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

11. Les Impressionnistes …capture a fleeting moment

12. Les Impressionnistes …show the play of light on people & places

13. Les Impressionnistes Why did they paint some scenes over and over? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

14. Les Impressionnistes …to see the effect of light as time passes

15. Les Impressionnistes How did they create such a luminous effect? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

16. Les Impressionnistes …by using light colors with short separated brushstrokes and avoiding black

17. Les Impressionnistes How did they use color? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

18. Les Impressionnistes …by applying pure rather than mixed colors

19. Les Impressionnistes What kind of definition did they create? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

20. Les Impressionnistes …one that leaves the viewer to “fill in” the details

21. Les Impressionnistes What kind of composition did they explore? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

22. Les Impressionnistes …unusual angles and cropped edges

23. Les Impressionnistes What “new” color did they often use? Renoir Monet Manet Degas Morisot Cassatt Sisley Pissarro

24. Les Impressionnistes CAN YOU GUESS?

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