1. Early Impressionism 1862-1886

2. History The Academy (Salon) rules French art 1863, rejects Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass,” as well as 3,000 of 5,000 paintings submitted to it. 1874, “The Salon of the Refused” Photography has made art “as historical documentation” unnecessary. Photos can now record visual history.

3. Paris Salon, 1824

4. Characteristics Obvious brushwork Thick, layered paint Impression of the fleeting moment Effect of light on subject Plein air painting Middle class subjects

5. Claude Monet, 1840-1926 Subjects: landscapes, series of poppies, Rouen Cathedral, water lilies Style: the classic Impressionist look; dissolved form of subject into light & atmosphere; soft edges

6. Impression, Sunrise

7. Gare St. Lazare

8. Lily Pond, Giverny

9. Water- lilies

10. Edward Manet, 1832-1883 Subjects: Updated classic scenes; painted contemporary scenes with a hard edge Style: flat color patches outlined in black

11. Dinner on the Grass

12. Olympia

13. Venus of Urbino, Titian

14. Bar at the Folies Bergere

15. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919 Subjects: voluptuous, peach-skinned female nudes, café society, children, flowers Style: quick brush strokes, blurred figures blended into hazy background

16. Luncheon of the Boating Party

17. - Dance at the Moulin de La Galette

18. Nude Bathers

19. Edgar Degas, 1834-1917 Subjects: ballerinas, café society, humans at rest Style: Off-beat angles, asymmetrical composition

21. Dance Rehearsal

22. The Absinthe Drinkers

23. Post-impressionism 1880-1905 Dissatisfied with Impressionism. Some used formal, near scientific design. Others emphasized expression of emotions and sensations through color and light. Forerunners of 20 th century art with its individual styles.

24. Toulouse- Lautrec, 1864- 1901 painted posters of cabaret nightlife

25. Toulouse- Lautrec

26. Paul Cezanne, 1839-1906 Subjects: still lifes with fruit, landscapes of Mont Ste. Victoire Style: forerunner of cubism, simple geometric shapes

27. Mont Sainte-Victoire

28. Cezanne, Large Bathers

29. Georges Seurat, 1859-1891 Subjects: leisure activities in Paris Style: bright colors in tiny dots (pointilism)

30. Sunday Afternoon in the Park

31. Le Pont de Courbevoie

32. Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890 Subjects: self-portraits, flowers, landscapes, still lifes Style: agitated, swirling brush strokes. Passionate, vibrant

33. Van Gogh, Starry Night

34. Sunflowers

35. Self- Portrait

36. Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903 Subjects: Tahiti natives, peasants in Brittany Style: Exotic primitivism, brilliant colors

37. Gauguin, La Orana Maria

38. Two Women of Tahiti

39. Cubism An Important departure in early early-20 th Century art No longer trying to reproduce even the the appearance of reality (even more so than impressionism)…. Art for Art’s sake Art not a window on the world, but a window on the artist’s mind/emotions-“The painter thinks in forms and colors.” - Braque

40. Georges Braque, 1882-1963 Woman With a Guitar

41. Braque Musical Instru- ments

42. Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973 Guernica

43. les demoiselles d'avignon