2. 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

3. 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

4. Monet, Sunrise, An Impression, 1872

5. Monet, Haystack Series, 1891-1892

6. Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series, 1893-1894

7. Cabot Perry, Lady with a Bowl of Violets, 1910

8. Renoir, La Moulin de la Galette, 1876

9. Degas, Place de la Concorde, 1875

10. Gleyre, Pentheus Pursued by Maenads, 1864

11. Monet, Sunrise, An Impression, 1872

12. The Impressionist Style A looser, obvious brushstroke Increased awareness of canvas surface Increased abstraction Destruction of spatial illusion Change in subject matter