1. Birth of Modern Art Edouard Manet

2. Music in the Tuileries Gardens 1862

3. Edouard Manet Luncheon on the Grass 1863

4. Edouard Manet Luncheon on the Grass 1863 Giorgione / Titian Pastoral Concert c. 1510

5. Edouard Manet Luncheon on the Grass 1863 Marcantonio Raimondi Judgement of Paris c. 1515

6. Edouard Manet The Railroad 1872-73

7. Impressionism

8. IMPRESSIONISM - How did the term Impressionism come about? - When did this movement develop? - Who were the artists involved in this movement? - What were their aims? - How was their style(s) like?

9. IMPRESSION Lack of realism Blurred Vague Quick/fast A moment in time Sketch

10. Claude Monet Impression: Sunrise 1872 Oil on canvas, 48 x 63cm

11. Claude Monet Impression: Sunrise 1872 Claude Lorrain Seaport with the embarkation of the queen of sheba 1648

12. Subject: Misty view of seaport at sunrise Hurried & vigorous brushwork/dabs Predominant use of orange AIM: To capture an instantaneous sensation -- the shimmering surface of water, caring less about detail. Dispersed/ all- over composition No distinction between foreground, middle ground nor background. Claude Monet Impression: Sunrise 1872 This work changed the concept of a ‘completed’ artwork. A ‘sketch’ is now deemed by Monet as worthy of exhibiting

13. “What does the canvas depict? Look at the catalogue.” “Impression: Sunrise” “Impression -- I was sure of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it… and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wall-paper in its embryonic state is more finished than this seascape.” ~ Louis Leroy

14. Impressionist’s Pursuit -- Ever-changing Light

15. Invention of oil paints packaged in air-tight tubes allowed the Impressionists to paint outdoors

16. Edgar Degas (1834 -- 1917) Auguste Renoir (1841 -- 1919) Claude Monet (1840 -- 1926) Camille Pissarro (1830 -- 1903) The Key Impressionists Mary Cassatt (1844 -- 1926)

17. Some Examples of work by the Impressionists

18. Aim: Objective transcription of the world To study the effect of light on objects & people. 2 main groups: - Landscape: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley - Figure: Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt

19. General Characteristics of Impressionists: - Clear, bright colours ~ Concept of complementary colours - Short, choppy brushwork / dabs - ‘Snapshot’ composition - Sketchy quality Claude Monet The Poppy Field 1873 Oil on canvas

20. Hokusai Katsushika Great Wave off Kanagawa 1823-9 The Influence of Japanese Woodcut prints on Impressionist artists

21. Hiroshige Ando Cherry Blossom at Arashiyama Kitagawa Utamaro The Three Models Impressionists applied the flat, bright colors, and asymmetrical compositions of woodcuts to their paintings.

22. Leader of the Impressionists Claude Monet 1840 -1926

23. Claude Monet Bathing at La Grenouillere 1869

24. Claude Monet Bathing at La Grenouillere 1869 Detail

25. Claude Monet La Grenouillere 1869 Oil on canvas, 74.6 × 99.7 cm

26. Claude Monet The Rue Montorgueil, Paris 1878 Oil on canvas, 81x50cm Detail

27. Claude Monet Rouen Cathedral Series 1890 1880s, Monet began to experiment with series of pictures that allowed him to capture the changes from one time to another. - Devoted himself to capturing the flux of nature Series: Trains arriving at the Gare Saint Lazare, Rouen Cathedral, haystacks, poplars and waterlilies The changing conditions of light – affected by atmosphere, time of day, and season remained his theme http://www.learn.columbia.edu/monet/swf/

28. Claude Monet Haystacks Series 1891

29. Claude Monet Water Lilies 1906