IMPRESSIONISM

ART IN THE 19TH CENTURY…PRESENT

TODAY

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“MY LOVE” “My Love” (2006) its an animated short film directed by Alexander Petrov based on “A love story” by Ivan Sergeievih. It is about a young man thats its fighting with himselve trying to decide between 2 possible lovers, a sweet romance with his maid or a wild adventure with a sexy and older woman. Its a very passionate film painted in glass, the continuous blurs and sharps of the image are part of the poetic language of the Petrov´s film, it´s really beautiful. Is such a peace of art created in our days and it´s derived from the Impressionism, specially for the visual composition, the technique that is painting on glass using fingers and later on taking pictures of them to create the animation and also the complete animation refers to short and speedy brush strokes and bright colours used during Impressionism.

 IMPRESSIONISM  It began in the late 19th century, exactly in 1874 in France when the Anonymous Society of independent artist organized an exhibition. Those french artists rejected many of the traditional art conventions .They focused on their subjetive perceptions, their main characteristic was painting using short and speedy brush strokes, an experimental use of color, emphasis on the effects of light and they represented modern life.

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF IMPRESSIONISM:

*Paint using short and speedy brush strokes.

*Experimental use of colour (bright colors).

*Emphasis on the effects of light.

*Representation of modern life

Young Woman Knitting. 1883.Berthe Morisot Oil on canvas

Young Woman Seated on a Sofa. 1879Berthe MorisotOil on canvas

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Impressionism was "the begining of an awareness of the social upheavals caused by the Industrial Revolution"

Thanks to the Mechanical production of color, which included mechanical grinding, oil binders and additives that helped to keep the paint homogeneus inside their containers, the term "paint alla prima" was born.

This term meant that the painting was done in one sitting, which is the way impressionist paintings were made.

SOCIAL CONTEXT

Monet painted a nude woman in a contemporary setting and it was frowned upon by the academie des Beaux Arts of Paris and thus, giving birth to the salon for rejected art. This salon started as a place for people to go and mock the rejected art, but later on it became even more popular than the main salon, as a result Monet, along with other artists such as Renoir, Pisarro and Sisley, created the " Cooperative and Anonymous Association of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers" and they displayed there their artwork independantly

They didn't make much money this way, but they slowly became popular and got the acceptance of the public.

CULTURAL CONTEXT 

The thinker  by Auguste RodinIt is impressionist because it is not just a man made of bronze, but because it represents philosophy.

Anna Karenina by Leo TolsoyThe novel includes the backdrop of rapid transformations as a result of the liberal reforms such as- The rise of new business elites- Awakening of public opinion- The woman question

He was born in 1840 in France and he was known for being one of the principal exponents of impressionism. When he was young he loved to go to excursions and to the beach. He realized his militar service in Algeria and after that he returned to Paris. In 1864 he painted his first work called “The coast at Sainte-Adresse”.

CHARLES MONET

In 1867, when his illegitimate son was born the situation for him was really difficult, he was forced to live in poberty and also he tried suicide.

After a quick recovery in 1874 he participated in the first impressionist exhibition.

During 1883 until his dead in 1926 he lived with his second wife in Giverny, France. And in 1893 he started to work in the catedral of Ruan participating as the autor in 50 paintings.

MONET´S PAINTINGS

Femmes au jardin” (1866). Claude Monet

IMPRESSION, SOLEIL LEVANT” (1872) CLAUDE MONET.

“Le pont japonais” (1889) Claude Monet.

“The artist’s garden at Giverny” (1900). Claude Monet

His paintings was really influenced with his personal life, because at the beginning of his career he was interested in painting nature, and the colors of the paintings were more harmonious. After his bad period he started to create more complex and melancholic paintings, he also tried to experiment more with the colors and textures, and everything was related to his context, the things that he was living and feeling.

His paintings in general also were characterized by the use of short and speedy strokes and the simulations of the actual reflected light.

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