Impressionism By: Capri Pimental

• It is a 19th- century art movement. It was influenced by Paris-based artists.

• The name of this style is inspired by Claude Monet’s art piece named Impressionism, soleil levant. This translates to Impressionism, Sunrise.

• This art style requires small, thin, yet visible brush strokes.

Pacific Blues

Starry Night

• Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by Impressionist music and Impressionist literature.

• Some famous Impressionist were: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt, Alfred Sisley, and Berthe Morisot. There were many others.

Impact of Impressionism

• It set new to standards to how other artists viewed nature and how they would depict it.

• Many were excited by the change in style/genre.

• It gave artists a wide variety of how to paint and what techniques they could use.

• It gave artists and admirers new ways to look at art in general. How every artist has their own way of bringing life in to their work.

Parasol

The Avenue

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte

Beach Children

Citations

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