PRACTICE OF RESEARCH & RESEARCHING POST IMPRESSIONISM

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RESEARCH ACTIVITY

There are two parts to this assignment. You may carry out your research in pairs and complete it in your own time. Only submit your own work.

1. Using the resource list provided, you are to find out how to conduct academic research and write a bibliography using the Harvard system. 
2. Use these resources to find out key information about Post-Impressionism and the Post-Impressionist artists.

Part 1: PRACTICE OF RESEARCH

Read the online articles:

Ithica College library, Primary and Secondary Sources, http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary viewed 27 May 2014

Massey University “Identifying academic sources”, 2010, New Zealand,

http://owll.massey.ac.nz/academic-writing/identifying-academic-sources.php viewed 25 May 2014

Monash University, “what are academic resources?”, 2011, http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=43345&sid=1541393 viewed 25 may 2014

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1. What is an academic resource?

Do they use Primary or Secondary resources, or both?

 

2. Are the following resources an example of an academic resource? Why / why not?

Websites The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2014, The Helibrunn  Timeline of Art History, New York, viewed 25 May 2014, www.metmuseum.org Your answer: Wikipedia, viewed 25 May 2014, www.wikipedia.com Your answer: Books Hopwood, G, 1971 Handbook of Art: A history of painting, sculpture and architecture from the earliest times to the present day, The Specialty Press, Victoria. Your answer: Other Internet Sources Zucker, S, Harrris, B, 2012 , Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apples, oil on canvas, 1895-98 (MoMA), Video, Kahn Academy: SmartHistory, viewed 26 May 2014, http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/Cezannes-Still-Life-with-Apples.html Your answer:

 

3. What is the difference between a reference list and a bibliography?


4. Find four resources for Post impressionism. Including:

a (credible) website,
an academic / peer reviewed journal article from the TAFE RI eresources,
a book from the TAFE RI Library collection, and
a (credible) youtube clip.

5. Prepare a reference list of these four resources using the Harvard system in the space below (eg: Book = Author surname, initial, date, title, publisher, location.)

 

Part 2: POST IMPRESSIONISM

Using these three resources as a start point, answer the following questions:

6. What is post impressionism?

 

7. When did it occur?

 

 

8. Name four key artists, their nationality, birth & death dates.

       Artist                      Nationality                 Birth & Death dates1.
2.
3.
4.

 

9. How were these artists influenced by French Impressionism?

 

10. Research and analyse one painting by a post impressionist artist and comment on the painting style, painting method, choice of subject and what the artist was striving to achieve in their exploration into their works.


11. Use a quote from one of your resources to justify your claims & cite it correctly (use the Harvard guide from TAFE)

 

Resource List: Practice of Research

Websites

Ithica College library, Writing and Citing, http://ithacalibrary.com/research/ , viewed 27 May 2014

Ithica College library, Primary and Secondary Sources, http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary viewed 27 May 2014

Massey University “Identifying academic sources”, 2010, New Zealand,

http://owll.massey.ac.nz/academic-writing/identifying-academic-sources.php viewed 25 May 2014

Monash University, 2009, Learning Support for Off-Campus users, Improve your academic outcomes, http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/OffCampus/Improve/ viewed 27 May 2014

Monash University, “what are academic resources?”, 2011, http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=43345&sid=1541393 viewed 25 may 2014

Resource List: Bibliography & Referencing

Documents

TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, 2014, Guide to preparing a bibliography(Harvard), https://share.tafensw.edu.au/share/items/631ce0e2-5a03-60df-26cf-b255a3b3c959/3/viewcontent viewed 26 May 2014.

TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, 2014, QuickLinks for study skills, http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/quicklinkstopic/30#777 viewed 26 May 2014

Websites

University of Queensland, 2011, References/Bibliography Harvard Style, University of Queensland, Australia, 25 May 2014, https://www.library.uq.edu.au/_/help/referencing-style-guides

Resource List: Art Research Online

Websites

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2014, The Helibrunn  Timeline of Art History, New York, viewed 25 May 2014, www.metmuseum.org

The Museum of Modern Art, 2014, The Collection, New York, viewed 25 May 2014,

www.moma.com

Zucker, S, Harrris, B, 2012, Kahn Academy: SmartHistory, viewed 26 May 2014, http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org

TAFE Riverina Institute Resources

*TAFERI Library eresources http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/eresources

TAFERI library Lib guides http://riverinainstitute.libguides.com

TAFE RI Library Quick Links http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/quicklinks/

TAFE RI Library Catalogue http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/

TAFE NSW StudyLinks https://www.tafensw.edu.au/library/studylinks/study/information.htm

*use this resource to locate a journal article.

Created for TAFE Riverina Institute Diploma Visual Arts program 2014. F Hibble, May 2014. 

 

IMPRESSIONISM - ASSIGNMENT

Begin this assignment in class & complete in your own time. Use the resources listed to research your answers. Copy and paste the text from this blog into a new word document. Make sure you put your name on it!

NAME

 

1. Who was the leader of France during the Impressionist movement?


2. What was the role of the Salon at the French Academy? And what did the French leader do as a consequence? 


3. When did Impressionism occur? Date(s):


4. List 5 (important) Impressionist artists:


5. Why do you think artists and critics began to use the term ‘impressionism’ to describe paintings made in a direct painting style? How was early Impressionism viewed in Paris? 


6. The Impressionists are known for their unconventional application of paint. What was this technique called and what are its qualities? 


7. What does painting ‘en plein air’ mean? Why was this important to the Impressionists? 


8. What practical challenges did working en plein air present to artists? What ‘breakthrough’ in technology helped them to paint in this way?


9. How is this (plein air) evident in the type of landscape paintings the artists produced?


10. What were two influences for the artists of the Impressionism movement? Explain how these influences can be seen in a painting.


11. What was Claude Monet striving to achieve by painting Haystacks and Rouen Cathedral over 50 different times?


12. Georges Seurat was part of the Neo-Impressionist style and created the technique known as Pointilism. What did pointillism hope to achieve and how was the paint applied or treated?


13. In this area, paste 3 color images of artwork from the Impressionism movement. Under each label the work with title, artist, date and medium. 


14. With reference to your selected paintings, describe what the artists have painted and the characteristics/style they employed (How did they paint?) Describe the different light, colour and atmospheric effects in each painting and how the artist’s technique, style (including use of colour and tone) suggests these effects. 


15. In this area, paste one colour painting of a Realist artist (eg: Courbet, Millet). Under the image label with title, artist, date and medium.


16. Compare your three chosen paintings with a landscape painting by an earlier, Realist artist that was completed in the studio. Answer the questions below:


17. What differences are there between the works (consider technique, visual qualities, composition and scale)? How do the visual effects created using the Impressionist technique differ from the effects created by more traditional painting techniques? How did the practice of working en plein air to produce a finished painting differ significantly from more traditional approaches to painting the landscape?  

RESOURCES

Youtube

What is impressionism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJthUa536Hw&list=PLkVVQty3LEWNx8WVseqdo9mPwfB3DmIL3

discussion about ( Manet’s Olympia Smarthistory)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bihBbqzL96Y

discussion about Manet le dejeuner sur l'herbe (luncheon on the grass)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb_4nEFyeGk

websites:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Helibrunn Timeline of Art History)

www.metmuseum.org

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/australianimpressionism/education/index.html

Books

Hopwood, G, 1971, Handbook of Art, The Specialty Press, Melbourne

Williams, D, Vance Wilson, B, 1992, From Caves to Canvas, National Library of Australia, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Australia

Thematic Essays

Auricchio, Laura. "The Transformation of Landscape Painting in France". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lafr/hd_lafr.htm (October 2004)

Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Jason. "The Salon and The Royal Academy in the Nineteenth Century". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sara/hd_sara.htm (October 2004)

 

Finocchio, Ross. "Nineteenth-Century French Realism". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. NewYork: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rlsm/hd_rlsm.htm (October 2004)

 

Amory, Dita. "Georges Seurat (1859–1891) and Neo-Impressionism". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/seni/hd_seni.htm (October 2004)

 

 

Rabinow, Rebecca. "Édouard Manet (1832–1883)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mane/hd_mane.htm(October 2004)

Schenkel, Ruth. "Edgar Degas (1834–1917): "Painting and Drawing"In Heilbrunn Timeline of ArtHistory. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dgsp/hd_dgsp.htm (October 2004)

 

Auricchio, Laura. "Claude Monet (1840–1926)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cmon/hd_cmon.htm

(October2004)

 

Samu, Margaret. "Impressionism: Art and Modernity". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm (October 2004)