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!

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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)