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The Impressionist Moment
Monet
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/23/2008

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Term
Monet
Definition
  • focused on qualities and actions of light
  • no theory or idea behind work; just beauty
  • lyrical quiteness, freshness (no brown underpaint)
  • tache mark: shorthand dash with the brush
  • seizes an instantaneous moment in nature (sur le motif- in front of the motif; IN nature)
  • Impressionism stems from sadness of Franco-Prussian War; artists wanted to create a perfumey oasis
Term
[image]
Definition
  • Manet Dejeuner sur L'herbe
  • 1865
  • dappling light effects
  • more "modern" since they're all clothed
Term
[image]
Definition
  • Manet Women in the Garden
  • 1866
  • separate existence of each figure
  • juxtaposition of light and shade
Term
[image]
Definition
  • Monet Le Grenouillere
  • 1869
  • incredibly simplified, yet pungent figures
  • depicts popular, modern places of Paris
  • dappling tache marks on the water
Term
[image]
Definition
  • Monet Impression Sunrise
  • 1872
Term
[image]
Definition
  • Monet La Japonaise
  • 1876
  • Japonisme: love of Japanese forms, composition, color, etc
  • Japonaisere: collecting of Japanese artifacts (kimonos, fans, etc)
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[image]

Definition
  • Monet Water Lillies
  • 1920
  • no boundaries or limits
  • shimmering
Term
[image]
Definition
  • Monet Haystacks
  • 1888
  • filled with personality
  • impasto, rich, chromatic
Term
[image]
Definition
  • Renoir Luncheon of the Boating Party
  • 1881
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