Modern art movements: Impressionism

Presentation made for grade 8 high school students showing the various art movements in the 20th century with a focus on Impressionism

1. Modern Art Movements November 13, 2020 Ms. Johnson

2. Modern art I felt before I thought -Jean Jacques Rousseau Philosopher Modern Art refers to the period in art when artists neglected the academic ways of creating works(left) and decided to experiment more with different types of art, materials, colours and subject matters(right). Modern Art started in the late 19 th century following the rise the Industrial Revolution alongside the ideas many great philosophers of the time started to push(such as Freud etc ). Modern Art artists began to realize the actual value of art(financially, spiritually, psychologically etc.).

3. Art Movements Modern Art is broken down into several Art Movements Art Movements are the collective titles that are given to artworks which share the same artistic ideals, style, technical approach or timeframe. Art Movements are typically named after the movement has started and is strongly influenced by things happening in the world.

4. Social Movement A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. Art movements are STRONGLY influenced by social movements.

5. Name a social movement that is currently happening in society. Have you seen any effect on the kind of Art being produced nowadays? Paintings, Drawings, Posters, Advertisements, Social Media?

6. A Few Movements of the 21 st Century #MeToo Movement Black Nationalism Movement (#BLM) Gay Rights Movement Dump Trump Movement TikTok Movement

7. BLM

8. What are the years in the 17 th century? 1600-1699 1700-1799 1800-1899

9. 20 th century Modern Art movements: 1900-1999 Abstract expressionism Art deco Bauhaus Colour-field painting Conceptual art Constructivism Cubism Dada De stijl Der blaue reiter Deutscher werkbund Die brücke The eight Expressionism Fauvism Fluxus Futurism Group f.64 Harlem renaissance Impressionism Metaphysical painting Minimalism Neo-expressionism New objectivity Op art Orphism Performance art Photo-realism Photo secession Pop art Precisionism Purism Social realism Street photography Suprematism Surrealism Tachism Vorticism

10. The Most Influential Movements Of Modern Art

11. Impressionism (1870-1910) Began at the end of the 19 th century A Style/Movement in art characterized by the artist’s desire to capture how light affects the subject matter. This style was rejected by a jury for the Paris Salon(an official state sponsored exhibition) The name 'Impressionism' comes from a sarcastic review of Monet's painting, 'Impression, Sunrise' (1873), written by Louis Leroy in a magazine following an exhibition put on by the Salon called Salon des Refuses . Works were considered unfinished and ‘slap-dashed’ due to the movements that occurred before.

12. Academic Art vs Impressionism Jacques Louis David, “The Death of Socrates” - 1787 Claude Monet, “Impression: Sunrise” - 1872 Can you see why the Academy would be mad about Monet’s Sunrise?

13. The Impressionists were the first group of artists to embrace painting ' en plein air ' (outside). This allowed them to capture the atmospheric light faster and with ease With smaller canvases being made and oil paints in tubes(1841), they were able to do entire artworks outside

14. Why are the colours in each work different?

15. Techniques The Impressionists painted with small strokes of pure colours which mixed in the eye of the spectator when viewed from a distance. This meant that they had to paint quickly to capture the atmosphere of a particular time of day or the effects of different weather conditions on the landscape. The speed of the Impressionists' painting technique forced them to sacrifice accurate line and detail in favour of atmospheric effect.

16. Impressionist Painting Demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wga1qP_zm0c

17. Subject Matter The subject most suited to the Impressionist technique was landscape, but they also painted portraits, still lifes and figure compositions. The Impressionists embraced the everyday life as a subject matter

18. Main artists associated with Impressionism:

19. Let’s take a personal quiz! Which Art Movement Are You? https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/quiz-which-art-movement-are-you

20. Impressionism Activity Go en plein air in your most comfortable painting clothes along with your paints, your paintbrush and your paper. Create an Impressionist painting of a landscape. Be loose with your brush strokes and pay attention to the effect of light on the objects in your artwork. Remember, for Impressionism, you stop at your beginning! If you don’t have any paint, you can use wax crayons or even do it digitally! Use a phone or tablet to create your masterpieces. Painting Like an Impressionist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JTazf7tH44