I would like to talk about a subject that is loved and discussed by many people in our society. I would like to talk about art. Not just any art, but two of my favorite styles – Cubism and Impressionism. I studied art in Russia and continued in United States. And every time I see a bright, full of sunshine work of Impressionist artist or a strange, bizarre looking painting done by Cubist, I get a nervous feeling inside. Feeling of beauty and visual satisfaction, appreciation and delight for people who created the art we enjoy and use every day in our lives. Cubism and Impressionism broke away from the traditional style of painting. Both were not understood and appreciated in the beginning. Impressionism was a radical departure from tradition. And Cubism was a completely different style of art that no one had seen before (http://www.free-researchpapers.com/dbs/a2/ame118.shtml). There are a lot of similarity in both art styles and a lot of differences. I would like to talk about comparison and contrast.
First of all both movements were born in France. Paris-based artists started those movements of art with a difference of 30 years. Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement. The name is derived from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant) that he painted in 1872 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism). Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and George Braque. The “Early Cubism” started in 1906.
Another interesting connection is, according to the English art historian Douglas Cooper, impressionists Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne were particularly influential to the formation of Cubism. Paul Cezanne, in his last years of life, exp...
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...tar looking at you from George Braque’s canvas or a portrait of a famous person done by Pablo Picasso. Cubists used abstract geometrical shapes, like cubes, spheres, cylinders, and cones.
We all see art differently. Someone loves abstract, another person will appreciate expressionism or surrealism, but everyone has a favorite artist or an art object. Both Cubism and Impressionism play an important part in development of modern art. Both art stiles needed time to be accepted and understood. We may not understand what the artist had in mind, but that is what makes it so unique. Pablo Picasso once said: “The fact that for a long time cubism has not been understood. . . means nothing. I do not read English, as English book is a blank book to me. This does not mean that the English language does not exist” (http://www.free-researchpapers.com/dbs/a2/ame118.shtml).
During Vincent Van Gogh’s childhood years, and even before he was born, impressionism was the most common form of art. Impressionism was a very limiting type of art, with certain colors and scenes one must paint with. A few artists had grown tired of impressionism, however, and wanted to create their own genre of art. These artists, including Paul Gaugin, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Paul Cezanne, hoped to better express themselves by painting ...
Impressionism is very pretty and complicated. It was from 1860 to 1910. Monet is the perfect Impressionist. Impressionism had its basic tenants. Their subject matter was the middle upper class, the city, and leisurely activities. They painted on en plein air which means they painted outdoors. They painted in snow, rain, storm, just in order to record directly the effects of light and atmosphere. They painted with strokes and touches of pure color by using a great deal of white and rarely black. They recorded the shifting play of light on the surface of objects and the effect light has on the eye without concern for the physicality of the object being painted. They were influenced by Japanese art and photography. One of Monet’s works is titled Water Lilies. The medium of this work is oil on canvas. Monet is an impressionist. He puts up pure color just describe the water. He said, when you go out paint, the impression of the scene not the exact scene.
Modernism was a widespread change that took place in the late 19th century that continued throughout the early 20th century. This changed the scientific discovery, political philosophies, industrialization, and the growth of urban centers. During this time art was filled with many new and different ideas and styles, which include painting, sculpture, and so much more. This allowed artists to be free to express their emotion in what they want to do within their artwork. In Paris this launched the movement called Impressionism. Impressionist techniques independently, each artist using short or broken brush strokes that barely take forms, unblended colors, and shadows and highlights of light. Its founding members included Edgar Degas, Vincent Van Gogh, and Auguste Renoir, among many other artists. Their work is acknowledged today for its modernity, which embodied its rejection styles of new ideas that illustrate modern life.
An artist that had a huge impact on the branching passage from realism to abstract was Pablo Picasso. One of Picasso’s noticeable art projects was Guernica,
His work is mostly famous with his Cubism events. As he enters its twenty-fifth year, Picasso changed his style of painting. It breaks down and reproduces objects in simple geometric shapes. Cézanne, African tribal art and Iberian sculpture would be the inspiration the painter when it turned to Cubism. (Picasso, P. (1970) With the Demoiselles d 'Avignon that this new style explodes in 1907. That same year, he met Georges Braque with whom he develops the power of Cubism. The two work closely together. To address the problem of representing what exists in three dimensions on a two dimensional surface, Braque and Picasso bring a new answer. They replace the usual codes of color, volume and perspective through a system of geometric signs. They will add to it, in a subsequent phase (synthetic cubism), the use of pieces of various materials (sand, paper, metal, wood, fabric, cardboard ...) to avoid falling into abstract art. Picasso abandons Cubism in 1915. (p25) It had been demonstrated that his work had given a big importance in our current historical events and how it was also given a big importance in his times such as in the support of the cubism
Although from the same artist group, these Impressionists originated from backgrounds that seemed worlds apart. Claude Monet, known as the “Master Impressionist” varied the themes in his artwork more than any other artist did. Monet’s work “Impression Sunrise”, of which the term “Impressionist” originates also gives rise to the title “Master Impressionist”. Edgar Degas started his career as an artist with nothing in common with Monet but the era in which they lived. From themes to brushstrokes and choices of colours, Monet and Degas started their relationship as Impressionist artists on opposite ends of the earth. However, towards the climax of their lives as artists, Monet aided Degas in adopting Impressionist Aesthetic qualities.
Impressionism grew out of and followed immediately after the Barbizon school. A distinctive feature of the work of the Impressionists was the application of paint in touches of mostly pure colour rather than blended; their pictures appeared more luminous and colourful even than the work of Delacroix, from whom they had learned the technique. To the modern eye, the accepted paintings of the salon artists of the day seem pale and dull.
The impressionist movement is often considered to mark the beginning of the modern period of art. It was developed in France during the late 19th century. The impressionist movement arose out of dissatisfaction with the classical, dull subjects and clean cut precise techniques of painting. They preferred to paint outdoors concentrating more on landscapes and street scenes, and began to paint ordinary everyday people and liked to show the effects in natural light.
This essay is based on the semiotic and formal analysis of design differences and comparisons between art deco and art nouveau. the two movements surround the events of world war 1 mainly and influenced but political and social events within the western cultures such as France, England and America. both art movements play a significant role in representing the way people lived socially and representing such aspects of their life spans as wealth, religious views and political and economic influences.
The different art movements are created as a reflection of the type of response to the existing or older art movement. It does not necessarily mean scrapping the old to make way for the new. In art, the new movement always takes with it part of the past, but what makes it distinct is the new and fresh perspective that it brings to the table that wasn't present or appreciated before. If anything, the chronology of art movements is testament to the growth process of the world of art, proof of how the art has been evolving ever since. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism are two art movements that happened in succession, and the characteristics of and existence of Post Impressionism reflects how Post Impressionism is a reaction to the earlier Impressionism and how Post Impressionism, despite its efforts to introduce something new still retained many important characteristics found in Impressionism.
There were several changes of government during this period in France, birth place of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Where Impressionism broke away from the traditions and traditional style of painting, post-Impressionism did not. Post-Impressionism just added another dimension to their paintings. Post-Impressionist added their thoughts and emotions to it. To better explain, Impressionism was a revolutionary style of painting whereas Post-Impressionism style of painting was more Evolutionary. Post Impressionist crossed the proverbial line, when it came to style of painting. By pushing the line of what art was, they redefined what art should be. This laid the foundation for what we call modern art. The Post-Impressionism style evolved from the Impressionist techniques where as Impressionist style did not morph from an earlier style. This is not to say one is better than other, they are both equally influential and impressive. Without these two periods in art history, it is suffice to say our culture would not have been as rich as it is
During the 19th century, a great number of revolutionary changes altered forever the face of art and those that produced it. Compared to earlier artistic periods, the art produced in the 19th century was a mixture of restlessness, obsession with progress and novelty, and a ceaseless questioning, testing and challenging of all authority. Old certainties about art gave way to new ones and all traditional values, systems and institutions were subjected to relentless critical analysis. At the same time, discovery and invention proceeded at an astonishing rate and made the once-impossible both possible and actual. But most importantly, old ideas rapidly became obsolete which created an entirely new artistic world highlighted by such extraordinary talents as Vincent Van Gogh, Eugene Delacroix, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Claude Monet. American painting and sculpture came around the age of 19th century. Art originated in Paris and other different European cities. However, it became more popular in United States around 19th century.
Modernism began as a movement in that late 19th, early 20th centuries. Artists started to feel restricted by the styles and conventions of the Renaissance period. Thusly came the dawn of Modernism in many different forms, ranging from Impressionism to Cubism.
...nding things; putting them together and making them work. He often used subtle colours in his collages allowing for the occasional use of bold colours to act as a contrast. Similarly he would cut shapes into clear geometric forms, often to make some kind of statement. The influences of Cubism and Constructivism, can be seen in the arrangement and composition of his work.