MPC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet, Day Breaks
17 May 2016
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The capture of a transient moment in time. Greater interest in the play of light on a subject than in the subject itself. Replacing imaginative art with face to face encounters. Importance given to modern subjects everyday life in the modern world; transportation, racetracks, cabarets, etc. Interest in atmospheric effects such as smoke, haze, etc. Not a closed group collection of anti-establishment artists who moved in and out of the group. 1860-70: nucleaus formed; academy swiss was where many came in contact. 1st exhibition in 1874 at the studio nadar. 1875: trouville: in this image you can almost feel the sand blowing onto the people; forms blurred. Introduced monet to the notion of painting outdoors. Terrace at ste-adresse: for financial reasons, he would have to go back to his parents, he preferred to be with his pregnant wife; shows interest for atmosphere.
