FINE112 Lecture Notes - Where We Are, Mike Dirnt, Palais Garnier

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Fine Arts
• Course: FINE112
• Professor: Joan Coutu

Document Summary

Avant garde and modernism; the studios of paris. Brief overview of the cultural context for the emergence of impressionism. Discussion of the growing interest in observing natural light and the physical environment over the course of the 19th century to provide a context for the emergence of impressionism in the 1860s. Impressionists began realizing that infact shadow are is made up of different colours (ex. Bal at the moulin de la galette: impressionists explored unique characteristics of painting vs. photography: Impressionist paintings differed from classical paintings in that they conveyed modern life (ex. Le grenoiuillere, concert in the tuileries: they differed from photography in that they portrayed the sensation of the landscape (ex. Boulivard des capucines, impression sunrise): emotions through use of colour and exploration of light (impressionists were pretty hung up on the use of light) Concentration on type of art- many impressionists worked together en plein eir.