HUM 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Suite Bergamasque, Berthe Morisot, Gustave Eiffel
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Luncheon on the grass: so much controversy w this bc ordinary women were used, not goddesses, pace does(cid:374)"t recede correctl(cid:455) Impressionism: present narrowed down to a single moment, why pictures seemed to be messy, salon des refuses, alternative exhibition for impressionist paintings (cid:862)u(cid:374)dergrou(cid:374)d st(cid:455)le u(cid:374)til late (cid:1005)88(cid:1004)s. The thinker: auguste rodin, never associated himself with impressionism. Irregular body texture: only thing that makes the thinker impressionist. Architecture: eiffel tower, gustave eiffel, not impressionist. Just falls in timeline of impressionist movement: gave world the idea that buildings can rise to new heights, was the tallest building in the world by 1887. Impressionist music: anti-romantic, abruptly changes tempo (cid:862)clair de lu(cid:374)e(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:862)moo(cid:374)light(cid:863)(cid:895) Post impressionism: chronological name, each artist had their own individual style, some analytical, some more expressive. Georges seurat: sunday on la grande jatte, 1884-86, pointillism, none of the colors are blended. Van gogh: harvest at la crau, 1888, visual texture.
