Visual Arts History 1040 Chapter 23: Chapter 23 Summary Kleiner Text
7 Jan 2012
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The impressionists also focused on recording the contemporary urban scene in paris, they frequently painted bars, dance halls, the ballet, wide boulevards, and railroad stations. Complimenting the impressionists sketchy seemingly spontaneous brush strokes are the compositions of their paintings, reflecting the influence of japanese prints and photography impressionist works often have arbitrary but off figures and settings seen at sharply oblique angles. Post impressionism is not a unified style, the term refers to a group of late 19th century artists who followed the impressionists and took painting in new directions. The symbolists distained realism as trivial and sought to depict a reality beyond that of the everyday world, they rejected materialism and celebrated fantasy and imagination, their subjects were often mysterious, exotic, and sensuous. Sculpture is not suited to capture transitory optical effects or exploring the properties of colour and line and late. New technologies and the changing needs of industrialized society transformed western architecture in the late.
