What Is An Art Movement?: Artistic Ideals, Style, Technical Approach or Timeframe

What is an Art Movement?
 Art Movements are the collective titles that are given to artworks which share the same
 Artistic ideals,
 Style,
 Technical approach
 or timeframe.
 There is no fixed rule that determines what constitutes an art movement.

 Art Movements are simply a historical convenience for grouping together artists of a
 certain period or style so that they may be understood within a specific context.
 Grouping artists of similar interests or styles into Art Movements is mainly a
 characteristic of Western Art.
 Art Movements are essentially a 20th century development when there was a greater
 variety of styles than at any other period in the history of art.
1. What was the art movement before Impressionism?
 Before Impressionism there was the art movement called Realism.

 Realism paint in a 'realistic' manner; show objects / scenes as they appear in reality.
Some of the artists include Courbet, Daumier and Millet.
 Romantic painters were interested in depicting: Human emotions.
2. What is Impressionism in art history?
 Impressionism was an art movement in France at the end of the 19th century.
 Impressionism was the first movement in the canon of modern art and had a massive
effect on the development of art in the 20th century.
. ‫كان ا نطباعية حركة فنية في فرنسا في نهاية القرن التاسع ع‬

.‫ين‬ ‫كان ا نطباعية الحركة ا ولى في قانون الفن الحديث وكان له تأثير هائل على تطور الفن في القرن الع‬
3. How did the impressionism get its name?

 The term 'impressionism' comes from a painting by Claude Monet, which he showed in
an exhibition with the name Impression, Soleil levant ("Impression, Sunrise").
An art critic called Louis Leroy saw the exhibition and wrote a review in which he said
that all the paintings were just "impressions". The word stuck.
4. What is impressionism art style?
 A style of painting associated mainly with French artists of the late nineteenth century,
such as Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir
 Impressionist art is a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as
someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it.
 They paint the pictures with a lot of color and most of their pictures are outdoor scenes.
Their pictures are very bright and vibrant.
 Impressionist painting seeks to re-create the artist's or viewer's general impression of a
scene.
5. What were Impressionists painters rejecting from the past? What was
important for them?
 They abandoned the conventional idea that the shadow of an object was made up from
its color with some brown or black added.
 Instead, they enriched their colors with the idea that the shadow of an object is broken
up with dashes of its complementary color.
 For example, in an Impressionist painting the shadow on an orange may have some
strokes of blue painted into it to increase its vitality.
 Impressionist painting seeks to re-create the artist's or viewer's general impression of a
scene.
 They paint the pictures with a lot of color and most of their pictures are outdoor scenes.
Their pictures are very bright and vibrant.
6. Why was impressionism art rejected?
 The art made by the Impressionists broke long accepted and expected traditions.
 It was the first movement to be formed, in large part, on the basis of rejecting the
traditional venue (the Salon) for displaying and selling art.
 Art dealers had stocks of conventional art to sell
 It was only an impression of a picture, not a fully accurate detailed picture
 this impressionist impulse was expressed in terms that went beyond the effects of light:
they were more interested in how the effects of light
7. Define Impressionists painters
 The Impressionists were a group of artists renowned for their innovative painting
techniques and approach to using color in art.
. ‫كان ا نطباعيون مجموعة من الفنانين المشهورين بتقنياتهم المبتكرة في الرسم والنهج ستخدام اللون في الفن‬
 Many artists contributed to the first exhibition of French Impressionist painting in 1874
but Claude Monet (1840-1926), Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Camille Pissarro
(1831-1903), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Alfred Sisley (1839-99) and Henri Marie
Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) were the main figures who formed the
backbone of the movement
، (١٨٤٠-١٩٢٦) ‫ لكن كلود مونيه‬، ١٨٧٤ ‫ساهم العديد من الفنانين في المعرض ا ول للوحة ا نطباعية الفرنسية في عام‬
(١٨٣٩-٩٩ ) ‫ وألفريد سيسلي‬، (١٨٣٤-١٩١٧) ‫ وإدغار ديغا‬، (١٨٣١-١٩٠٣) ‫ وكاميل بيسارو‬، (١٨٤١-١٩١٩) ‫وبيير أوغست رينوار‬
‫( كانوا الشخصيات الرئيسية التي شكلت العمود الفقري للحركة‬١٨٦٤-١٩٠١) ‫وهنري ماري رايموند دي تولوز لوتريك‬
8. What are the characteristics of Impressionist art?

Characteristics of Impressionist paintings include relatively
 small, thin yet visible brush strokes,

 open composition, emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in its
changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time),
 ordinary subject matter,
 the inclusion of movement as a crucial element ...
9. What is an Impressionist painting?
10. How do Impressionists paint?
 squint.
 use a hog hair brush.
 apply thick paint.
 use complementary colors.
 mix color on the canvas.
 adopt an impressionist palette.
11. Who was known as the father of Impressionism?
Monet, Father of Impressionism. Claude Monet is perhaps the most famous of the
Impressionist painters. While the movement takes its name from one of his paintings, he
was not the first to paint in a style that would become known as Impressionism. He
would, however, become the most famous of the impressionist painters.
12. What was the inspiration of Claude Monet?
He understood what his life was about, and what painting was about." Monet,
inspired by Boudin, went on to create the very first impressionist painting — and to
make studies of light as it fell on haystacks, a cathedral and — eventually — tangles of
water lilies, floating in a pond
- ‫ استمر في إنشاء اللوحة ا نطباعية ا ولى‬.‫ وما هو الرسم الذي كان يدور حوله‬، ‫لقد فهم ما كانت حياته تدور حوله‬
‫ تشابك زنابق الماء التي تطفو في بركة‬،‫ وكاتدرائية‬، ‫وإجراء دراسات عن الضوء على أكوام التبن‬
13. What techniques did Claude Monet use in his paintings?
The painting technique fundamental to impressionism is that of broken color, which is

supposed to achieve the actual sensation of light itself in a painting. Monet worked
primarily in oil paint, but he also used pastels and carried a sketchbook.
‫ والتي من المفترض أن تحقق ا حساس الفعلي بالضوء نفسه‬، ‫تقنية اللوحة ا ساسية ل نطباعية هي ا لوان المكسورة‬
.‫أيضا الباستيل وحمل كراسة رسم‬
ً ‫ لكنه استخدم‬، ‫في الط ء الزيتي‬ ‫ عمل مونيه بشكل أسا‬.‫في لوحة‬
14. Is Starry Night Impressionism?
The Starry Night is an oil on canvas by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent
van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his
asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an
idealized village.
‫ مع‬، ‫وق الشمس‬ ‫ قبل‬، ‫ق من غرفته اللجوء في سان ريمي دي بروفانس‬ ‫تصور وجهة نظر من النافذة التي تواجه ال‬
.‫إضافة قرية مثالية‬
Impression, Sunrise
Painting by Claude Monet
Impression, Sunrise is a painting by Claude Monet. Shown at what would later be

known as the "Exhibition of the Impressionists" in April 1874, the painting is attributed to
giving rise to the name of the Impressionist movement.
Date of Creation:1872
Height (cm):53.00
Length (cm):46.00
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Subject: Cityscapes
Technique: Rapid brushstrokes
Created by: Claude Monet
Current Location: Paris, France
Displayed at: Musée Marmottan Monet
Starry Night Over the Rhône

Painting by Vincent van Gogh
Starry Night Over the Rhône is one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of Arles at
nighttime. It was painted at a spot on the bank of the Rhône that was only a one or two-
minute walk from the Yellow House ...
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Dimensions: 72 cm x 92 cm
Location: Musée d'Orsay
Created: September 1888
Medium: Oil on canvas
Periods: Modern art, Post-Impressionism

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What is an Art Movement?

 There is no fixed rule that determines what constitutes an art movement.

 Before Impressionism there was the art movement called Realism.

2. What is Impressionism in art history?

. ‫كان ا نطباعية حركة فنية في فرنسا في نهاية القرن التاسع ع‬

3. How did the impressionism get its name?

4. What is impressionism art style?

6. Why was impressionism art rejected?

7. Define Impressionists painters

8. What are the characteristics of Impressionist art?

 small, thin yet visible brush strokes,

11. Who was known as the father of Impressionism?

12. What was the inspiration of Claude Monet?

13. What techniques did Claude Monet use in his paintings?

The painting technique fundamental to impressionism is that of broken color, which is

14. Is Starry Night Impressionism?

Impression, Sunrise is a painting by Claude Monet. Shown at what would later be

Technique: Rapid brushstrokes

Created by: Claude Monet

Current Location: Paris, France

Displayed at: Musée Marmottan Monet

Starry Night Over the Rhône

Location: Musée d'Orsay

Created: September 1888

Medium: Oil on canvas

Periods: Modern art, Post-Impressionism

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