Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: What’s the Difference?
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BY: MICHELLE CURTIN Impressionism and Post- Impressionism: What’s the Difference?
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: What’s the Difference?. By: Michelle Curtin. Audience. This lesson is intended for a high school introductory painting class. The general location would be a high school in the middle class suburbs that has computer access. . Environment. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: What’s the Difference?
BY: MICHELLE CURTIN
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: What’s the
Difference?
Audience
This lesson is intended for a high school introductory painting class.
The general location would be a high school in the middle class suburbs that has computer access.
Environment
This lesson is intended to be completed after class as an individual at home assignment
Students may work in a school computer lab during study hall or after school to complete the assignment
Objective 1: Impressionism
Students will be able to identify the main characteristics of Impressionist art by reviewing slides with compare and contrast information and then completing a quiz where they identify a paintings as either Impressionist or Post-Impressionist with 100% accuracy.
Objective 2: Post-Impressionism
Students will be able to identify the main characteristics of Post-Impressionist art by reviewing slides with compare and contrast information and then completing a quiz where they identify a paintings as either Impressionist or Post-Impressionist with 100% accuracy.
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: So What’s the Difference?
Table of Contents
This is the home page! Click the house button on the bottom of the slides to return here and jump to a section:
ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismCompare/ContrastQuiz
Impressionism
QUIZ
Impressionism: an Introduction
Impressionism was a nineteenth century art movement of Parisian artists. The name comes from Claude Monet’s piece “Impression Sunrise”.
QUIZ
Impressionist Characteristics
Small, thin, visible brush strokesOpen compositionAccurate depiction of lightOrdinary subject matterMovementPainting “en plein air” or “in the open air”
QUIZ
The Main ImpressionistsFrederic BazilleGustave CaillebotteMary CassattPaul CezanneEdgar DegasArmand GuillauminEdouard ManetClaude MonetBerthe MorisotCamille PissarroPierre-Auguste RenoirAlfred Sisley
QUIZ
Edouard Manet’s “Café Concert”
Note the ordinary subject matter and the visible brushstrokes that create realistic light effects.
QUIZ
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “The Two Sisters on the Terrace”
Note the visible brushstrokes, open composition, and en plein air approach. QUI
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Claude Monet’s “Impression”
Note the small, thin brushstrokes, the open composition, and the movement in the piece. QUI
Z
Post-Impressionism
QUIZ
Post-Impressionism: an Introduction
Post Impressionism describes the progression of French art since Manet. Post-Impressionists extended Impressionism while rejecting it’s limitations.
QUIZ
Post-Impressionist Characteristics
Vivid colorsThick paint applicationVisible brush strokesReal-life subjectsGeometric formsDistortionUnnatural or arbitrary color
QUIZ
The Main Post-ImpressionistsHenri RousseauPaul GauginVincent Van GoghGeorges SeuratToulouse LautrecEmile BernardOdilon Redon
QUIZ
Vincent Van Gogh’s “Bedroom in Arles”
Note the colors, brush strokes, geometric forms, and distortion.
QUIZ
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec’s “Equestrienne at the Cirque Fernando”
Note the brushstrokes, geometric forms, and distortion.QUI
Z
Paul Gauguin’s “Midday Nap”
Note the unnatural colors, thick paint application, real life subject matter, geometric forms, and distortion.
QUIZ
Compare and Contrast
QUIZ
-open composition-accurate light-ordinary subjects-movement-”en plein air”
-vivid colors-thick paint application-geometric forms-distortion-unnatural color
-small visible brush strokes-ordinary subject matter
QUIZ
If you feel ready, you can take the quiz! If not, go back and review!
Question 1
Is this painting…ImpressionistPost-Impressionist
A
B
a. Impressionist
No, Try again!Hint: Think about the abstract brushstrokes.
b. Post-ImpressionistCorrect!
Question 2
This movement involved something called “en plein air”. This movement is…
ImpressionismPost-Impressionism
A
B
a. Impressionism
Correct!Now what does “en plein air” mean?
In the open airPainting outdoorsBoth a & b
A
B
C
b. Post-Impressionism
Sorry, try again!
a. In the open air
Almost! Try again!
b. Painting outdoors
Halfway there! Try again!
c. Both a and b
Correct!
Question 3
This painting is an example of…
Open Composition
Linear Perspective
Surrealism
A
B
C
a. Open Composition
Correct!
b. Linear Perspective
Sorry, this painting demonstrates more of an atmospheric perspective than a linear
perspective.
c. Surrealism
Sorry, this is an Impressionist painting, not Surrealist.
Question 4
The attribute that is not in both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism is…
Visible brushstrokesReal-life subject matterGeometric forms
A
B
C
a. Visible Brush Strokes
No, try again.
b. Real-life Subject Matter
No, sorry.
c. Geometric Forms
Correct! This is only found in Post-Impressionism.
Question 5
This painting is…
Impressionist
Post-Impressionist
A
B
a. Impressionist
Correct!
b. Post-Impressionist
Sorry, try again.
You have Completed the Quiz!
Congratulations! You have now mastered the basics of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist
painting.
