Impressionism as a culture movement

• 19th-century;

• Claude Monet1840-1926. 

Claude Monet “Impression, Sunrise”

Composition

• Effect of an Impressionist painting is often similar to a snapshot, a part of a larger reality caught as if by chance;

• Photography encouraged Impressionists to capture the moment, not only in the lights of a landscape, but in the day-to-day people’s lives.

Arrival At Saint Lazare Station by Claude Monet

• The technique of Impasto (short, thick or thin strokes).

Lady in the Garden by Claude Monet

• Colours are applied side-by-side with as little mixing as possible.

Landscape With Thunderstorm by Claude Monet

• The use of black paint is avoided;

The Road to Chailly by Claude Monet

• Wet paint is placed into wet paint.

San Giorgio Maggiore by Claude Monet

• The technique of painting in the evening.

• The technique of Natural light;

• Close attention to the reflection of colours from object to object;

• Accurate depiction of light and its changing

Rouen Cathedral, The Portal and the Tour d'Albane,FullSunlight by Claude Monet

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