FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM IMPRESSIONISM Is an art movement that

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FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM
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IMPRESSIONISM Is an art movement that
began in France with this painting by Claude
Monet
(pronounced Klahd Monay)
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Impression Sunrise, 1872 by Claude Monet
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What do you think?
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If Impressionists were painting today, what do
you think theyd paint?
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What new inventions affect the way YOU see the
world?
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Where do you think Impressionists got the idea to
capture a moment?
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Paintings of Haystacks by Monet
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Many paintings and pastels by Impressionist Edgar
Degas (pronounced Day-gah), show ballet dancers
practicing and performing. Going to the ballet
and opera were activities that many French middle
class people enjoyed.
Etoile
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Going to the theatre and socializing in clubs
were also big parts of French middle class
society. Toulouse Lautrec (pronounced Tahloos
Lahtrek), Impressionist painter and printer,
captures a moment at a Table at the Moulin Rouge.
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Women Impressionists were also interested in
painting atmospheric conditions the atmosphere
of everyday family life, especially mothers and
their children. This painting by Berthe Morisot
(pronounced Bayrt Moreeso) shows a peaceful
moment for the mother.
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Mary Cassatt was an American artist living in
France. She was a close friend of Edgar Degas.
Her paintings show everyday family life indoors.
Although she didnt have any children of her own,
the subject of most of her paintings is
mother-and-child and her paintings contain many
patterns that could be found in middle class
French homes.
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Men also showed family life of the French middle
class, as in Country Footpath in the Summer by
Auguste Renoir (pronounced Ahgoost Renwah).
Notice how the atmospheric feeling of warm
sunshine is created with bright yellows and there
is little detail in the figures.
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• Impressionism is characterized by
• loose brushstrokes
• atmospheric conditions, often colors of vivid
  light
• a captured moment of the leisure activities of
  the French middle class

Riverbank at St. Mammes Alfred Sisley
(pronounced Sislee)
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In later years, Monet became very famous for his
garden in Giverny, France.
This is the actual Japanese footbridge on his
property.
This is one of his plein-air paintings.
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This is one of Monets famous paintings of Water
Lilies.
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What do you need to know about
FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM
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WHO Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Morisot, Renoir,
Lautrec, Sisley
WHAT French Impressionism
WHEN 1870 - 1890
WHERE France
WHY to show everyday life of the French middle
class, to capture a moment, to show atmospheric
conditions, to be the onlooker
HOW loose brushstrokes colors of vivid light
or mood landscapes, seascapes, or scenes
camera lens perspectives
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WHO Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Morisot, Renoir,
Lautrec, Sisley
WHAT French Impressionism
WHEN 1870 - 1890
WHERE France
WHY to show everyday life of the French middle
class, to capture a moment, to show atmospheric
conditions, to be the onlooker
HOW loose brushstrokes colors of vivid light
or mood landscapes, seascapes, or scenes
camera lens perspectives
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untitled Claude Monet