Impressionism
Time Period: 1872-1880
- Painters worked in plein-air; artificial atmosphere inhibited artistic expression; artists moved out to capture the effects of atmosphere and light
- Relied on the transient, the quick, and the fleeting
- Impressionist brushstrokes seek to capture the effects of light
- Times of day and seasons affect the appearance of objects
- Spectacular color range; stark contrasts to subtle harmonies
- Concentrate on landscape and still life painting
- Influence of Japanese art; imitated flatness; compositional qualities
- Anti academic and antibourgeois
- Monet most important figure