BELLWORK

1. BELLWORK What do you think Impressionism is? What artists do you associate with Impressionism?

2. PLANNER: HOMEWORK Tonight, I would like you to consider the basics we have covered today. Write a paragraph about what you like about this movement and what you would like to know about this movement.

3. Introduction to Impressionism 1-8-19

4. Impressionism • Before we talk about this movement at all, I would like to review something… • What do we remember about L’Academie des Beaux-Arts?

5. Impressionism • If you remember, L’Academie was around during Neoclassicism • This school taught classical styles and was very strict about what art was produced in the academy • Art was extremely uniform, and rules were expected to be followed • This is why some people might have wanted to rebel from that school of art and thought...

6. Impressionism • This was the problem in Paris-- not all art could be the same • Art could become overwrought-- nothing would be original anymore, therefore it would be boring • There needed to be a group that would come along and change the rules of art… • And there definitely would be a group! • This group was a group of what were called “Impressionists”

7. Impressionism • Included in the Impressionist group were artists such as Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, and Auguste Renoir • The Impressionists originally set up an exhibition in Paris • The group was originally known as the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc. • This group of artists was unified in the fact that they were against what was called the French “Salon”-- AKA L’Academie, and all its standards on what art was to them

8. Impressionism • So, this group set up an art exhibition in 1874 • These artists were independent-- they worked on pieces that they deemed art • Even though this style is considered to be part of one group, their art styles are all varied • The one thing that could be agreed upon, however, is that this art style was new and innovative for something it did...

9. Impressionism • This art gave an impression of modern life and what it meant to live in the late 19th to early 20th century • Impressionism made art in a “fast” way-- the brushstrokes were short and quick, the paintings never looked completely finished, and everything could seem dissonant in the work • Of course, those that were into classical art hated this! • However, those that were looking for something new found this art exciting and innovative

10. Impressionism • One word the Museum of Modern Art heavily connects to this movement of Impressionism is the word “modernity” • Modernity is defined as “the self-definition of a generation about its own technological innovation, governance, and socioeconomics” (Britannica) • What came with the idea of Modernity is “out with the old, in with the new” • The younger generation in the 19th century felt that rules, standards, and social ideas of this time were antiquated and ready to be thrown out in favor of “making it new,” to use a popular phrase during this time

11. Impressionism • This is why Impressionism was independent and against L’Academie! • Artists were done with the standards of the time and wanted to create something new • So, they started to create in the moment • They wanted to create life as it happened, not recreate the old events that everyone had already known about and tried to recreate before • This made art normal-- art depicted the everyday

12. Thursday: Impressionism Continued • On Thursday, we will begin to talk about the artists and art of the Impressionism movement • I want you to consider how this movement might have been embraced and criticized, and how the art and artists might have been received by the community • I also want you to think about the society where this is coming from-- do you think that Paris was changing? What about it might have been changing?