Impressionism

Impressionism
- Relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes
- Open composition
- Emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time)
- Common, ordinary subject matter
- Inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience
- Unusual visual angles
Mary Cassatt
- Women
- The bonds between mother and children
Paul Cézanne
- Impressionist-Post Impressionist
- Vivid colors
Edgar Degas
- Paris life
- Haunting colors
Claude Monet
- The Impressionist
- Pastel colors

Author

andifricks

ID

166038

Card Set

Impressionism

Description

Impressionist painters and the movement itself

Updated

2012-08-14T21:52:36Z

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