ART 10 LESSON

IMPRESSIONISM
Review: Elements of Art
1. Line
2. Shape
3. Form
4. Space
5. Color
6. Value
7. Texture
 Task:
Identify the
element of
art present in
this artwork

Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies

Oscar Claude Monet
Unlocking of difficulties:
1. decade
2. century

Identify which one is decade, which one

is century: 19th ; 10 years; 2000
In all of human history , ART
has mirrored life in the
community , society , and the
world in all its colors, lines,
shapes, and forms.
Question:

What does the statement mean?

The same has been true in
the last two centuries,
with world events and global
trends being reflected in the
art movements
Give important events that
happened in our history.
(Philippines and World)
Technological breakthroughs

Industrial
Electronic
Revolution Cyberspace
Age in the
of the late Age
mid-1900s
1800s
 Social, Political, and
Environmental Changes
1. Two World
Wars (WWI,
WWII) Environmental
migration
2. Great destruction has
across the Depression also become a
globe (1930s) major concern
3. Asian economic
crisis (1990s)
 EFFECTS ON THE
WORLD OF ART Earlier periods
Impressionists of art had a
quite set
(Post Impressionism) and conventions
Expressionists (Neoprimitivism, as to the style,
Fauvism, Dadaism, Surrealism technique,
Social Realism) conveyed their and treatment
ideas and feelings in bold, of their
innovative ways. subjects
IMPRESSIONISM
1872-1880 (neo-
impressionism, post
impressionism, fauvism,
and cubism

Impression, Soleil Levant

(Impression, Sunrise),
1872

Louis Leroy coined it

in 1874
Question:
1. How did the term
impressionism originate?
2. What does it mean?
3. In what country did this
art movement begin, and
in what period of history?
the viewer’s momentary “impression” of an
image

not intended to be clear or precise, but more

like a fleeting fragment of reality caught on
canvas

mid-motion, awkwardly positioned—just as it

would be in real life
French painter EUGÈNE DELACROIX
The Barque of Dante, 1822
Analysis:
four different, unmixed pigments—yellow, green,
red, drop and its shadow.

viewed from a little distance, these colors blend

to represent individual drops glistening with light.

the distinct colors merge in the eye of the

viewer to appear monochromatic (single-colored)
or, in this case of water droplets, colorless.
(an impression is formed)
Question:
What was the
significance of the
painting technique used
by Delacroix in the
development of the
impressionist style?
Impressionism:
A Break from Past Painting Traditions
• What are the components
that made impressionism
different from the earlier
period of art style?
 Color and Light
Impressionism Earlier Period

freely brushed colors line, form, and

composition
(visual effect)
(detailed rendering
short “broken” strokes of the subject)
(spontaneity) blended smoothly or
shaded
pure unmixed colors
side by side
(energetic/intense [x black])
 • Scenes around
• Household objects
Everyday
• Landscapes, seascapes
Subjects
• Houses, buildings, cafes
Impressionism
• Ordinary people
• Not beautiful/lifelike

• Formally posed portraits

• Grandiose depictions
Early Period (mythical, literary, historical,
religious subjects)
 Painting Outdoors

Impressionism Early Period

painting outdoors painted inside

in natural light a studio

freshness and stiffer, heavier,

immediacy more planned
 Open Composition
• Unusual visual angles
• Sizes of objects (out of proportion)
• Off-center placement
Impressionism • Empty spaces on the canvas

• Formal
• Structured approach (subject’s
Early Period positions)
Question:
What characteristics
distinguished
impressionism from the art
movements of the earlier
centuries?
Group activity:
Describe impressionism by means
of:
Group 1- emoticons
Group 2- colors
Group 3- poem (2 stanzas)
Group 4- chart
Assignment:
1. In an oslo paper, draw an
impressionism art by applying
the different elements of art to
show the characteristics of this
art style.
2. write your name at the back
with yhe title of your artwork.