The document discusses three major art movements - Neoclassical, Romantic, and Impressionism. Neoclassical art was based on classical styles and depicted idealized figures in historical scenes. Romantic art showed emotional subjects like nature and families. Impressionist art used photography techniques to capture spontaneous scenes of daily life with natural light and color.

1. Art Overview Neoclassical, Romantic, and Impressionism

2. Neoclassical

3. Neoclassical Characteristics based on classical Greek and Roman art and culture shows heroic people in scenes from or inspired by ancient history figures look idealized and perfect faces are often calm, without emotion brush strokes tend to be smooth, barely visible

4. Consecration of Napoleon, by Jacques-Louis David

8. Romantic

9. Romantic Characteristics shows scenes of family, nature, heroism, religious, and emotional subjects nature can be calm or stormy faces show inner thoughts and emotion, such as fear, anger, love, hope colors are natural, muted, and soft and show a lot of natural light

13. Impressionism

14. Impressionism Characteristics used photography to experiment with compositions, see spontaneous life based on details of daily life scenes of common people at work are often shown the human body is not idealized faces do not show strong emotions artists attempt to paint light as it really looks on and around figures and objects artists focus on color relationships

20. Post Impressionism. . . . The Search for More Expressive Form and Color

21. Post Impressionism Characteristics Reaction to impressionism, wanted more form Edges are clearly delineated Intense color Emphasis on the imagination

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