The document discusses the evolution of modern art, focusing on the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism movements, which emerged in the late 19th century. Key characteristics of Impressionism include the use of vibrant, freely brushed colors to capture fleeting moments and outdoor scenes, while Post-Impressionism introduced geometric techniques and emotional expression through color. The text also highlights prominent artists such as Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Vincent van Gogh, as well as other modern art movements like Expressionism, Fauvism, and Dadaism.

1. Modern Art:
Impressionism
and Post
Impressionism
with Really Great Site

2. IMPRESSIONISM:
Impressionism was an art movement
that emerged in the second half of the
19th century among a group of Paris-
based artists. The duration of
impressionist movement itself was
quite short, from 1872 to the mid-1880’s.

3. IMPRESSIONISM:
The term precisely captured what this
group of artists sought to represent in
their works: the viewer’s momentary
“impression” of an image.

4. Characteristics of
Impressionism
• The impressionist painted with freely
brushed colors that conveyed more of a
visual effect than a detailed rendering of the
subject.
• They used short “broken” strokes that were
intentionally made visible to the viewer.
• They placed pure unmixed color side by
side rather than blended smoothly or
shaded.

5. Characteristics of
Impressionism
• They ventured into capturing scenes of life
around them, household objects,
landscapes, seascapes, houses, cafes, and
buildings.
• Impressionists best capture the ever-
changing effects of light on color by
painting outdoors in natural light.

6. POST-
IMPRESSIONISM:
After the brief and highly influential period
of impressionism, an outgrowth movement
known as post-impressionism emerged.
Characteristics of Impressionism
• They use geometric approach.
• Fragmenting objects and distorting
people’s faces and body parts.
• They apply unnatural colors.

7. In all human history, art has mirrored life
in the community, society, and the world in
all its colors, lines, shapes, and forms. The
same have been true in the last two
centuries, with world events and global
trends being reflected in the various art
movements.

8. The decades from 1900 to the present have
seen the human race living in an ever
shrinking planet. The 20th century saw a
boom in the interchange of ideas, beliefs,
values, and lifestyles that continues to
bring the citizens of the world closer
together.

9. Impressionist art is a style in which the
artist captures the image of an object as
someone would see it if they just caught a
glimpse of it. They paint the pictures with
a lot of color and most of their pictures are
outdoor scenes. Their pictures are very
bright and vibrant.

10. EDOUARD MANET
Impressionist Artist (1832-1883)
The Father of Modern Art & the
Impressionism Art Movement
a key figure in the
transition from realism
to impressionism, with
a number of his works
considered as marking
the birth of modern
art.

11. A Bar at the Folies Bergère

12. CLAUDE MONET
Impressionist Artist (1840-1926)
one of the founders of
the impressionist
movement. He was the
most prominent of the
group and is considered
the most influential figure
in the movement. Monet
is best known for his
landscape painting.

13. 'Irises in Monet's Garden', 1900
(oil on canvas)

14. AUGUSTE RENOIR
Impressionist Artist (1841-1919)
His early works were
snapshots of real life, full of
sparkling color and light. By
the mid 1880’s, Renoir broke
away from the impressionist
movement to apply a more
disciplined, formal technique
to portraits of actual people
and figure painting.

15. A Girl with a Watering Can (1876)

16. PAUL CEZANNE
Post Impressionist Artist (1839-1906)
His work exemplified the
transition from late 19th
century impressionism to a
new and radically different
world of art in the 20th
century – paving the way for
the next revolutionary art
movement known as
expressionism.

17. Still Life With Compotier

18. VINCENT VAN GOGH
Post Impressionist Artist (1853-1890)
Vincent Van Gogh’s works
were remarkable for their
strong, heavy brush strokes,
intense emotions, and colors
that appeared to almost
pulsate with energy.

19. Starry Night

20. EXPRESSIONISM

21. EXPRESSIONISM
Expressionism is a modernist
movement, initially in poetry and
painting, originating in Germany
at the beginning of the 20th
century. Its typical trait is to
present the world solely from a
subjective perspective, distorting
it radically for emotional effect in
order to evoke moods or ideas.

22. STYLES OF
EXPRESSIONISM

23. a style that used bold, vibrant
colors and visual distortions. Its
name was derived from les
fauves (“wild beasts”), referring
to the group of French
expressionist painters who
painted in this style. Perhaps
the most known among them
was Henri Matisse.
FAUVISM

24. an art style that incorporated
elements from the native arts of the
South Sea Islanders and the wood
carvings of African tribes which
suddenly became popular at that
time. Among the Western artists who
adapted these elements was Amedeo
Modigliani, who used the oval faces
and elongated shapes of African art in
both his sculptures and paintings.
PRIMITIVISM

25. Created in the mid-1900s,
Guernica combined artistic
elements developed in the earlier
decades with those still to come.
It made use of the exaggeration,
distortion, and shock technique of
expressionism.
CUBISM

26. a style characterized by dream fantasies,
memory images, and visual tricks and
surprises. Although the works appeared
playful, the movement arose from the pain
that a group of European artists felt after the
suffering brought by World War I. Wishing to
protest against the civilization that had
brought on such horrors, these artists rebelled
against established norms and authorities, and
against the traditional styles in art. They chose
the child’s term for hobbyhorse, dada, to refer
to their new “non-style.”
DADAISM

27. a style that depicted an illogical,
subconscious dream world beyond
the logical, conscious, physical one.
Its name came from the term “super
realism,” with its artworks clearly
expressing a departure from reality—
as though the artists were dreaming,
seeing illusions, or experiencing an
altered mental state.
SURREALISM