Essays on Impressionism

Impressionism plays a critical part in the nineteenth century’s changing representation of the painting scene. At the hands of Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, and others, this original movement (not called Impressionism until the late 1800’s) was initially rejected by many and later…

Introduction Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Fauvism — an extension of Post-Impressionism combined with Neo-Impressionism — are French artistic revolutions that had profound influences on the artistic community and share a universal popularity. Throughout history, artists strove to capture the world around them in attempt to document…

The Metro 2 line runs through the city of Paris. Travelling along this line you can witness history unfold and overlap, cultures grow, and truly explore the depth and richness of the city of Paris. One stop in particular illustrates Paris’ illustrative history. This stop…

The modern art scares and attracts at the same time. There are no smart textbooks or coherent courses on this subject because everything happens here and now. The term “modern art” is blurred and is used concerning the art of the last decades and the…

Starting from the later nineteenth century of Paris, a group of avant-garde painters embraced new modern subjects from the world of leisure and entertainment. Cafés, bars and brasseries on the streets gradually became the core interactions of Parisian economics and social lives, which raised specific…

Ian Burn is an Australian artist and art writer born in 1939 who focuses on conceptual art, an art form which concepts and ideas presented by the artist is considered to be more important than the final result of the art piece itself. In 1964,…

What were the principal subjects and themes of 19th-century Realists? The main theme of the 19th century Realists overall was to simply show life at the time. The subjects were often “men and women in actual, everyday life, and often demoralizing situations” (Fiero 364). Both…

In this essay, I shall try to examine how great a role colour played in the evolution of Impressionism. Impressionism in itself can be seen as a linkage in a long chain of procedures, which led the art to the point it is today. In…

Impressionism is a term used to describe a style of art that was made popular during the late 1800s. The term has been used in a broad sense to apply to other forms of art, but it is mainly related to painting. Impressionism was created…

Stephen Crane was an American author who has been lead to believe that he really first introduces the style of exposing the unfavorable conditions and war in America. Stephen Crane has been known for using an amount of impressionism, realism, and symbolism in his stories….