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Impressionism: Defining an Artistic Movement Through a Joke

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HUM-321: History of contemporary art

L'enseignement propose une introduction à l'histoire de l'art contemporain du XIXe au XXIe siècle, permettant d'aborder les oeuvres selon une approche esthétique et sociale. ...

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This lecture delves into the history of contemporary art, focusing on the Impressionist movement. It explores how a joke made by a critic defined the artistic identity of the Impressionists. The presentation covers key exhibitions, such as the 1874 and 1877 shows, where the term 'Impressionists' was first used. The lecture discusses the works of prominent artists like Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Gustave Courbet, highlighting their innovative approaches to painting landscapes and everyday scenes. It also touches upon the social criticism embedded in some Impressionist artworks, challenging traditional artistic norms and paving the way for modern art movements.

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Landscape painting

Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works, landscape backgrounds for figures can still form an important part of the work. Sky is almost always included in the view, and weather is often an element of the composition.

Modern art

Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency away from the narrative, which was characteristic of the traditional arts, toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art.

Chinese painting

Chinese painting () is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guó huà (), meaning "national painting" or "native painting", as opposed to Western styles of art which became popular in China in the 20th century. It is also called danqing (). Traditional painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in black ink or coloured pigments; oils are not used.

Art movement

An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a specific period of time, (usually a few months, years or decades) or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years. Art movements were especially important in modern art, when each consecutive movement was considered a new avant-garde movement. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality (figurative art).

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting").

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