Monet,AndTheImpressionMovementHeWasInOutline●HistoricalBackground●TheIntroductionofImpressionism●Monet,theImpressionist●TheInfluenceofMonetandtheImpressionismHistoricalBackgroundWhatIsImpressionism?●Impressionism,amajormovement,firstinpaintingandlaterinmusic,thatdevelopedchieflyinFranceduringthelate19thandearly20thcenturies.●Impressionistpaintingcomprisestheworkproducedbyagroupofartistswhosharedasetofrelatedapproachesandtechniques.●ThemostconspicuouscharacteristicofImpressionismwasanattempttoaccuratelyandobjectivelyrecordvisualrealityintermsoftransienteffects(瞬时效应)oflightandcolour.RepresentativeFiguresImpressionistpainters:●Principal:ClaudeMonet,PierreAugusteRenoir,CamillePissarro,AlfredSisley,etc●EdgarDegas(德加)andPaulCézanne(塞尚)intheearly1870s.●TheestablishedpainterManetadoptedtheImpressionistapproachabout1873.Inotheraspects:●Music:ClaudeDebussy&MauriceRavel●Literature(closelyrelatedtosymbolism):Baudelaire,Rimbaud,Verlaine,etc.InnovationinScience&Technology→InnovationinImpressionism●ColourTheory●Camera●Innovation&ExperimentsTheemergingscienceofcolortheoryplayedanimportantroleinthedevelopmentofimpressionism.TheIssueofBlack●Pureblackisrarelyusedbytheimpressionistpainters.●Monetobtainedanappearanceofblackbycombiningblues,greensandreds.Heeliminatedalmostcompletelyblackfromhispainting,evenintheshadows.AvoidingblackwassodeeplyanchoredinMonet'smannerthatwhenhedied,hisfriendGeorgesClemenceauwouldnotstandtheblacksheetcoveringthecoffin.Heexclaimed:No!NoblackforMonet!andreplaceditbyafloweredmaterial.InfluencefromCamera●helpingtheartistsstudymovementandgesturestocaptureasenseofreal-lifespontaneity,tofullyunderstandthesurroundings,thedetails,contraststoviewfromanotherperspectiveandsoon;●Inspiringthemtoexperimentwiththecandidgroupings,off-centerfocus,deepperspectivesforeshortening;●recordingtherealworldratherthanhistoricalimagination-Impressionistsmotivatedtodepictpeopleandlandscapeswithoutmythologicalorhistoricalexaggerations.Innovation&ExperimentsBlurredmovingfigures-slowshutterspeed;blurryeffectMixingprimarycolours-apaletteofjusteighttotencolorstoachievemanyvariableandsubtleeffectsPaintingrealpeople-everydayactivities;variousclassesComplimentarycolours-createanespeciallyintenseeffect;vibrancyLifebeyondtheframe–seeminglycarelesscutofffigures;viewerstoacknowledgethatlifecontinuedbeyondtheframePublicOpinion●PaintingswererejectedbySalondeParisandsomemuseumexhibitionsformanytimes●IfImpressionistswerebecomingappreciatedfromthe1880s,theirsituationwasstillharsh;theSalonwasstillrefusingtheirpaintings,andin1894,25outof65artworksdonatedtotheLuxembourgmuseumwererejected.●whenCamillePissarro,theImpressionistpatriarch,diedin1903,everybodyagreedthatthismovementwasthemain19thcenturyartisticrevolution,andthatallitsmemberswereamongthefinestpainters.ClaudeMonet'searlyworks:(1858~1873)TheBeginningofImpressionistArtAtthebeginningofhiscareer,Monetuseddarkcolors,ashedidinthe'StudioCorner'markedbyblackshades.HispaintingevokestheRealistSchool.From1860on,Monetabandoneddarkcolorsandworkedfromapalettelimitedtopurelightcolors.LuncheonOnTheGrass(1865)●Monet’sfirstmasterpiece;●usingthesamethemeandsamestyleasManettwoyearsbeforeforhisownLuncheononthegrass,apaintingwhichscandalizedpeopleattheSalonin1863.ExquisitecaptureoflightandcoloursTheReaderInthespringof1872ProbablytheportraitofhiswifeCamilleImpressionSunrise(1873)——TheImpressionismwasbornPaintingsofArgenteuil&Vétheuil(1872~1882)ItisbecauseIrediscoveredandallowedintuitiveandsecretforcestopredominatethatIwasabletoidentifywithcreationandbecomeabsorbedinit.ClaudeMonetLifeinArgenteuilTheLuncheon-familyhappinessatArgenteuil:Aquietsummerafternoon,JeanMonetissittingonthegroundandplaying,Camilleappearsinthebackground.LifeinVétheuilHowmanyshadesofhowmanycolorsaretherewithinthenuancesoflightinthissimpletreetrunk?ClaudeMonetTravels(1884~1908)WhatI'llbringbackfromherewillbesoftnessitself,white,pink,blue,allofthiswrappedinthisfairyair.ClaudeMonetTheNetherlands(1886)Venice,Italy(1908)●affectedbycataract(白内障),visionalteredLondon,England(1900,1903)HousesofParliament,EffectofSunlightintheFog(1900)TheLateYear:Giverny(1883-1926)Whereasyouarephilosophicallyseekingtheworldinitself,Iamsimplyfocusingmyeffortsonamaximumofappearancesinclosecorrelationswithunknownrealities.ClaudeMonet●Bought10yearsafterhisarrivalatGiverny;laterenlargedtotoday’ssize.●Thewatergardenisfullofasymmetries(不对称)andcurves.ItisinspiredbytheJapanesegardensthatMonetknewfromtheprintshecollected.Water-LilyPondinGivernyMybadsightmeansthatIseeeverythingthroughamist.Evensoitisbeautiful,andthat'swhatIwouldliketoshow.”ClaudeMonetTwelvelargecanvas:TheWater-Lilies(1916~1926)●donatedtoFrancetocelebrate1918victory●laterbeinstalledinanarchitecturalspacedesignedspecificallyforthematanmuseuminParisInfluences●InfluenceofMonet●InfluenceofImpressionism●InfluenceonMusicMonetwasafounderofFrenchimpressionistpainting.Hewasthemostconsistentandprolific(多产的)practitionerofthemovement'sphilosophyofexpressingone'sperceptionsbeforenature,especiallyasappliedtoplain-airlandscapep