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More art…. Realism. “I cannot paint an angel because I have never seen one.” – Gustave Courbet Realists focused on day-to-day life Peasants in the fields, laborers doing work, a baker making bread, etc.

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  1. More art…

  2. Realism • “I cannot paint an angel because I have never seen one.” – Gustave Courbet • Realists focused on day-to-day life • Peasants in the fields, laborers doing work, a baker making bread, etc. • Realists rejected the idealistic portrayals of the human form that were common with Neoclassicism. • Used more realistic depictions of humans

  3. Gustave Courbet • Courbet traveled to the Netherlands and was inspired by the portrayals of ordinary people, which was common in Dutch art. The Stone Breakers

  4. Jean-Francois Millet: The Sower

  5. Jean-Francois Millet: The Gleaners

  6. Pre-Raphaelites • Like French Realists, Pre-Raphaelites portrayed nature as realistically as possible • Unlike Realists, Pre-Raphaelites chose to depict figures from Medieval art and literature John Everett Millais Ophelia

  7. Impressionism • Impressionism is considered to be one of the most popular artistic movements of all time • Collectors now pay millions for art by Impressionist artists (Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas) • At the time, Impressionists were not very popular at all. • The terms “impressionism” was originally meant as an insult, a slur for artists perceived to be too lazy to finish a painting properly

  8. Impressionism • Characteristics: • Has an unfinished quality, images sometimes seem to blur, colors dissolve together • Attempts to capture a fleeting glimpse, a glance, a quick gesture • Painted quickly with loose, sketchy brushstrokes

  9. EdouardManet: The Railway

  10. Manet: Berthe Morisot Self Portrait

  11. Claude Monet: Springtime

  12. Monet: Water Lilies (one of 250 he painted)

  13. Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Theater Box

  14. Renoir: Luncheon of the Boating Party

  15. Edgar Degas: L’Absinthe

  16. Degas: Blue Dancers

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