Literature in English 4th Year: Art in the 19th and early 20th century
I’ve decided to focus on Modernism and Impressionism. It's a brief summary of what we dealt with in our art class.
As Felluga stated, Modernism was a movement in which wild experimentation was made in all the artistic fields.
The Impressionist started to experiment with different subject matters and different techniques. Their characteristic subject matters were landscapes, nature and scenes of modern life. The technique was based on more visible brushstrokes. This happened because they started to paint outdoors and they played with the sunlight, so they had to paint quickly in order get the same effect of light.
We can see in the painting A CORNER OF THE MEADOW AT ERAGNY by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Another characteristic of this movements, that differenciated it from the Victorian painters, is that the impressionists left aside black and different greys and started to use complementary colours. This was a crucial scientifical dicovery which has changed the way artists paint. That's why the painting are so colourful.
I want to share with you the The Guide to Impressionism from the National Gallery. It's a great to understand the causes of the movement.
Thank you very much for your contribution. Modernism is usually regarded as having been influenced by Post-impressionism and Cubism, though.
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