LESSON 1

MODERN ART
&
IMPRESSIONISM
TODAY'S
GUIDE
WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT

What is Art?
Art Elements and Principles
Modern Art
Impressionism
WHAT IS In its broadest sense, is a form
of communication. It means

ART?
whatever the artist intends it to
mean, and this meaning is
shaped by the materials,
techniques, and forms it makes
SHARE YOUR IDEAS! use of, as well as the ideas and
feelings it creates in its viewers .
Art is not what you see,
but what you make
others see.
ED G AR D EG AS
ELEMENTS
OF ART AND
PRINCIPLES OF
DESIGN
ELEMENTS Line

OF ART
Shape

Form
ELEMENTS Space

OF ART
Value

Color
ELEMENTS Texture

OF ART
Type
PRINCIPLES Balance

OF DESIGN
Alignment

Emphasis
PRINCIPLES
Proportion

OF DESIGN Movement

Pattern

Contrast
MODERN
ART
MODERN ARTWORKS

1870s –
1970s
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
1970s – 1840
Created fast changes in
manufacturing, transportation and
technology.

Resulted to change in the social,

cultural, and economic
environment in Europe and
Northern America.
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
1970s – 1840
People were transferring to
urban cities, traveling, and
having new world views and
access to ideas.
The industrial Revolution resulted with new
patrons of the art; church commission art
declined.
THE GALLERY
SYSTEM
Artists painted what they want
and these were exhibited in
galleries.

The system were liberated the

artists to explore new themes,
ideas, and styles.
INVENTION OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
Made the painters question their
roles in the society.

With photography being able to

completely replicate images,
and scenes, painters questioned
their usefulness and function.
SIGMUND FREUD’S THE
INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS

Influenced the artists of the time

to use dreams, symbols and
iconography to represent
subjective experiences in art.
Shift from mythological subjects and religious
scenes
Into subjects such as people, places, and ideas
that the artist had direct connection with.
IMPRESSIONISM
Art Critic Louise Leroy
Claude Monet’s Impressionism, Soleil
Levant (Impression, Sunrise) in 1874
IMPRESSIONISTS
Were a group of French artists who
shared the Realist interest in the real
world
Modern life and concentrated on the middle
class relaxing and doing leisurely activities.
 IMPRESSIONISM

E ver yday Tr i ed t o ca p t ur e Wa nt ed t o Left t h e

o b ject s a nd h ow t h e co lo r o f ca p t u r e t h e co nfines o f
h o w t h ey t h e o b ject s fleet ing t h eir st ud io a nd
r ea ct ed w i t h ch a ng ed w it h t h e m o ment p a int ed
li g h t . m o vement o f o ut d oor s
lig h t a nd d a y.
 Pure colors were used

IMPRESSIO Dabbed in the canvas rather than

NISM mixing them on their pallete

Quick, spontaneous, and loose

brushstrokes , and the use of strong
colors showed the movement of
light in the open environment.
 IMPRESSIONIST
PAINTERS

E D O UA R D M A NE T E D G A R DE G A S PA UL CE Z A NNE CLA UDE M O NE T

1832-1883 1834-1917 1839-1906 1840-1926
THANK YOU!