Impressionism

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This paper examines the Impressionist movement (Impressionism) that originated in France in the late 1800s. It describes the style of the impressionist artists and discusses how this new style shook the cultural world in France and changed how citizens looked at art. The paper also discusses what were considered radical aspects of Impressionism in that period of time.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Roots Of Impressionism
French Academy Of Fine Arts And Impressionists

From the Paper:

"What the eyes sees, and the hand puts down, was important to the impressionists. Most of the impressionists, including Monet, Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet and even Henri Matisse, had been students of academic artists to begin with, before they broke away on their own. They came to reject academic art as too narrow stylistically, and they also rejected, according to Thompson, the style that the academic artists used. That is, the academics would draw a picture with pencil, then bring oil onto the canvas and polish the drawings that way. The impressionists rejected this style as cheating, saying it was not really a product of sight, but rather it had a mechanical technique as part of its presentation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Grun, Bernard. "The Timetables of History." New York: A Touchstone Book, 1963.
• Merriam-Webster. "Impressionism" Retrieved March 3, 2008, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impressionism.
• Teach Impressionism. "Radicalism of Impressionism: "Trees are Not Violet; The Sky is Not Butter!" Retrieved March 3, 2008, from http://www.impressionism.org/teachimpress/browse/aboutimpress.htm.
• Thompson, Belinda. "Impressionism." Encarta. Retrieved March 3, 2008, from http://encarta.msn.com. (2007)
• Thompson, Belinda. "Impressionism: Origins / Technique / Introduction / Manet." Encarta. Retrieved March 3, 2008, from http://encarta.msn.com (2007).

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