Assignment #5

Impressionism is a form of art which originated in the 19th century from artists who organized a exhibition in Paris. The original founders of the group were Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro and a few more. The group was unified by its independence from the annual Salon which a group of artists from the Academie des Beaux Arts selected artworks and received awards. This group of artists became independent from the annual Salon and then became known as impressionist's. Impressionist painting characteristics include small, thin visible brush strokes and emphasis on accurate depiction of light.

The first image is called "Impression, soleil levant" which was completed in 1872 by Claude Monet. It was said that this particular painting was the one that helped set off the impressionist movement. The painting shows some boats slowly going into the distance. You can also see a orange sun which gives the effect as the sun is going down. I feel as the mood in the painting is not so exciting but more sorrow due to the foggy back round. As if they were going somewhere that they were forced to or did not want to. This painting is an important piece that represents impressionism and the differences between them.

This next painting was done by Henri Rousseau in 1910 during the Post-impressionist time. Post impressionism is a revised or extended version of impressionism while still using vivid colors in a real life scenario. Post impressionism was coined by a man named Roger Fry in 1910 The painting shows a group of people dancing with each other as if they were celebrating an occasion. You can also notice the detail in the leaves on the tree in the back round. You can notice the slight differences between impressionism and post impressionism by the detail that is put into the work, the 3D effect of objects and coloring differences. These two types of artwork are very important in History.