Impressionism
Monet's Parasol
Based in the 19th century, impressionism was a type of art that was associated with Paris-based artists. Some characteristics of impressionism include "visible brush strokes, light colors, open compositions, emphasis on lights in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, and unusual visual angles" (New World Encyclopedia, 2009). The impressionist style is chiefly defined by "concentration on the general impression produced by a scene or object and the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to stimulate actual reflected light" (Pioch, 2006). These characteristics helped define this type of art and artwork that resulted from more artists like Claude Monet, Renoir, Degas and the like (New World Encyclopedia, 2009). Though, according to the Web Museum of Paris, the principal Impressionist painters, among them Claude Monet, "worked together, influenced each other" but, "exhibited independently" (Pioch, 2006). One of the principal painters, Claude Monet, is one of the most well-known impressionist painters of his time. Monet was one of the founding fathers...
Painting Read Monet's the Stroll Monet Monet's the Stroll, Camille Monet Her Son Jean (Woman With a Parasol) This painting epitomizes the impressionistic style and artistic philosophy in a number of different ways. If one looks closely at the painting by Monet one can see that the foreground, the sky as well as the dress and parasol are created by many short strokes of opaque paint. This gives the impression of a moment captured
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