Advantage Of Impressionism

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IMPRESSIONISM
Impressionism is an art movement that began in Paris in 1860.
It is a style of representational art that did not rely on illustrations. On the canvas, artists that were painting in this style tried to seek the optical effects of light to convey the passage of time, changes in weather and other shifts in the atmosphere. Also, the artists loosened their brushwork and used pure, intense colors on their pallets. The Impressionists also abandoned linear perspective and the clarity of form.
The painting on the right is an example of the Impressionistic style. It was done by ClaudeMonet, a famous artist that used this style. Impression Sunrise is set on Port of Le Havre,
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Monet has used two colors, Blue and Grey. These two colors on this painting conveys a dull mood. The dock shows a slight sense of depth.
The advantage of Impressionism is that all the paintings that are done in this style are open for different interpretations.
The painting on the right is known as The Boulevard
Montmarte and is done by Camille Pissaro.Camille Pissaro is known for using bright colors in his palette.
The Boulevard Montmarte was painted from the balcony of
Hotel de Russie, where Pissaro was staying. The artist has used large brush strokes and it is applied very carefully on the canvas.
Camille made different paintings but used the same setting.
The artist painted during different times of the day. The reason for doing this is to show the different types of light.
This painting was done on afternoon.
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Impression Sunrise (1872) byClaudeMonet. This paintingwasfirst presented at the first
Impressionist Exhibition in 1874.
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When Paris Street, Rainy Day was presented at the third Impressionist
Exhibition, an anonymous reviewer wrote ' 'Caillebotte isan impressionist in name only. He knowshow to draw and

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