Europe and America, 1870-1900
Impressionism
- Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872
- Renoir, Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876
- Manet, A Bar at the Folies Bergere, 1882
- Degas, The Tub, 1886
Post Impressionism
- Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge, 1892-1895
- Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886
- Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889
- Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon, 1888
- Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897
- Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902-1904
Symbolism
- Munch, The Scream, 1893
- Rodin, The Gates of Hell, 1880-1900
Short Answer
- How did the term ‘Impressionist’ come to be applied to the group of painters that included Monet, Renoir, and Degas?
- What was the primary goal of the Impressionist painters?
- What are the two major influences on Impressionist composition?
- What does the term ‘local color’ mean?
- What did Monet hope to achieve with his many series paintings (such as the grainstacks, Rouen Cathedral, and the waterlilies)?
- Who was Baron Georges Haussmann and what role did he play in the modernization of Paris?
- Why is the term ‘Post Impressionism’ problematic?
- What sets the paintings of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec apart from those of the Impressionists?
- What is Pointillism (also referred to as divisionism or Neo Impressionism)?
- Where was Vincent van Gogh when he painted Starry Night?
- How does Gauguin’s use of colour differ from the Impressionists?
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