Impressionism
It is a movement in painting that started in France in the 1860s. It is characterized by visual impression of the moment in terms of the shifting effect of color and light.
History and Background of Impressionism
It was inspired by different factors that include anti-establishments, foreign or Asian influences, and a desire to paint modern life instead of academic subjects of mythology and history.
Characteristics of Impressionism in Music
The rhythm is irregular in terms of phrases
Characteristics of Impressionism in Music
Avoids traditional harmonic progression
Characteristics of Impressionism in Music
Has unresolved dissonance
Characteristics of Impressionism in Music
Uses the whole-tone scale, uses the 9th chord, and also frequently uses modality and exotic scales.
The artists who started anti-establishment, ______, _______, ______.
Rosa Bonheur, Gustave Courbet, Jean-Francois Millet
Dissonance
the lack of agreement and consistency in the progress of harmony of music.
Modality
Derived from the word "modal, which refers to the original modes used in music composition, meaning that the traditional way of composing was abandoned in impressionism music.
Impressionism is represented by the two best composers of the era
Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel
In 1874, a group of artists held an exhibition in Paris. One of these artists was ____________, who exhibited a painting entitled Impression, Sunrise in 1872 Louvre, Paris
Claude Monet
Impressionist paint quickly in order to capture the "__________" of the subject right at the moment
Impression
_________ and _______ are also conscious elements in the work of impressionist.
Time and motion
Impressionist are known to work like __________ because they want to catch the true effects of daylight on an object.
Scientists
They prefer painting outdoors because they believe that the color of shade is influenced by the surrounding colors, and therefore, must ______ and ______ through the scene and flood onto the objects in the painting.
shine and filter
Gare Saint Lazare by _________
Claude Monet
It showed the effect of light streaming through the glass roof of the station onto the clouds of steam in the painting.
Gare Saint Lazare
___________ created the impression of activity by using patches of color instead of neat outlines.
Claude Monet
Their use of _______ and dashes of _____ that are mixed from pure hues and broken up with their opposite colors seem to blend as you look at them from a distance
tiny dabs, bright colors
Their subject usually include the _______ involved in everyday events, which may seem unimportant when compared with the grand subjects painted by earlier artists.
people of the city life
_____________ was born in France on the 22nd of August 1862.
Claude Debussy
Debussy's first musical experience dates from __________, during the visit of his Aunt Clemente in Cannes.
1870-1871
Debussy's stay in the Conservatoire were remarkably successful. In 1875, he won 2nd place for ______ and a first certificate in playing _______; and in 1876, he finally gained the 1st place in Solfeggio.
Solfeggio, Chopin's 2nd Ballade
The ____________________ was Debussy's orchestral height. Other orchestral parts include La Mer, Nocturne, and Images.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a faun
Debussy's only opera, which is also famous, is _________________
Pelleas et Melisande
Debussy died on the 25th of March 1981 due to ____________, but he died with his great compositions like Engulfed Cathedral and Claire de Lune.
rectal cancer
Artists were seen representing the world they know in unique ways that were never before seen by the public. This way, the artist has become modernist because the traditional ways of representation—a display of one's technical skill and realism—were just not enough.
Modern Art
_______________ was the birthplace for these new styles—styles that greatly influenced the art created later in America.
Europe
We can easily identify specific styles of cars, kinds of stores, and brand names of different goods.
Style
Artists working in the same _________ during the same time often have features in common—a style shared by a particular group of like-minded artists.
culture
Who are the well-known impressionist?
Claude Monet and Pierre-Augeste Renoir
The true pioneer of the impressionists-he was constantly exploring "What do l see and how do l record it in painting?"
Claude Monet
__________ had a long-lasting fascination in observing and painting light and nature.
Claude Monet
_______ studied painting with several other painters who became known as the Impressionists.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
He liked to paint lively groups of figures. He usually used the maids in his house as his models.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
His pictures were full of sketchy patches of color and contrasts of light and shade.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
He painted more than 6,000 paintings. Even when he became crippled in old age, he carried on painting by wedging brushes between his twisted fingers.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Impressionism lasted some _____ years in its purest form in Europe, but they profoundly influenced all paintings that followed worldwide.
15
Who are the well-known Filipinos that were influenced by Impressionism?
Juan Luna and Fernando Amorsolo
Despite being identified as master of classical style, _________ tried his hand at Impressionism.
Juan Luna
In the portrait of his son, the _________, the use of small and brightly colored dabs on the cheeks, the intent to create a quick impression of a fleeting moment, and the appearance of painting outdoors and reflected light are just some qualities that are clearly Impressionistic in style.
three-year-old Andres
The first Filipino National Artist of the Philippines, ____________, on the other hand, is known for paintings having a distinctive glow against which figures stand out.
Fernando Amorsolo
Trying to catch the exact quality of light "________" and when "sun shafts" create dappled light patterns on the ground recalls the style of the Impressionists.
sunlight at high noon-when contrasts are strongest
_________ was unlike Monet or Renoir.
Fernando Amorsolo
Nowhere is this evident than in his landscapes where except for the background, which has bold and spontaneous brushstrokes, the figures are more carefully rendered and have an emphasis on detail conceived by his classical training.
Fernando Amorsolo
He was born at 10:00pm on March 7, 1875 in the town of Ciboure, France.
Joseph-Maurice Ravel
In 1882, shortly after his 7 th birthday, Maurice took his first piano lesson under ________, who observed his young pupil to be "intelligent" and gave the youngster his first lesson in harmony, counterpoint, and composition.
Henry Ghys
Among his earliest essays were several pieces for the piano: variations on a chorale by Schumann, the movement of a sonata, and variations on a theme from Grieg's Peer Gynt.
Joseph-Maurice Ravel
His career in the Paris Conservatoire began on ________ when six of the faculty members of the conservatoire made a unanimous decision to accept Ravel in the preparatory piano division; his audition piece was an excerpt from the Chopin concerto.
November 4, 1889
He died on December 28, at the age of 62, in Paris.
Joseph-Maurice Ravel
The famous works of Maurice Ravel's lifetime of compositions are:
Bolero, La valse, Ma mere l'oie, Miriors