6.5+Art+&+Culture+of+the+Late+19th+Century

Impressionism was a movement where artists rejected studios and museums and started painted in the countryside of how things really were. They wanted to paint nature directly. Impressionist wanted to put the impressions of the changing effects of light on the objects in nature in there paintings. Impressionist focused on brushstrokes, movement, light, and open composition. Major impressionist are Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, and Camille Pissarro. Impressionist inspired a new movement called Post-Impressionism. Post-impressionist still focused on light and colored but paid more attention to the form and structure of the object. They wanted to create a personal statement of reality by using expression in their brushstrokes and colors. Some post-impressionist are Paul Cezanna and Vincent Van Gogh.

§  Music o  Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) §  Scandinavian §  Best-known work: //Peer Gynt Suite// o  Claude Debussy (1862-1918) §  Impressionist music §  Best know: //Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun// o  Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) §  Musical primitivism §  Ballet composer §  Worked with Sergei Diaghilev §  They composed: //The Firebird, Petreushka// and //The Rite of Spring//