An in-depth study and pictorial survey of Impressionism and its legacy presented from three different perspectives:
1. A general overview of the evolution of painting, with a focus on key elements in the Impressionist movement- composition, color, style.
2. A study of the aesthetic evolution of Impressionism through the works of the movement’s forerunners, artists who constitute the core group, and their immediate descendants.
3. A study of the Impressionist movement’s effects on 20th century art and the ways in which today's artists reaffirm the legacy by using elements that gave the movement its vitality and energy.
Method of presentation:
Lectures illustrated with slides, discussion.
Required work and form of assessment:
A short paper on the works of the artists studied and a final exam.
content:
1. The aesthetics of Impressionism: Origins and content
*Visit to the Louvre
2. Paintings from 1800 to 1860 (I). Ingres and “Ingrescism”
From the deconstruction of romanticism to the development of realism
The question of modernity: Delacroix and Courbet
3. Paintings from 1800 to 1860 (II). Landscapes and the notion of genres in painting: Corot, Courbet, Millet, Turner, Pisarro, etc.
4. Impressionist painters and photography
*Visit to the Musée d’Orsay and to Montmartre, the district and “museum” of impressionist painters
5. Manet
6. Monet
7. Renoir
8. Degas
9. Seurat and Neo-impressionism
*Visit to the Musée d’Orsay
10. Transformations of Van Gogh’s art in France
11. Cézanne: from “Moderne Olympia” to his series of works on the Sainte Victoire
12. Gauguin and the esthetics of Pont-Aven
*Visit to the Musée Rodin
13. Les Nabis
*Visit to Musée Marmottan and Musée Maurice Denis/Nabis à St. Germain-en-Laye
14. Impressionism, post-impressionism and fauvism
15. Influences of impressionism on abstract works
Visits will also be made to current exhibits displaying works relative to the week’s focus.
Required readings:
Rewald, J. Histoire de l’Impressionnisme. Paris: Albin Michel, 1986.
Recommended readings:
Loyrette, Henri and Gary Tinterow. Impressionnisme. Les origines 1859-1869. Paris: Grand Palais, 1994.
Clay, Jean. L’Impressionnisme. Paris: Hachette-réalités, 1971.
---. De l’Impressionnisme à l’art moderne. Paris: Hachette réalités.
Notes:
This course is offered during the regular semester and in the summer. For summer sections, the course schedule is condensed, but the content, learning outcomes, and contact hours are the same.
Impressionism And Post-Impressionism
An in-depth study and pictorial survey of Impressionism and its legacy presented from three different perspectives:
1. A general overview of the evolution of painting, with a focus on key elements in the Impressionist movement- composition, color, style.
2. A study of the aesthetic evolution of Impressionism through the works of the movement’s forerunners, artists who constitute the core group, and their immediate descendants.
3. A study of the Impressionist movement’s effects on 20th century art and the ways in which today's artists reaffirm the legacy by using elements that gave the movement its vitality and energy.
Lectures illustrated with slides, discussion.
A short paper on the works of the artists studied and a final exam.
1. The aesthetics of Impressionism: Origins and content
*Visit to the Louvre
2. Paintings from 1800 to 1860 (I). Ingres and “Ingrescism”
From the deconstruction of romanticism to the development of realism
The question of modernity: Delacroix and Courbet
3. Paintings from 1800 to 1860 (II). Landscapes and the notion of genres in painting: Corot, Courbet, Millet, Turner, Pisarro, etc.
4. Impressionist painters and photography
*Visit to the Musée d’Orsay and to Montmartre, the district and “museum” of impressionist painters
5. Manet
6. Monet
7. Renoir
8. Degas
9. Seurat and Neo-impressionism
*Visit to the Musée d’Orsay
10. Transformations of Van Gogh’s art in France
11. Cézanne: from “Moderne Olympia” to his series of works on the Sainte Victoire
12. Gauguin and the esthetics of Pont-Aven
*Visit to the Musée Rodin
13. Les Nabis
*Visit to Musée Marmottan and Musée Maurice Denis/Nabis à St. Germain-en-Laye
14. Impressionism, post-impressionism and fauvism
15. Influences of impressionism on abstract works
Visits will also be made to current exhibits displaying works relative to the week’s focus.
Rewald, J. Histoire de l’Impressionnisme. Paris: Albin Michel, 1986.
Loyrette, Henri and Gary Tinterow. Impressionnisme. Les origines 1859-1869. Paris: Grand Palais, 1994.
Clay, Jean. L’Impressionnisme. Paris: Hachette-réalités, 1971.
---. De l’Impressionnisme à l’art moderne. Paris: Hachette réalités.
This course is offered during the regular semester and in the summer. For summer sections, the course schedule is condensed, but the content, learning outcomes, and contact hours are the same.