IMPRESSIONISM

Impressionism and Impact of Technology on Art



Impressionism and Impact of Technology on Art

Part A

Trace the movement of artists away from the Academy to the role of the modern artist as defined by Baudelaire, Duranty and Mallarme. How do artists like Manet, Monet, Benoir and Caillebotte speak to various aspects of modern life? Consider both subjects and the technique of Impressionism.

It is generally considered that the period of art history which is designated under the name of modern art began in 1907 , with Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso , and ends at mid- 1960s , with the appearance of movement Fluxus and pop art , two of the roots of art and the current vocabulary of art called " contemporary ". 'Impressionism,' as a movement of art, began in the late 19th Century, in France. This painting style focused on capturing the immediacy of the moods or the visual impressions of a setting with live subjects, with the help of the impressions of colors and lights. The Impressionists were not trying to replicate artwork previous to them, but instead were acting on their own ideas and instinct. However, they could not help being affected or aware of past artist's discoveries and limitations. Modern art is distinguished by its desire for independence and the birth of the art critic. Indeed, at the same time, the art becomes the subject of writing: the criticism is often a speech on the work undertaken. Goethe and Matisse write about the color.

Between the pages more truly reflective of greater importance and aesthetic, Charles Baudelaire, excel those of his celebrated series, “The painter of modern life.” It presents the theory of the interrelationship between art and modernity, critic and essayist prints a sharp turn to the traditional artistic vision decisive for the subsequent creative development. The movement has its origins in the flowers of evil, emblem book of Charles Baudelaire . The writer Edgar Allan Poe, whom Baudelaire greatly appreciated, also influenced decisively in the movement, providing the majority of images and figures of speech that use. The aesthetics of Symbolism was developed by Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine in the 1870's. By 1880 the movement had attracted a generation of young writers tired of realistic movements. Symbolism was in its early literary reaction against Naturalism and Realism, anti-idealistic movements which exalted the everyday reality and were located above the ideal. These movements caused a backlash in the Parisian youth, leading them to exalt spirituality, the imagination and dreams. The first writer to react was the French poet Charles Baudelaire, today considered the father of modern poetry and starting point of movements like Parnasianismo , the decadence , the Art Nouveau and Symbolism. His works, among which are The Flowers of Evil, The little poems in prose and artificial havens were so refreshing that some of them were banned by considered dark and immoral, to openly portray the use of drugs , the sex and Satanism ...