Impressionism
Impressionism
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
'Rouen Cathedral - The Portal' 1894 (oil on canvas)
Realism
Gustave Courbet Painting
Portait of Madame L (1863)
Nineteenth-Century
Ben Mulock, 1860
Photograph
This week’s Style Guide will focus on Realism, Impressionism, and nineteenth-century Photography. Choose a work of art from
each movement produced during the historical period we are studying this week. Arrange them chronologically in your
presentation along with your written work. Include the following identifying information (if available):
• Title
• Artist
• Date piece was created
• Art movement and/or style
• Media
In your own words, write a description and analysis of each work using visual language with terms from the elements of art
and principles of design table listed below (at least 3 of the most relevant art terms per each work of art). Work to
explain the trademark attributes of each style and artist. Include discussion of context in each analysis such as how the
subject and style of the artwork express historical, cultural, and/or biographical information. Conclude how each artwork
represented a Modernist approach to art making and style when it was made.
Elements of Art
• Line
• Color
• Value
• Texture
• Shape
• Form
• Space Principles of Design
• Balance
• Emphasis
• Contrast
• Movement
• Rhythm
• Unity
• Pattern
Checklist:
• Professional presentation with images included
• Identified three different works of art from this week, each in different styles
• Description and analysis of each work of art using art terms
• Contextual discussion of each work (historical, cultural, social, etc.)
• How does each artwork represent a Modernist approach?
• Original artwork made specifically for this assignment in one of the styles explored
• Reliable and scholarly sources properly cited using MLA style
Formal Description/Analysis and Cultural/Contextual Hints:
After you choose a work of art ask yourself... Do I see line? If the answer is yes, explain the line that you see. Then ask
yourself... Do I see color? If the answer is yes, explain exactly what color you see (work your way through all of the
terms). If you don’t see a term, explain the lack of that element. For example, if there is a lack of movement in a
sculpture, explain why that is significant to the philosophy of the style it is in.
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