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Impressionism

Go to the Metropolitan Museum and visit the permanent collection. Review the works of art that are available for viewing at this time.

Assignment:

Evaluate the permanent selection of art presented in the museum. Select the collection of interest to interpret for this assignment. In the evaluation process discuss the following:

American Decorative Arts, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Arts of Africa, The Cloisters, Drawing and Prints, European Prints, Greek and Roman Art, Robert Lehman Collection, Medieval Art, Musical Instruments, American Paintings and Sculpture, Arms and Amour, Asian Art, Costume Institute, Egyptian Art, European Sculpture Art and Decorative Arts, Islamic Art, Modern Arts, and Photographs.

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Elements of Design

Texture: Techniques used in painting serve to show texture, i.e. the dry brush technique produces a rough simulated and heavy application of pigment with brush or other implement produces a rough actual quality.

Shape: Shape is an area that is contained within an implied line, or is seen and identified because of color or value changes. Shapes have two dimensions, length and width, and can be geometric or free form. Design in painting is basically the planned arrangement of shapes in a work of art.

Value: Value refers to dark and light. Value contrasts help us help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art. This type can be read because of the contrast of dark letters and light paper. Value contrast is also evident in colors, which enables us to read shapes in a painting.

Space: Actual space is a three-dimensional volume that can be empty or filled with objects. It has width, height, and depth. Space that appears three-dimensional in a painting is an illusion that creates a feeling of actual depth. Various techniques can be used to show such visual depth and space.

Line: Line is a mark made by a pointed tool--brush, pencil, stick, pen etc.--and is often defined as a moving dot. It has length and width, but its width is very tiny compared to its length. A line is created by the movement of a tool and pigment, and often suggests movement in a drawing or painting.

Form: Form describes volume and mass, or the three-dimensional aspects of objects that take up space. Forms can and should be viewed from many angles. When you hold a baseball, shoe or small sculpture, you are aware of their curves, angles, indentations, extensions, and edges--their forms.

Color: Color depends on light because it is made of light. There must be light for us to see color. A red shirt will not look red in the dark, where there is no light. The whiter the light, the more true the colors will be. A yellow light on a color painting will change the appearance of all the colors.

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When you are evaluating your artwork utilize the chart below as a reference tool.

Reference: McGraw-Hill

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Book List:

759.05 BRE
Brettell, Richard R. Post-impressionists. Chicago : New York : Art Institute of Chicago ; H.N. Abrams, c1987. Presents
color plates of sixty-eight Post-Impressionist art works from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Includes accompanying narrative.

759.05 G
Greenfeld, Howard. The Impressionist revolution. [1st ed.]. Garden City, N.Y., : Doubleday, [1972]. Details theImpressionist "revolution" by which such artists as Renoir,Monet, and Pissarro protested the materialistic emphasis of nineteenth-century French society.

759.05 H
Hiesinger, Ulrich W., 1943-. Impressionism in America : the Ten American Painters. Munich : New York, NY, USA : Prestel ;
Distributed in the USA and Canada by te Neues Pub. Co., c1991.

759.05 T
Thomson, Belinda. The post-impressionists. Secaucaus, N.J. : Chartwell Books, c1983.

759.05 WIG
Wiggins, Colin. Post-impressionism. 1st American ed. London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1993. Young Cézanne --Classical Seurat -- The Pointillists -- Van Gogh in Paris --New light on the city -- Gauguin and Pont-Aven -- The symbolists -- The Nabis -- Thirst for publicity -- Lautrec's technique -- The new Renoir -- Rural idyll -- The grotesque-- Munch -- Rodin's sculpture -- Late Monet. A visual guide
to the post-impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work.

759.06 S
Sedgwick, John P. Discovering modern art; : the intelligent layman's guide to painting from impressionism to pop. New York, : Random House, [1966].

759.4 BRE
Brettell, Richard R. French impressionists. [Chicago, Ill.] : New York : Art Institute of Chicago ; H.N. Abrams, c1987.
Contains color reproductions of French Impressionist art from the Art Institute of Chicago. Includes a narrative
discussion of each work.

759.4 BRO
Broude, Norma. Georges Seurat. New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli, 1992. Examines current interpretations of Seurat's art, and the
relationship of his work to political and scientific theory
in France.

759.4 LEV
Levine, Steven Z. Claude Monet. New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 1994. Interpretation of the
paintings and style of Monet including biographical information.

759.4 M
Monet, Claude, 1840-1926. Monet's years at Giverny : beyond impressionism. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art,
c1978.

759.4 RIC
Rich, Daniel Catton, 1904-. Edgar-Hilaire-Germain Degas. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1985. Reproductions and text present
critical commentary on the artist and his work.

759.4 SCH
Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-. Paul Cézanne. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1988. Spine title: Cezanne. Reproductions and text present
critical commentary on the artist and his work.

813.09 B
Bloom, Harold, ed. Stephen Crane's The red badge of courage. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. The freedom of
the poet / John Berryman -- Psychology and The red badge ofcourage / Daniel Weiss -- Order in The red badge of courage
/ Norman Lavers -- Literary impressionism / James Nagel --Stephen Crane, the hero as victim / Harold Beaver -- Fear,
rage, and the mistrials of representation in The red badge of courage / Donald Pease -- The epic of consciousness /
Chester L. Wolford -- Stephen Crane's upturned faces /Michael Fried -- Chronology.

B GOG
Schaffner, Ingrid. The essential Vincent van Gogh. New York : Kansas City, Mo. : Wonderland Press : Harry N. Abrams ;
Distributed by Andrews McMeel, 1998. A guide to understanding Vincent van Gogh, examining the truths and myths about his life, explaining the Impressionist movement with which his work is associated, and discussing his unique style of painting. Includes over sixty-five illustrations.

LD 709 AGE
An age of reason, an age of passion : a fresh view : Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Long Branch, NJ :
Kultur, [1994?], 1989. Program 6. pt.1. An age of reason ;pt.2. An age of passion -- Program 7. pt.1. Realism and
impressionism ; pt.2. Post-impressionism. PRESENTER:Michael Wood. Rococo, rationalism, and the romantic
movement are covered. Radical artists break with thetraditional, and explore color and impressionist style,
leading to the basis of modern art of the 20th century.

LD 709.04 REA
A fresh view : impressionism and post-impressionism. New York :[Long Beach, CA] : Videodisc Publishing ; Pioneer LDC, 1992,
c1989. pt.1. Realism and impressionism -- pt.2.Post-impressionism. PRESENTER: Michael Wood. Radical
artists break with the traditional, and explore color andimpressionist style, leading to the basis of modern art of
the 20th century.

Picture 759.05 IMP
Impressionism. Fine Arts Publication.

Picture 759.05 POS
Post-Impressionism. Fine Arts Publication.

REF 709 GRO
The Grove dictionary of art. New York : St. Martin's Press,2000. Presents over 180 alphabetized articles on Western
art movements and styles in the fifteenth through thetwentieth century, each including a black-and-white
illustration and a select bibliography.

REF 759.4 KEL
Keller, Horst. The great book of French impressionism. New York
: Greenwich House, 1982.

Sl 709.03 One
100 years of modern art : Manet to Picasso. White Plains, N.Y. :
Center for Humanities, c1971. Major movements in European
and American art, from Impressionism in the 1860's through
the art of the 1960's.

VHS
VT #739 Impressionists. Impressionism and the French landscape.

VHS 759.4 SEU
Point counterpoint : the life and works of Georges Seurat, 1859-1891. Chicago, Ill. : Home Vision, 1987, c1979. Film
portrait of the life and work of one of the artists of thePost Impressionist generation, and creator of the
pointillist technique.

Artist Biography:

709 BER

Bernstein, Roberta. Jasper Johns. [New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli,1992]. Examines the artist's output in paintings,sculpture,

prints, and drawings and presents his career from the beginnings of Pop Art to the work he is producing today.

709 G

Gibson, Katharine. The goldsmith of Florence; : a book of great craftsmen,. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1929. pt. 1.

In the time of the knights: Weavers of stories; tapestries.Brothers of the quill; illuminated manuscripts. Wood-carvers

of long ago. The armorer -- pt. 2. In the great days of the city of Florence: Ghiberti and the goblins. Capping the

Duomo; Brunelleschi. Donatello's children. The secret a bambino keeps; Della Robbia. The goldsmith of Florence;

Cellini -- pt. 3. During the Amerian revolution--and now: Boston's handyman; Paul Revere. A wood-carver of today; I.

Kirchmayer. Master smith; Frank Koralewsky.

709.73 B

Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin. The Pantheon story of American art for young people. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books,

c1976. A history of art in the United States which includes the contributions of the Indians and early settlers and

discusses art movements and important individual artists in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

759.13 SPE

Spencer, Robin. Whistler. New York : Portland House : Crown, 1990. Text and 48 annotated reproductions of Whistler's key

works set the Whistler phenemenon in the context of 19th century art.

759.2 B

Bindman, David. Hogarth. New York : Oxford University Press, 1981.

759.5 GAS

Gash, John. Caravaggio. New York : Rizzoli, 1994. Discusses the life and work of this Italian baroque naturalist.

Highlights 15 selections from his ouevre.

920 B

Bearden, Romare. Six black masters of American art. Doubleday, c1972. Joshua Johnston.- Robert S. Duncanson.- Henry Ossawa

Tanner.- Horace Pippin.- Augusta Savage.- Jacob Lawrence.

920 B

Braider, Donald, 1923-. Five early American painters : Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert

Stuart, John Trumbull. [1st ed.]. New York, : Meredith Press, [1969]. Brief biographies of five early American

painters including Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, and John Trumbull.

920 C

Chandler, Anna Curtis. Story-lives of master artists. 1953 revision. Philadelphia, : Lippincott, [1953].

920 F

Fowler, Carol. Contributions of women : art. Minneapolis :Dillon Press, c1976. Brief biographies of six prominent

American women artists: Mary Cassatt, Grandma Moses, Georgia, O'Keefe, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler, and Suzanne Jackson.

920 HIR

Hirschfelder, Arlene B. Artists and craftspeople. New York : Facts on File, c1994. 17 figures in Native American history

from the 17th century to the 20th century including athletes, artists, writers, religious leaders, and scholars.

920 JAC

Jackson, Nancy, 1951-. Photographers : history and culture through the camera. New York, NY : Facts on File, c1997.

Profiles eight men and women whose artwork serves as visual documentation of critical events and cultural eras in

American history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

B C

Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. Baltimore : Penguin, 1956.

B C

Wilson, Ellen Janet Cameron. American painter in Paris; : a life of Mary Cassatt,. New York, : Farrar, Straus & Giroux,

[1971]. The biography of the nineteenth-century Pennsylvania woman who became one of America's best known

artists.

B R

Stearns, Monroe. Rembrandt and his world. New York, : F. Watts,[1967]. A survey and interpretation of the life work of

Holland's greatest painter. He was praised prematurely and died forgotten but his significant use of light to give

paintings a third dimension had an enduring effect.

REF 700 DIC

Dictionary of the arts. New York : Facts on File, c1994. Contains over 6,000 entries of people, terms, and movements

from architecture to theatre, including over 1,000 quotations.

Ref 703 P

Praeger encyclopedia of art. New York, : Praeger Publishers,[1971].

REF 709.2 BIO

A Biographical dictionary of artists. Rev. ed. New York, NY :Facts on File, c1995. Over 1,300 illustrated articles about

visual artists worldwide, summarizing the development of each artist's style and important works.

REF 709.2 INT

International dictionary of art and artists. Chicago : St. James Press, c1990. [vol. 1.] Artists -- [v. 2.] Art.

REF 920 GAL

Galens, Judy, 1968-. Artists. : from Michaelangelo to Maya Lin. Detroit : U-X-L : Gale Group/Thomson Learning, c2002.

Contains entries that provide information about the lives of thirty sculptors, painters, architects, photographers,

illustrators, and designers whose work has made a significant impact on the art world, and includes portraits,

essays discussing a range of art concepts and movements, and lists of resources. Arranged alphabetically from A-to-L.

REF 920 GAL

Galens, Judy, 1968-. Artists. : from Michaelangelo to Maya Lin. Detroit : U-X-L : Gale Group/Thomson Learning, c2002.

Contains entries that provide information about the lives ofthirty sculptors, painters, architects, photographers,

illustrators, and designers whose work has made asignificant impact on the art world, and includes portraits,

essays discussing a range of art concepts and movements, and lists of resources. Arranged alphabetically from M-to-Z.

REF 920 HOD

Hodge, Nicola, 1957-. The A-Z of art : the world's greatest andmost popular artists and their works. [S.l.] : Carlton

Books, 2001, c1996. Contains color reproductions of nearly four hundred notable works of art, each accompanied by brief

information about the work and its artist; arranged alphabetically by artist's last name.

REF 920 KRY

Krystal, Barbara. 100 artists who shaped world history. San Mateo, CA : Bluewood Books, 1997. Contains brief

biographies of one hundred artists who played key roles in the development of painting, sculpture, and photography,

presented chronologically by date of birth.

REF 920 LUC

Lucie-Smith, Edward. Lives of the great 20th-century artists. [1st American ed.]. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1999.

Presents short biographies of one hundred significant twentieth-century artists, each illustrated with important

works, self-portraits, and photographs; grouped according to style and era.

REF 920.03 Aut

Authors & artists for young adults. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1989-.

VHS 759.13 AND

Andy Warhol. [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision Entertainment, c2001. Presented by Melvyn Bragg. A profile of the life and work

of Warhol, showing his painting, film, publishing, music and television, as well as interviews with the artist.

VHS 759.4 SEU

Point counterpoint : the life and works of Georges Seurat, 1859-1891. Chicago, Ill. : Home Vision, 1987, c1979. Film

portrait of the life and work of one of the artists of the Post Impressionist generation, and creator of the

pointillist technique.

VHS 769.92 Fan

The fantastic world of M.C. Escher. English-language ed. [Bethesda, MD] : Atlas Video, c1994. H. S. M. Coxeter, R.

Penrose. A tribute to the artist M. C. Escher. Described as the master of impossible objects - possible to conceive, but

impossible to convey in 3-dimensional space, Escher used light, geometry and higher mathematics to instruct and to

entertain. His art has been hailed as the meeting of science and imagination.