1. Claude Monet, Impression Sunrise, 1872

2. Impressionism
• light and color became subject matter
• instant impression vs detailed analysis
• paintings vs imitations of nature
• brushstrokes

4. Post Impressionism
• used color and light theory of
Impressionists
• many unique styles: form or emotion

5. Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886

6. Mount Saint Victoire, 1902-04, oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm
Paul Cezanne

7. Van Gogh

8. Paul Gaugin

9. Expressionism
• attitude
• not interested in naturalism
• emotional states
• distortion
• violent or strong color
• brushstrokes

10. Kirchner

11. Max Beckman

12. Otto Dix

13. Matisse (Fauve)

14. Abstraction vs.
Expressionism
Form vs Emotion

15. Cubism
• rejects traditional perspective
• represents objects from multiple
viewpoints
• emphasizes flatness of canvas

16. Picasso Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler 1910