Week 1 - Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne

Topic #1

Visit the websites listed below and research impressionism.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm/ (Links to an external site.)

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/guide-to-impressionism/guide-to-impressionism (Links to an external site.)

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/impressionism/a/a-beginners-guide-to-impressionism (Links to an external site.)

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/impressionism/ (Links to an external site.)

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-impressionism.htm (Links to an external site.)

Choose a painting from one of the following prominent impressionist painters.

· Claude Monet

· Mary Cassatt

· Paul Cézanne

· Edgar Degas

· Pierre-Auguste Renoir

· Berthe Morisot

Include the artist’s name, title of artwork, date, and materials in the first paragraph. Evaluate the following characteristics, indicating knowledge of how and where they are integrated into the painting. Elaborate on the details. Assume the reader knows nothing about impressionism.

· Light or atmosphere

· Color

· Brushstrokes

· Subject matter

· Content/meaning

How does this painting make you feel?