Impressionism

Series: Understanding Modern Art Series

Duration: 7 min

Genres: Art | Educational, Educational

Year Published: 1957

Creator: BFA

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the purposes and techniques of impressionism: simplification of form by comparative analysis, texture and heavily painted surfaces, generalization of objects and broken color techniques. Shows examples by Impressionist painters., Describes the main characteristics of impressionism and contrasts it with the art that prevailed in the era which preceded it. Stress is placed upon impressionism's major characteristics including elimination of details and use of color to produce optical effects in which colors are mixed by the eye. Special attention is given to coloring techniques used in painting such as use of colored dots rather than solid color areas.

Complete Record: , Describes the main characteristics of impressionism and contrasts it with the art that prevailed in the era which preceded it. Stress is placed upon impressionism's major characteristics including elimination of details and use of color to produce optical effects in which colors are mixed by the eye. Special attention is given to coloring techniques used in painting such as use of colored dots rather than solid color areas., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:UNT Digital Library