Impressionism/Post Impressionism.

Watching this lecture taught me about impressionism and post impressionism.Impressionism is a 19th century movement that originated with a group of Paris based artist who's independent exhibitions brought then to prominence during the 1870's and 1880's. Impressionist usually did not paint using and moral message. They usually had an understanding with using color theory, optics, and nature of light. For example optical painting is used in impressionism which is created through our perception of color. Impressionist like Claude Monet who placed many colors on the pallet and instead of mixing the paints on the pallet, they would literally just opposed them on the canvas, just opposing yellow and blue for example to make green. Impressionism is all about light and color. They also painted mostly directly from nature.

 In this painting "Water Lillie's" by Monet which was painted in the last moments of his life. He wanted to create something that has no edges or corners. You can see that he used the mixture of yellow and blue to make green, being that green is not a primary color. He also used the impression of light and dark. The water being light and calm reflecting the lilies.

Post-Impressionist used impressionistic techniques but took the style to a new level.  Post impressionism was the work or style of a varied group in the late 19^th century and early 20^th century including Van Gogh. Post- impressionist incorporated their paintings with more passion, emotion and expression. They also used color to communicate with the world, using certain colors to express their feelings. For example Van Gogh who was searching for a deeper meaning in their art, by exploring color, line, and form that led to the development of expression.

 In this painting by Van Gogh you can see that he uses different colors of blue to make up what the sky looks like in his imagination. he also didn't mix the colors of blue before putting it on the canvas. This painting seems to be an image that Van Gogh sees from his window. The swirls in the sky seem to be the wind blowing and the bright yellow dots could be the starts in the dark sky.