Tuesday 18 January 2011

Essay notes:

Choosing a particular period from 1800 to the present, in what ways has art or design responded to the changing social and cultural forces of that period? (2 specific examples)


Impressionism


Artwork to look at:

  • Claude Monet, "Impression, sunrise", 1872
  • Gustave Caillebotte, "Paris street, rainy day", 1877
  • Claude Monet, "women in a garden", 1866-77
  • Claude Monet, "Autumn effect at Argenteuil", 1873
  • Claude Monet, "The gare san Lazare" series, 1877
  • Georges Seurat, "Sunday afternoon on the island at La Grande Jatte", 1884-86
  • George Seurat, "Bathers at Asnieres", 1884.
  • Edouard Manet, "A bar at the follies bergere", 1882






The main focus being on Edouard Manet, "A bar at the follies bergere", 1882 and Claude Monet, "Impression, sunrise", 1872.