Question

Find a typical work fro both the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements. One each. Explain what these movements are and compare and contrast the two works. Please use your own words concerning the elements and principles of design and art. What makes them different?

Answer 1

The typical work for both Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements and their comparison and contrast can be calssified on the basis of below mentioned points:

• Impressionist Movement was the first movement of modern art which was started by group of painters who have similar painiting style. This painting style uses the lighting effects and creation of atmospheric condition in the artworks that capture natural moment of time. This is a painting style which shows what is seen rather than what is there. It describes less details of a subject or object instead of complete scenario by using of short brushstrokes with thick paint layers, use of blue & violet rather than black for shading, pure color, blurred and soft edges. Impressionist movement captures the moment in scenery and landscape based on daily life routine.

• Post-Impressionist Movement was the movement that came after impressionism. This movement included various painters who came up with their own unique style of painting due to which they did not work as a group. Due to differentiation in their style of work, this movement was not be collaborative movement. This style of painting was based on the visual art which uses colour & shape with bright, bold, sharper, often outlined edge, less realistic and more textures.

• Both impressionist and post-impressionist movements came out in the same 19th century in france. Impressionist work focused on the naturalistic world without using bright, bold, shape, line and color but the work of Post-Impressionist based on the use of vivid color, shape, outline, sharper and focused on the personally expressive with not lighting effects. Impressionist paintings were using outdoors scenario for their paintings  while postimpressionist paintings were doing painting in a studio.

• Impressionism included artwork such as Soleil Levant and Woman with a Parasol by Claude Monet, Parsi Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte. Post-Impressionism included artwork such as The starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, The card Players and Lady in Blue by Paul Cezanne.