Impressionism-very important !!! 20 marks !!

Hello :

Very interesting question …

I try to answer with my bad english.

How did the Impressionism changed after photography appeared???

First, photography appeared around 1840 **and impressionism origins are the french art painting school , manifested by 8 public exhibitions in Paris between 1874 to 1886. we can say Impressionism gave a new way for art moderne beyond academic art, in the first time, impressionism wasn’t influenced by photography***.

~ ** first official image made by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. and Daguerre make to sale first camera named « daguerréotype » in France about 1840.

~ *** photography took the place of painting (realism) and pushed the painters in a new field.

Impressionism = realism in this period, they choose subject in daily life like a cameraman, they developped special ‘light’ with camera, but also searched « Stopped » movement, change of time and color.

However, each impressionnist has his own idea of color and their favorite research to print their « surrealist » feeling ~ it’s the most different than photograph.

Don’t forget that Monet had problem of his eyes ~ he had a strong shortsighted. It’ s normal that he painted with his « impression ».

The Impressionists relaxed the boundary between subject and background so that the effect of an Impressionist painting often resembles a snapshot, a part of a larger reality captured as if by chance. Photography was gaining popularity, and as cameras became more portable, photographs became more candid. Photography inspired Impressionists to capture the moment, not only in the fleeting lights of a landscape, but in the day-to-day lives of people.


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