A friend linked my recent series of photos to Impressionism.
So, what is Impressionism?
Impressionistic list:
- ‘An art of immediacy and movement’ (1)
- Capturing the ‘sensory effects of a scene’ (2)
- The impressions objects make ‘in a fleeting instant’ (3)-
- About ‘candid poses and compositions’ (4)
- Of sunlight’s transient effects (5)
- Recording perception and experience (6)
- Not facts nor details (7)
- Ordinary matter seen from unusual perspectives (8)
All the above are characteristics I recognise in this series of photos so I’d have to say my friend was right when she linked them to Impressionism.
A bit more: Impressionism’s origins lie with 19th Century Paris-based artists. (9) Impressionists often violated the rules of the medium they used, exploiting the physical properties of their materials (1o)
Sources:
- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism, accessed 21st April 2015
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- The Art Story, http://www.theartstory.org/movement-impressionism.htm, accessed 21st April 2015
- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism, accessed 21st April 2015
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