Hey all

I'm just coming to the end of my History of Art degree, and out of all the things I have grown to understand and hold in high regard, Impressionism is at the top of the list. Most people know artists such as Monet and Van Gogh, but Impression had a very powerful effect on art and painting

So I give to you Revolutionary: The fanlisting for Impressionism.

Impressionism rocks socks! I joined! (I made my own button with my favourite painting which you're more than welcome to use if you want. You can snag it here.) And the fanlisting looks awesome, too.

Would you like to affiliate with Abstract Art?

Thanks! I will definetly snag that code and I'd love to affiliate I'm adding your link now.

Impressionism sure rocks socks!!

Affiliate with Pin-up art, maybe?

It looks lovely! Impressionism is just awesome. *joins*

Thank you both of you and I would be happy to Decadent muse, adding you now.

I've added you back, Heather.

Thanks, I added you back

Heya, I love the Impressionism.. especially the French.. My favorite would be mary cassatt, van gogh and monet and so on.. I'll join later! Affy with leonardo da vinci's Mona Lisa?

Mary Cassatt is awesome, I did an essay in my first year comparing her painting At the Opera with Renoir's La loge. I'm at Leeds University and we have a professor, Grisdela Pollock, who has written about the female Impressionists quite a bit. Her lectures gave a really good insight into Impressionism and Cassatt.

And I'd love to affiliate

Wow Manet's Olympia Hehe I have a History of Art degree too Would you like to affiliate with Cubism and Nighthawks? And I joined

Ohhh, impressionism... That's a great style! I always found Claude Monet's work to be most beautiful of all - and why wouldn't it? He started it! It looks great. I actually recognize the artwork from my AP Art class. Hehe. I'll be joining later!

I'm just finishing my degree so officially I don't have it just yet I'd be happy to affiliate with you, and thanks for joining




Monet was definetly one of the core group that began impressionism but he wasn't the one that started it. Manet was the first one who had his work rejected by the Salon, and the ideas developed as the group of friends painted and talked together.

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PS I was tempted to clarify the Manet/Monet question, but I hesitated 'cause it's your thread !!

Go ahead if you wish, although we might be going a little bit off topic To give a definate answer I would really have to go and research it, which I don't have time for and after all the research I have done recently I really can't be bothered. I tend to look at Impressionism as a collaborative effort rather than someone did it first, because it developed from their interaction.

No!!! You have answered in your previous post perfectly fine. Furthermore I haven't got the English precise words to explain it and my knowledge is a little bit rotten as well ...I finished uni a lot of years ago

Ohhh. From what I learned, Monet created a painting called "Impression: Sunset" and the critics ran away with that as the style evolved. Oh well.

Impressionism was around before the name was. Painters like Monet, Renoir, and Cézanne were around, creating, and being duly rejected by the 'legitimate' artists.

But, for all intents and purposes, you're right.

Monet's painting 'Impression Dusk,' 'Impression: Evening,' or 'Impression Raising Sun' (soooo many names I've read for one painting >.<) was the painting that started the name. A man named Leroy used the term 'impressionism' as a sort of insult to the piece.

*Also has a degree in Art History and certification to teach it*

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Affiliate with Caravaggio? Baroque, but still art related.

Good luck on your degree! Is Impressionism your favorite style? I swing around the Renaissance and post-Renaissance. Sometimes I love Botticelli most of all, sometimes Caravaggio, and sometimes Waterhouse. I think it just changes with my moods.

Aww thanks I think my knowledge is more rotten due to the fact that I've not studied Impressionism since my first year and I just wrote my dissertation in a completely different period of art.




I remember the term being used now, thank you for filling in the blanks. As for teaching I'm actually considering it myself, although in the UK it's mainly a University subject with some places teaching it as an A-level. So it's a matter of starting teaching Art and then working my way up.

Impressionism isn't my favorite style from an aesthetic point of view, but I think from an art history or academic POV it is because there is just so much that happened at the time. I am also a Renaissance girl, and adore Botticelli as well. I'm especially interested in Apocalyptic art, and I just did my dissertation in Apocalypse Manuscripts. So my interests run from Medieval manuscripts to Impressionism, and after that a few Surrealists and modern artists but nothing really modern.

Thank you for the well wishes and back on topic... I would be happy to affiliate with Caravaggio, I am adding you now.

Impressionism is wonderful. Such a beautiful technique that requires such talent. I've joined.