By Casandra Newton
Modern impressionist artists can be considered as the founders of contemporary painting. It first started in Paris in the 1860s but it later on spread to many other parts of the world. Coming up with a finely finished and detailed painting was what conventional art required but these people shunned away from this. Their main aim was to capture the temporary, sensory effect of a scene.
They created images that could only hit the eyes of the viewer temporarily. This they did from the open environments and surroundings but not inside the studios. They did not actually require realistic representations to come up with their images.
Optical effects of light were employed to try and paint a picture of the passing time, changes in weather, climatic and other shifts in the atmosphere. By using canvas as their primary material, these painters achieved a lot. To come up with successful paintings, they used slackened works of brush. Pure and strong colors could only be used from bleached palettes.
Apart from that, they also insisted on direct conveyance of a general notion of a particular view, usually outdoors. They used primary colors and short brushstrokes to symbolize the appearance of mirrored light. Their main wish was to capture the artist's view of the subject rather than the subject itself.
Painters also got away from concentrating only on the key subject and brought the surrounding environment and objects more outstandingly into the masterpiece of the painting. Preliminary paint was no longer given time to dry. Instead, fresher pain application was done while the preceding paint was still wet. What came out were soft edges. Besides, colors were allowed to mix more naturally on the canvas.
Although it was started by painters, musicians quickly followed. Music composers started to avoid the traditional harmony of thirds. Instead, they began using more inharmonious chords and varied arrangements to express individual feelings and moods. By doing this, musicians were allowed to suggest moods and places through indistinct rhythms and lively, changing harmonies. Their compositions attempted to generate visual images by using light and color ideas through variations in pitch, tone and rhythm.
Next on line were the writers and poets. They started using imagery and symbolism as an effective way of reaching their audiences. Characterization, which had been there since ages, was not in itself the efficient means of painting characters in a poem or story. They started looking at the mental pressures of humanity instead of just focusing on the physical outlook. Apart from just describing real life events, poetry started to seek answers to some human feelings.
A wider and more open way of looking at art in general was improved by impressionism. It gave artists a chance to try out their own things while at the same time using conventional methods. It is because of this reason that contemporary creativity forms were developed.
Modern impressionist artists can thus be said to be the fathers of most modern day works of art. Apart from helping revolutionize the way painting had been previously perceived, they also helped change the style of music and writing. It can be therefore said that impressionism was the biggest thing that ever happened to the world of entertainment.
They created images that could only hit the eyes of the viewer temporarily. This they did from the open environments and surroundings but not inside the studios. They did not actually require realistic representations to come up with their images.
Optical effects of light were employed to try and paint a picture of the passing time, changes in weather, climatic and other shifts in the atmosphere. By using canvas as their primary material, these painters achieved a lot. To come up with successful paintings, they used slackened works of brush. Pure and strong colors could only be used from bleached palettes.
Apart from that, they also insisted on direct conveyance of a general notion of a particular view, usually outdoors. They used primary colors and short brushstrokes to symbolize the appearance of mirrored light. Their main wish was to capture the artist's view of the subject rather than the subject itself.
Painters also got away from concentrating only on the key subject and brought the surrounding environment and objects more outstandingly into the masterpiece of the painting. Preliminary paint was no longer given time to dry. Instead, fresher pain application was done while the preceding paint was still wet. What came out were soft edges. Besides, colors were allowed to mix more naturally on the canvas.
Although it was started by painters, musicians quickly followed. Music composers started to avoid the traditional harmony of thirds. Instead, they began using more inharmonious chords and varied arrangements to express individual feelings and moods. By doing this, musicians were allowed to suggest moods and places through indistinct rhythms and lively, changing harmonies. Their compositions attempted to generate visual images by using light and color ideas through variations in pitch, tone and rhythm.
Next on line were the writers and poets. They started using imagery and symbolism as an effective way of reaching their audiences. Characterization, which had been there since ages, was not in itself the efficient means of painting characters in a poem or story. They started looking at the mental pressures of humanity instead of just focusing on the physical outlook. Apart from just describing real life events, poetry started to seek answers to some human feelings.
A wider and more open way of looking at art in general was improved by impressionism. It gave artists a chance to try out their own things while at the same time using conventional methods. It is because of this reason that contemporary creativity forms were developed.
Modern impressionist artists can thus be said to be the fathers of most modern day works of art. Apart from helping revolutionize the way painting had been previously perceived, they also helped change the style of music and writing. It can be therefore said that impressionism was the biggest thing that ever happened to the world of entertainment.
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