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Impressionism~

Impressionism
Cutler, Pam
56 pagesISBN:1842991760
£9.99

~First Page
In 1874 a group of artists took the unusual step of organising an art exhibition of their own paintings. They were fed up because the judges of the most important art exhibition in Paris, which took place at the Salon every year, had turned them all down. They thought that the judges were too old-fashioned in their views on art to value their work. Among this group were the artists Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, Degas, Cézanne, Morisot and Boudin. They are now famous artists but in the 1870s their work was often not understood and was even laughed at.
Impressionism
Cutler, Pam
56 pagesISBN:1842991760
£9.99
The Flying Start series sets out to examine ground-breaking art movements.
They will be a 'must' for all young artists who want to develop their knowledge and understanding of the major figures in modern art.
Impressionism
Find out how Impressionist artists challenged the rules of academic art and developed a whole new way of painting and seeing the world around us~Impressionism|ISBN%3A1842991760|~4683~4847~ISBN%3A1842991760,~

Post Impressionism~Post Impressionism
Cutler, Pam
56 pages
ISBN:1842991779
£9.99~First Page
The name Post-Impressionism was first used by the English artist and critic, Roger Fry.
In 1910, Fry set up an exhibition in London of modern French art and called it Manet and the Post-Impressionists. Two nears later, in 1912, he organised another big exhibition of Post-Impressionist work.
These exhibitions were made up of lots of artists but most of them had worked in the Impressionist way at one time. All of them had felt the Impressionist style was limited and had tried to go beyond it by developing their work in different ways.
Many people did not understand what these artists were truing to do so Fry wrote an article in the catalogue for the second of his Post-Impressionist exhibitions. In the article he explained and defended the work on show. He said that the reason why these artists were often misunderstood and not valued, was because people thought that the most important role of an artist was to paint what things looked like. Fry wrote that the Post-Impressionist artists did not simple want to copy life, but were trying to make paintings that would appeal to our imaginations and enrich our minds.
Post Impressionism
Cutler, Pam
56 pages
ISBN:1842991779
£9.99

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Expressionism~Expressionism
Cutler, Pam
62 pages
ISBN:1842991795
£9.99~First Page
At the beginning of the 20th century, artists did not want to limit themselves to making pictures that looked like the real world. They thought that the new technology of photography could do this well, leaving artists free to use their imaginations to produce new forms of art.
These artists wanted to express their inner thoughts and feelings. They tried out bold compositions and vivid colours. Their new ways of looking at the world often upset art critics and the public.
The most important Expressionist paintings were created between 1905 and 1914 but by 1920 the influence of the Expressionist movement had faded. All the Expressionist artists were affected by World War I and, sadly, some were killed. All the same, their work inspired artists throughout the 20th century and contributed to the development of modern art.
In order to understand more about Expressionism, we need to discover the answers to the following five questions:
Where did Expressionism come from?
What was Expressionism?
Who were the Expressionists?
What and who influenced Expressionist artists to work in the way they did?
What did the Expressionists like to paint and what methods did they use?
Expressionism
Cutler, Pam
62 pages
ISBN:1842991795
£9.99

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Surrealism~

Surrealism
Cutler, Pam
56 pages
ISBN:1842991809
£9.99

~First Page
The actual meaning of the word Surrealism is beyond the real.
Surrealist artists wanted to find new ways of expressing themselves and a new approach to art. They painted strange dream-like pictures like Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory, 1931. They changed real objects to make them appear strange like Meret Oppenheim's Object for Breakfast, 1936, in which the artist has covered the normally hard, smooth surfaces of a cup and saucer with animal fur.
Surrealists wanted to explore what went on beneath the surface of people's thoughts. They wanted to make people question their ideas about what was real.
In order to understand more about it we need to discover the answers to the following five questions:
Where did Surrealism come from?
What was Surrealism?
Who were the Surrealists?
What and who influenced Surrealist artists to work in the way they did?
What were the methods artists used to create Surreal images?
Surrealism
Cutler, Pam
56 pages
ISBN:1842991809
£9.99

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