Impressionism

1- Impressionism

Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light and movement on appearance of objects.  Impressionist motto - human eye is a marvelous instrument. Impact worldwide was lasting and huge. The name 'Impressionists' came as artists embraced the nickname a conservative critic used to ridicule the whole movement. 

Claude Monet => a well-known impressionist artist.

Impressionist fascination with light and movement was at the core of their art. Exposure to light and/or movement was enough to create a justifiable and fit artistic subject out of literally anything. Impressionists learned how to transcribe directly their visual sensations of nature, unconcerned with the actual depiction of physical objects in front of them. Two ideas of Impressionists are expressed here. One is that a quickly painted oil sketch most accurately records a landscape's general appearance. The second idea that art benefits from a naïve vision untainted by intellectual preconceptions was a part of both the naturalist and the realist traditions, from which their work evolved.


Library source: Resimde İzlenimcilik Yılları ve İzlenimci Ressamlar / Önder Şenyapılı


"İzlenimcilik akımının adı 1874 yılında Nadar'ın stüdyosunda yaşama geçirilen Reddedilenler Salonu'nda düzenlenen Claude Monet(1840-1926) ve arkadaşlarının grup sergisinde konulmuş."
"Bu ilk sergide izlenen yapılar arasında Claude Monet'nin "İzlenim/Impression" adını verdiği tablosu da var."