L importance de l art français The most influential art

L'importance de l'art français The most influential art movements in French history Rococo—Jean-Antoine Watteau Neo-classical (late 18 – early 19 centuries) Neo-classicism (Jacques-Louis David) Impressionism was a style that reacted to the ultra-refined brush work of neo-classicism. Impressionists hoped to capture the effect of light upon a subject. Many works were completed outdoors and included landscapes, seascapes and other outdoor works. CLAUDE MONET is considered to be the founder of this movement. He did much of his painting in Giverny, France. (see bulletin board) Impressionism—Claude Monet Other important Impressionists Pierre-August Renoir Georges Seurat Edouard Manet Berthe Morisot Edgar Degas Gustave Caillebotte Post-Impressionism The Post-Impressionists' work resembled Impressionism, but started trending slightly away from it toward Cubism. Representatives of Post-Impressionism include: Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse et Toulouse-Lautrec. Vincent Van Gogh Cubism After Post-Impressionism in the early 20 th Century came Cubism was a focus on the SHAPE of objects. It attempts to represent all sides of a three-dimensional object in two dimensions. Thus, it often appears, at first glace, that space and perspective are distorted. • Famous Cubists include Pablo Piccasso and George Braque. Still life with bowl and fruit (1912) • • • • • • • th th