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Light
Color
Movement (brush strokes, composition)
Slide 5 Light
Haystacks Monet
Observations: light, atmosphere and brushstrokes
Slide 6 Color
Woman, Cassatt
Observations: Use of color, contrasting colors, complementary colors
Slide 7 Movement
Ballerinas Degas
Observations: Movement throughout, very active dancers being capured, and
the brushstrokes give a sense of action
Color association depends on culture. Red is seen as a hot, angry, passionate color
from the Western perspective, but from an Eastern perspective, (China) Red is a
happy, celebratory color. And yellow is a happy color here in Western culture but
yellow is seen as ominous and dangerous.
Slide 9 Examples
Slide 10 Examples
Slide 11
There are many different styles during Impressionism. But they all shared those key
ingredients, light movement and color.