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Claude Monet's Poppies, Near Argenteuil Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Claude Monet's Poppies, Near Argenteuil Introduction 15th & 16th cent 19th cent 20th & 21st cent Monet's sunrise Impressionism Monet's poppies Seurat's Bathers Grande Jatte & Circus Signac font size: a a a Claude Monet's Poppies, Near Argenteuil In the countryside, a vivid splash of poppies seems to move in a gentle breeze. Monet has made the red poppies and the green field effectively equiluminant. The position of the poppies seems uncertain. To many viewers, they appear to quiver. Poppies, Near Argenteuil, Claude Monet, 1873. If you remove the color, most of the poppies cannot be seen in the field. The poppies and field are equiluminant. As has been noted, the Impressionists painted not a landscape but the impression of a landscape. Nothing here is painted exactly; rather, everything is suggested. Monet unforgettably evokes a mood by choosing these ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/monet2.html · 6.8k |
Claude Monet's Impression Sunrise Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Claude Monet's Impression Sunrise Introduction 15th & 16th cent 19th cent 20th & 21st cent Monet's sunrise Impressionism Monet's poppies Seurat's Bathers Grande Jatte & Circus Signac font size: a a a Claude Monet's Impression Sunrise In the late 1860s, Claude Monet (1840-1926), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and others painted in a new style, called Impressionism by contemporaries. The name was first used by critics, viewing a new exhibition held in 1874, and was directed precisely — and derisively — at a painting by Monet of a harbor at dawn, which he titled Impression: Sunrise. This painting is a striking example of the new style. How did Monet achieve the effect in this particular painting? Impression Sunrise, Claude Monet, 1873. The sun is set against the dawn, the orange color against the gray and the vibrant force of the sun against its ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/monet.html · 8.3k |
Ideas and Questions for Class Discussion and Accreditation Tasks Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Ideas and Questions for Class Discussion and Accreditation Tasks About Credits Citations Teacher's Guide Bibliography Press Overview Getting started Topic A Topic B Topic C Topic D font size: a a a Ideas and Questions for Class Discussion and Accreditation Tasks TOPIC C: LUMINANCE AND EQUILUMINANCE Key understanding In the brain, the brightness (black and white) and the colors of a scene are processed separately. This can create some curious effects, for example, in equiliminant scenes, we lose a sense of position. Another phenomenon is that if the brightness is accurate, the colors can be dramatically altered, affecting the mood of a scene. Possible tasks and questions How do artists influence our vision by using the technique of “equiluminance”? Discuss the question in reference to three works of art. How did Leonardo da Vinci’s chiaroscuro ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/teaching4.html · 8.4k |
Impressionism: The Innovations and Influence Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Impressionism: The Innovations and Influence Introduction 15th & 16th cent 19th cent 20th & 21st cent Monet's sunrise Impressionism Monet's poppies Seurat's Bathers Grande Jatte & Circus Signac font size: a a a Impressionism: The Innovations and Influence Contemporaries of the first Impressionists used the term “Impressionist” derisively. Why were Impressionists seen as artists who changed accepted concepts on color and light, and why did they challenge later artists to provide even bolder solutions through their work? How, within this framework, did Impressionists develop their own personal manner of depicting their modern world? Impression: Sunrise, Claude Monet, 1874. Impressionism takes its name from this painting, one of the initial works exhibited by artists in Paris who were dubbed by critics, “painters of mere impressions.” Impressionism got ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/page18.html · 17.1k |
Pointillism: Seurat’s Bathers at Asnières Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Pointillism: Seurat’s Bathers at Asnières Introduction 15th & 16th cent 19th cent 20th & 21st cent Monet's sunrise Impressionism Monet's poppies Seurat's Bathers Grande Jatte & Circus Signac font size: a a a Pointillism: Seurat’s Bathers at Asnières Georges Seurat In 1884, a young artist named Georges Seurat (1859-1891) exhibits his first large-size painting in the newly created Society of Independent Artists. Because of its size, it hangs in a bar and goes to a large extent unnoticed. Like the other artists exhibiting, Seurat’s work is refused by the official Salon. He also adopts the brilliant palette of Impressionism, their interest in open-air light effects and the realization that “local” (the actual color of an object) can be modified by atmospheric light, sunlight or by juxtaposed colors. Bathers at Asnières (Une Baignade, Asnières), Georges ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/pointillism.html · 12.9k |
Pointillism: Seurat's Grande Jatte and Circus Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Pointillism: Seurat's Grande Jatte and Circus Introduction 15th & 16th cent 19th cent 20th & 21st cent Monet's sunrise Impressionism Monet's poppies Seurat's Bathers Grande Jatte & Circus Signac font size: a a a Pointillism: Seurat's Grande Jatte and Circus What was different in the way this group of younger painters reacted to the color theories of Chevreul and other writers? How were they able to profit from Impressionist methods while reacting against some of their practices? Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Un dimanche après-midi à l’Ile de la Grande Jatte), Georges Seurat, 1884-1886. Let us look at the painting Un Dimanche a la Grande Jatte. The painting represents a Sunday on the island of the Grande Jatte. The work is often referred to as his “Manifesto Painting,” and is even noted as such by contemporary critics. It was large ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/jatte.html · 13.3k |
Signac and Neo-Impressionism Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Signac and Neo-Impressionism Introduction 15th & 16th cent 19th cent 20th & 21st cent Monet's sunrise Impressionism Monet's poppies Seurat's Bathers Grande Jatte & Circus Signac font size: a a a Signac and Neo-Impressionism Portrait of Signac Paul Signac (1863-1935) began work in the Impressionist manner and was a founding member of the “Independent Painters” with Seurat; both men contributed to the Salon. Signac soon adopts the Divisionist style of painting, becoming its most ardent publicist. He is also the most articulate member of the group, publishing the book, From Delacroix to Neo-Impressionism. Today, the book is regarded perhaps more as a manifesto in defense of the movement than an entirely accurate description of the Divisionist methods. Signac advocates the banishing of “muddy mixtures” (usually the result of pre-mixing colors) in favor of ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/neo.html · 13.4k |
Monet's Colors Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Monet's Colors Introduction Color theory Paints African Art 19th cent 20th & 21st cent font size: a a a Monet's Colors From the Haystack series, c. 1890-91. Meule, Effet de Neige, le Matin (Morning Snow Effect), 1891. From the Haystacks series, c. 1890-91. Until the 19th century, color was thought to be an intrinsic property of an object, like density or melting point. Oranges were intrinsically orange and lemons were intrinsically yellow. The French Impressionists and post-Impressionists change this conception. Claude Monet’s (1840-1926) work around 1890 demonstrates this development. Monet and his contemporaries begin to paint outdoors, as opposed to the traditional settings of a neutral studio environment. Thus, Monet’s series of haystacks are painted under different light conditions at different times of the day. He would rise before dawn, paint the ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/dh.html · 8.0k |
Luminance Differences Affect Our Perceptions Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » Luminance Differences Affect Our Perceptions Introduction 15th & 16th cent 19th cent 20th & 21st cent font size: a a a Luminance Differences Affect Our Perceptions Artists use the technique of “equiluminance” to blur outlines and suggest motion. We cannot perceive the edges of objects where object and background have the same luminance. If parts of a painting are equiluminant, their positions become ambiguous. They may seem to shift position or to float. Detail from Plus Reversed, Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1960. Equiluminant colors have special properties. They can make a painting appear unstable. Adjust the colors in the painting above. Somewhere in the middle (the exact point varies among computers), the shapes may appear jittery. The red and blue seem to move around because they are equiluminant. The “What” system sees the shapes because of the strong color ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/anuszkiewicz.html · 8.1k |
The Spontaneous Sketchy Impressionists Webexhibits.org Chapters: Home Light, color and vision Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast Luminance and equiluminance Peripheral vision Museum shop About this exhibit www.webexhibits.org/colorart » The Spontaneous Sketchy Impressionists Introduction 19th cent & before 20th & 21st cent Impressionists Vuillard Futurism Abstract Expressionism Keita & Shonibare font size: a a a The Spontaneous Sketchy Impressionists Rue Montorgueil in Paris, Festival of June 30, 1878, Claude Monet, 1878. The spatial imprecision in Claude Monet’s Rue Montorgueil in Paris, Festival of June 30, 1878 is more than simple blurring — Monet’s approach reflects the way our peripheral vision works. The spatial imprecision generates a vitality because it is consistent with a single glance at a moment in time. The flags along Rue Montorgueil look fine when you first glance at the painting, but not if you look directly at them, or after you study the details carefully. This effect is called illusory conjunction. The painting’s spatial imprecision is not so noticeable at first ... http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/dg.html · 9.0k |
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