Impressionism became a very popular art movement during the 19 th century in France. However, when Impressionists like Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir debuted their work, many art critics disliked it.
Read the following links:
http://www.artchive.com/galleries/1874/74critic.htm#cardon (외부 사이트로 연결합니다.) (Translated from the French critics’ reactions in 1874)
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/impressionism-france.html (외부 사이트로 연결합니다.)
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/guide-to-impressionism/guide-to-impressionism (외부 사이트로 연결합니다.)
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Art History: Impressionism from Khan Academy (외부 사이트로 연결합니다.)
Take a closer look at the artworks from Monet and Renoir below:
Claude Monet (외부 사이트로 연결합니다.)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (외부 사이트로 연결합니다.)
Write a three (3) paragraph minimum response addressing the following questions and post your statement to the Discussion Board
1) Why did critics dislike the work of the Impressionists?
2) Are their opinions surprising to you?
3) What is your opinion of Monet and Renoir’s work?
4) How do you think time and place influence our opinion of artworks?
5) In two separate posts, respond to two classmates who made interesting observations.