Romantic Era: Realist Art Compared to Impressionist Art
Impressionist Art Impressionism is probably my favorite type of art. A lot of paintings done in this style have a lot of "blurred" detail almost making the art look unfinished. To me, it would take a lot of skill, patience, and will to intentionally paint something whose end product has so many blurred lines and details. Claude Monet, Impression Sunrise , 1872. Just look at how Monet added the reflections in the water but yet left blurred lines some of which create the ripples in the water. This is a beautiful representation of a sunrise on the water. This is the painting that paved the way forward for impressionism. With the free-flowing lines and lack of a set of rules, this quickly became a popular type of art. Monet also used this scene of a picturesque sunrise to also portray the dawn of a new industrial era. Elmer MacRae, Back of Old House , 1910. In impressionist art, it is no...