mardi 30 mai 2017

Features Of Extreme Impressionism As A Painting Style

By Pamela King


Different artists portray a distinct character in their works. While this gives liberty to an artist to communicate the message behind their masterpiece however they please, Extreme Impressionism has its own character that sets it apart from other forms of paintings. To the plain eye, the compelling blend of light colors on the canvas of an impressionist simply upholds it as the most beautiful type of art.

Contrary to public perception, impressionism is not a school of realistic works depicting a natural setting. Neither is it the most influential and revolutionary type of art in France. No. Impression can be expressed as a notion, or attitude that is shared among impressionist whose works are influenced by the same features. The French artist, Claude Monet is famously known for the introduction of certain ideas that ultimately guided the ensuing generation of impressionists.

The history of this form of art is rooted on Plein Air Paintings. Romantics were the first people to begin this sort of art. Their quest for realism embodied a specific value to the spontaneous visual impressions of a natural setting. That was back in the nineteenth century. This approach to painting gained popularity through various French quarters like the Barbizon School, which lured other prominent impressionists.

What inspires most when one views compelling art works by an impressionist, is the distinct emphasis given to objects to recreate them as they appear in real life. An artist does this through spontaneous and rapidly stroked brush lines, with their minds fixated on how light influences appearances of certain objects within the scope. Hence, their art will capture fleeting moments. Just as their color may change due to light, so will an artist paint it.

Light as mentioned earlier, was the main character of the visual impressions made by artists. Their approach was strongly influenced by the principle that light influenced appearances as perceived by the eye. A painting by an impressionist was not influenced by emotions as provoked by the appearance of objects, but by observing how the physical setting changed, disintegrated or fragmented, because of variance in light degrees.

Another fundamental aspect of visually realistic art is the pigment used. In the early days, impressionists used dull colors that veiled the whole purpose of using light. With such dark shades, they compromised the whole idea of depicting objects as impacted by illumination. These were replaced by more bright pigments like red, blue, crimson, violet, green and orange. These allowed an artist to paint the scene as it is.

In real sense, the realistic art movement did not give rise to any school, in spite being hatched from the depths of intuition and tryouts. It had no manifesto, no rules or regulations. It was simply a series of collection of artists who had the same outlook and shared the same style to create pictures. Despite the unity, each painter was keen to protect themselves from external influences that may compromise their individuality.

In the West, this style of art has influence many artistic approaches. Although not as influential as Cubism, or Surrealism, extremely realistic paintings brought a new revolutionary approach to painting that equipped fledging realists with specific skills of depicting nature as it were.




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