Art History · Art
Impressionism
A group of Paris painters rejected by the official Salon painted light, weather and modern life in quick, visible strokes. Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot and Pissarro, the 1874 exhibition, the technology and ideas behind it, and how it opened the door to modern art.
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Prereqs: The Renaissance; Baroque. Next: Modern art: Picasso to Pollock. Sources: Smarthistory, the Musée d'Orsay, Sue Roe's *The Private Lives of the Impressionists*, The Art Assignment (PBS).Next: 1. Rebellion