assigment 4

During this time period, rather than creating drawings based on stereotypical presumptions, the Impressionist art works were made through direct visual observation of things.  Because they were trying to capture what they were seeing at the moment rather than what they remembered that they have seen, the impressionism artists would need to create their works as quickly as possible under constantly changing conditions.

 In one of the most iconic impressionist artist Claude Monet’s painting Irises in Monet's Garden, the subtle differences of warm and cold color on the irises captured the change of light, suggesting the change of time. The rapid stokes of the leaves on the tree and the irises resembled the movement of wind. The plants in this garden are dancing in harmonious colors and patterns.

The post-impressionism paintings, often influenced by non-western cultures at the time, were more focused on capturing the artists’ personal interpretations of what they observe by creating rhythms in strokes and patterns, and using unconventional colors. In post- impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night, the artist inputs his emotions onto his observation of view: the depressive navy blue of the town and the sky is contrasted with the radiance of the yellow moon and stars; the silence of the town is interrupted by the lively rolling movement of the in the center of the starring sky.