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Discuss the typical characteristics of impressionism with reference to a range of works.
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DISCUSS THE TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPRESSIONISM WITH REFERENCE TO A RANGE OF WORKS The birth of the Impressionist movement came about with the certain scientific discoveries such as the camera. It brought science and art together to produce a number of quality paintings. It inspired artists to express their true view of what became more experimental and to express there true view of what they thought art should be. In the 1860s a great deal of interest was aroused by scientific developments the results of which were published in journals. One of the major discoveries for the Impressionists was the optical research on the constitution of colour and light. The development of the prism and the discovery that white light is made up of the whole spectrum of colours was crucial for the development of modern art. It implied that white light could be broken up into constituent colours. This encouraged the...
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