Assingment #5

                     Impressionism is about capturing the short moment or glimpse and paint it very quickly. Also, the impressionist artist valued the light and the color. People divided impressionism into two part, as the first 20~30 years of impressionism and after that post-impressionism. At the beginning of the impressionism, people only cared about the lights, various colors, more objective paintings and less emotional paintings. They didn’t imply any meanings or interpretations on their paintings. Just the style was important. For example, this picture is “Sunrise” by Monet. He depicted the sun through the mist at Le Havre and he tried to capture the spontaneity of nature. If we look very close to the painting, then we can see the trace of brushes that Monet dapped with the brush.  

However, in post-impressionism, people not only tried same style of others, but they also implied meanings or imaginations on their paintings. For example, this picture is “The Yellow Christ” by Gauguin. It depicts some traditional women praying at a roadside, but it is not a documentary illusion of the scene. It is an attempt to portray the spiritual vision.