Day 4 -- Questions for Teams

Based on your readings and what you have seen in the Louvre and the Musée Orsay, answer the question for your team below in a presentation tomorrow morning. Pick at least four specific works that you have seen to support your argument.

Question 1

In what ways did Impressionism challenge the basic values of Classical and Academic art?

Question 2

In what ways did Impressionism challenge the techniques of Classical and Academic art?

Question 3

In what ways does Post Impressionism represent a break from the concept of art and the techniques of the Impresionists

 

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pollice verso (1872)

Claude Monet, An Orchard in Spring (1886)

The Demolisher, 1896 - 1899 - Paul Signac