The Case for Impressionism

Comments · 687

• AF

  @afroceltduck · 6 years ago

  Looking at an impressionist painting is like looking at a dream. <br><br>You brought up something that somehow never occurred to me: that these artists were depicting contemporary life. It all looks old to us here in 2019, but back then it must have seemed startling to see &apos;new&apos; stuff when paintings were generally about ancient history or biblical stories.

  2.1K

• JO

  @JoaoPessoa86 · 6 years ago

  I love that Renoir&apos;s retort to criticism that he only painted &quot;pretty&quot; paintings basically boiled down to &quot;So? What&apos;s wrong with that?&quot;

  2.4K

• KA

  @katwernery6505 · 6 years ago

  My 11 year old autistic, nonverbal son loves the impressionists! He loves them and wants to paint like them!<br>We went to the art museum today because he wanted to go!!

  781

• CH

  @chillinJohnny · 4 years ago

  It might just be the prettiest art movement in history

  54

• CY

  @cyujia21 · 6 years ago

  &quot;But the best case for Impressionism is the art itself. In a museum filled with the dark and dramatic art that preceded it, and the often confounding art that follows, Impressionism is really... pleasant.&quot; <br>The whole video was great but this comment in particular resonates - I like to collect postcards of art pieces that I have enjoyed or that I particularly remember from museums, and have discovered that those I have put on my wall are principally impressionist, and this is perhaps why. The whole idea of capturing the ephemeral in a way that highlights beauty in very simple things - living in a space surrounded by art like that is pleasant indeed.

  725

• PA

  @PaulaJoW · 6 years ago

  Impressionism is thrilling - the lack of strict lines, the representation of everyday life, and THE COLOURS!

  192

• TH

  @thinker2273 · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;I painted so many landscapes that the shapes of the land began to loose their meaning. And the shapes broke apart to me, so I painted them like that.&quot;<br><br><br>EDIT: A quote by Jermaine in the Adventure Time episode &quot;Abstract.&quot;

  681

• AT

  @Atlantis11698 · 6 years ago

  I’d love to see the Case for Fashion 👗

  797

• JO

  @jonaslundholm · 6 years ago

  I really like the idea that the success of Impressionism has to do with the fact that is was the first art movement with a distinct name which the contemporaries could be either fir or against.

  261

• ZA

  @zainabsalman7041 · 6 years ago

  Being a homeschooled, self-taught student of art, The Art Assignment has been a wonderful source of learning for me. I have learned so much about not just art theory and art history from here, but also about the attitude and perspective it takes to study art. Thanks a lot, Sarah. :)

  334

• RA

  @rasmusn.e.m1064 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I know this might sound brusque, but impressionist paintings I like very much because they look like the world I see without glasses. A reminder that everything that looks clearly delineated and controlled is and can never truly be so. I take comfort in this fact that the ship of Theseus never really existed until Theseus bought it and never really got replaced until we thought it might.<br><br>I hope this makes sense to someone plus me instead of someone including me. xD

  317

• BM

  @Bmarker299 · 6 years ago

  Utterly delightful Presenter. Can’t get enough of this charismatic and unpretentious presenter

  271