Western Civilization II / Unit 12 WC2 1116 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Realism and Impressionism
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The idea
From eighteen forty-eight Realists such as Courbet painted objective views of ordinary life, workers and peasants, against the Salon's myths and histories. From eighteen seventy-four to eighty-six the Impressionists showed outside the Salon: light and color, quick strokes, painting outdoors. A critic mocked Monet's Impression, Sunrise and named them.
In practice
The moment, not the finished detail.
Where people slip
Witness-built on the LibreTexts art history.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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