The name impressionism basically attempts to help people understand the work and achievements of impressionist painters. This artistic approach was more prevalent in the 1870s and 1880s.The painters applying impressionism intended to focus the direct impressions of color and light that a person sees and feels when interacting with the environment (Cunningham & Reich, 2010). The ideal themes originated from sunlight, water reflections, mist and fog among many others.
In this art the artists were less concerned with the emotional reactions of the viewers but focused more on visual and intellectual responses. Their artworks were very significant but the most memorable of all events is when the reformation of painting process was done. During this event, painters went out of their studios to the open air to construct and paint nature from direct watching. These artists had various goals and made a number of achievements which will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
There were a variety of artworks that were developed by different artists, originating from a diverse scope of the artists’ perception. One of the great artists was a Frenchman called Claude Monet whose artwork mainly involved painting. Most of his paintings illustrated his assets in Giverny, where he lived.
Monet would paint one item that was replicated in so many other ways with an aim of depicting a diverse effect of aspects such as light and atmosphere. Initially, Monet concentrated on paintings that were related to industrialization, famous recreational sites and people. Later on he switched to artwork that revolved around landscapes whereby he focused on the aesthetic character of light and the abundance of nature.
One of his renowned paintings is referred to as the ‘painting by the Seine river side’ featuring Vetheuil, Lavacourt, and Poissy (Reich, et al, 2009). This piece of artwork came up due to the great interest that Monet had on the way the waters of Seine River appeared. He was really intrigued by the transparency waters and how it reflected light.
Monet had stayed by the river side for quiet some time hence he was able to learn the appearance and relate with it. The time spend made him have a complete view of the image that he wanted to paint. The painting was mainly intended to show the beauty that various aspect of nature brings to the eyes of man when integrated. Such an artifact still holds a lot of significance to this date (Klein & Monet, 2006).
The view of this painting brings a person into terms with nature which is very difficult to happen in the direct observation of the environment. It also helps people to see the importance of conserving the nature’s freely given beauty since it contributes a lot to the livelihood of human beings and other habitants. Such artificacts should be passed from one generation to the other so as to make sure that each generation is able to see the importance of conserving the nature with the aim of maintaining its beauty.
In conclusion, it can be clearly seen that many of the artistic works that were prepared by various artists hold a lot of meaning even to this date since most of the works were related to the things that were so familiar and touched the lives of the natural habitat. It is therefore very important to uphold the significance of every single depiction that these artworks try to portray. Every item should possibly be preserved in its original state so as to maintain the same information that was initially intended by the artist, thus impressionism.
References
Cunningham, L. & Reich, J. (2010). Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, Vol. II, With Readings (7th ed.). Boston: Wadsworth/Cengage.
Reich, J, Cunningham, S & Lawrence. (2009). Culture & Values, Volume II: A Survey of the Humanities with Readings [With Access Code], Volume 2 of Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, 7th ed., New York: Cengage Learning. Print.
Klein, A, & Monet, C. (2006). Claude Monet, Great artists, Adam G. Klein, Chicago: ABDO.