1. Claude Monet as a Modern Artist
Changing the History of the Arts/Modern Elements of Impressionism Impressionist painters were considered radical in their time because they broke many of the rules of picture making set by earlier generations. Impressionism was born out of realism, a movement which had already shocked the critics and public with it's subjects and techniques. ... In France, art of this period was controlled by three bodies: the Salon, the Academie, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. ... This made the accepted art of the time very restricted and confined to traditional values (Seitz). Impressionism paintin...
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