This painting was painted by Edouard Monet called A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. It was painted in 1882 and it was oil on canvas. It is about 3 X 4 feet and found in Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London. The setting of the painting is in a Parisian Cafe. This painting reminds of some of the painting that were analyzed in previous chapter. The artist is shown in the canvas through a use of a mirror. It is a debate whether the guy shown in the mirror, at the upper right corner, is artist himself or a customer. The facial expressions of the barmaid seems disinterested and lost in her own world. She is quite detached from the world surrounding her. The background is blurred and just like Impressionism style the strokes are not refined and the painting does not show any enhancement. This style in the painting brings focus on the barmaid due to the unclear background.
This is a painting by Claude Monet called the Impression: Sunrise. It was painted in 1872 and it was oil on canvas. It is approximately 2 X 2 feet. This painting was called Impressionism because of the brushstrokes and quality of the sketch. It was a different style compare to the Renaissance, Baroque and other. The style was named Impressionism which incorporates "the quality of sketches--abbreviation, speed, and spontaneity" (Kleiner 801). The strokes in this painting are not attempted to blend so create a smooth look. The subjects in the painting are blurry and does not provide an accurate illustration of the view. In this style of painting, the canvas portrays the mixture of what artist saw and what he/she felt. Neither is it completely objective descriptions nor exclusively subjective perspective. It was a combination of objective and subjective. Impressionism was also different from other styles because it was one of the first style that was painted in the outside world and not in a studio.
