Sunrise. Impression data

Sunrise Impression is Monet's description of a foggy morning in le havre harbor: the sea water appears orange or lavender under the cover of the morning light. The reddish sky is rendered by various color blocks, and the waves of water are composed of strokes of different thicknesses and lengths. Three boats were blurred in the fog of Bo Tu's color dots. People or things on the ship can be vaguely identified, and they can feel that the ship seems to be swaying and creeping in. The factory chimney in the distance, the crane on the big ship … all these are painted by the painter looking out of a window. Although the word "Impressionism" originally originated from Monet's masterpiece Impression of Sunrise, I think we should talk about Impressionism before talking about his painting.

Actually, my understanding of Impressionism is a simple sentence: it is opposite to realism, regardless of its essence, and only describes what its eyes see (in a simple sentence, it is beautiful). This so-called Impressionism is somewhat similar to photography, focusing on light and color and catching moments, so I often think that impressionist painters must be extraordinary if they can take photos. (I feel that many bricks around me are already waiting there! )

At this time, it is much easier to look back at Impression of Sunrise. Time: a foggy morning; Location: a port (too lazy to check, it doesn't really matter); Describe the subject: the scene of many small sails going out to sea; The light of the sunrise, the colors are sky, fog, water and sail-mainly the colors of the sunrise, because this is the light source, because the fog is hazy, all these colors are kneaded together, and this moment constitutes the whole picture. This is the color he wants to express. As for why the author painted such a picture, it doesn't matter what he did on the palette.

that's all. I'm in a bad mood today, and there are many chores. In fact, I think I've made myself clear. It's not necessarily necessary to dig into the background for this masterpiece. If you have any comments, let's continue next time when I tell you about oil painting!

another thing: I can't help but think of many things when I was an intern in the photography class in the university. If only I could live twice in my life!

Sino-French relations have been escalating. In October this year, the French Art Festival was held in Beijing, and one of the highlights was the French Impressionist Fine Art Exhibition.

It was a great pleasure in life to witness the original works of so many top paintings in the history of world painting. In the past, it was said that there were four great joys in life. When I was in to be no.1, I spent a candle night in my bridal chamber, and I met my old friends in another country after a long drought. I think we have to add one more thing: famous paintings are authentic.

When it comes to Impressionism, which dominated in the second half of the 19th century, we can't help but mention Monet, its leading figure, and his masterpiece "Impression of Sunrise".

Monet lived for 86 years, painted more than 2, oil paintings and more than 5 sketches, which can be described as vigorous and vast. However, his paintings are constantly improving. He personally destroyed more of his own works than any great painter in the 19th century. "Sunrise Impression" is not his most typical and outstanding, but the name of Impressionism came from this painting, so it is famous in history and has a special position. In that year, a wagging critic, while mocking a group of emerging artists represented by Monet, quoted this painting and called it "Impressionism". Unexpectedly, it hit the nail on the head and the name was handed down. It has become the most famous school in the history of human painting.

At dawn, a red, orange and orange sun rises slowly, struggling to rush out of the calm water, struggling to cut through the thick morning fog, revealing its own face. The sunrise has dyed the sky red, the clouds red, the water red, the canvas red and our vision red.

"Mo Daojun travels early", three boats have already set sail. Fade into the foreground gradually, quietly, as if unable to wake up the sleeping port capital in the distance, vaguely, as if afraid to disturb the audience staring at the sunrise.

The sunrise is made, the sunset is over, and a new day begins.

This is the impression of the sunrise given to us by Monet, who is 32 years old. It is quiet, hazy, profound, rhythmic and rich in rhythm. A sketch style, Many people watch the sunrise in special places and special seasons. In order to see clearly, they choose the autumn season, and the sky is crisp. In order to see far away, they climb mountains and climb mountains, cutting through thorns. They wear thick clothes, wrap the whole picture, sit on the floor an hour in advance, wait eagerly and wait patiently, all in order to catch the moment when the red sun "jumps" out of the horizon. < P > I. The golden light is dazzling, and I have been watching the cold recede, and my whole body is hot and dry, feeling, excited, excited and remembering. That kind of emotion is completely different from the sadness, loss and melancholy when watching the sunset.

Watching the sunrise brings us feelings about life, which is a good theme for artists. The red sun is rising, the sun is soft and strong, and the earth is bright, which is composed of continuous changing moments. Let them express their own style.

One of the most important characteristics of impressionist painting is to capture a moment of dynamic nature, freeze it and draw it.

Instead of shutting themselves in the studio behind closed doors and recreating fictional legends, they set up shelters with folding portable easels and wooden paint boxes on their backs, asking for dry food, going to the wild to sketch and paint, and moving what they saw with their own eyes to the canvas. Turn indoor painting into outdoor art.

As the name implies, some people think that Impressionism is painting by imagination, memory or fiction. In fact, it is wrong and absurd. Impressionist paintings are all based on the real real world, reflecting the real social life. This is a revolution initiated by them in traditional painting, pursuing romanticism with ideal themes or pursuing absolute realism.

Among impressionist painters, De Gehua is famous as a ballerina, and Monet and pissarro are landscape painters. Monet's landscape paintings are often inseparable from water. He paints rivers, seas, ponds, seashores and boats, that is, he paints sunrises, and two-thirds of them are water.

Monet chose the place where he observed the sunrise, not the endless Yuan Ye, not the hilly plateau, but the le havre port where he lived for many years. He is familiar with the coast here. He is even sensitive to the climate change here, so this landscape painting is full of life and human traces. The water and light are corresponding, and the smoke is misty. A few boat leaves make the finishing touch, bringing life to the painting, and the people on board are looming, giving the painting a soul ...

In the hazy morning fog, the boundary between heaven and water is blurred. In the bright morning sun, the boundary between objects and reflections is blurred. In the distance, it is mixed. The chimney of the factory on the upper right and the crane on the ship are also blurred.

Readers, if you can click on a part of this painting to enlarge its details, you will find that Monet's pens are quite rough and powerful, layered with different thicknesses and different lengths, basically blue and orange with different shades. The strokes are distinct, all of which are single solid colors, and the piles are clearly visible and light. The small strokes on the screen and the divided colors are mixed on the retina, becoming a gray tone and a harmonious color, which is richer and more vivid, and reproduces the three-dimensional sense, jumping feeling and flashing feeling of colors in the sun!

Monet let the audience finish what he should have done on the palette.

This is a brilliant application of the "color harmony theory" established by the 19th century French chemist schaeffler on Newton's "spectral color" principle.

Painting is not photography. Photographs reflect the external world intact, and every detail, no matter how many times it is magnified, is absolutely true and loyal to life. However, it can be higher than life, and it is more vivid and vivid with the unique expression and the participation of the audience's own vision.

This is what we often say, not seeking the likeness, but seeking the likeness of God.

It's a pity that most of us look at paintings and prefer similar works. Whether a painting is good or not is always based on the likeness of the painting. Do you love a work or not? We often judge by the details of painting.

We often prefer the traditional classic painting, the brushwork with even and delicate colors, and the vivid and meticulous performance. In fact, this often confuses the functions of painting and photography. Impressionism, on the other hand, is a rebellion against traditional techniques, with small strokes and color division, which creates modern art. Cubism, Surrealism, Abstraction ... surging like a storm, painters pay more and more attention to the form of painting, ignoring or even divorced from its plot content. Until the modern abstract school, painting has become a pure TINT, and its content is unknown.

All this originated from Monet, who is worthy of being the father of Impressionism. He first reduced the authenticity of nature to the form of color expression. Excluding the idealized theme from the purpose of painting, he painted in order to use color. From then on, art is no longer a vassal of depicting objects, but has independent character and independent rights.

Impressionism liberated color, and Monet is a master who is good at using color. Not only that, he is also a master who is good at using light.

Modern science tells us that the color of an object is inseparable from light, and it is the object that focuses on light. Especially the absorption and reflection of sunlight.

The influence of sunlight is dynamic. At different times of the day and different seasons of the year, the rays of the sun are ever-changing, and the same object is ever-changing.

The morning sunlight is filtered by the morning fog and becomes orange-red. Where the sunlight does not shine, the object in the shadow is its complementary color-blue. Everything in front of the light is painted white and bright, and the shadows are painted black and dark. Monet's cleverness is really remarkable. The contrast between cool and warm colors, and the blending of bright and dark colors all come from the early morning sunshine.

If the sun rises at different heights, if the sunrise season is different, and if the climate is different at that time, the color of the sun, the color of objects and the color of reflections in the water will be completely different.

There is nothing in history. Like Monet, he consciously uses this principle to describe the color changes in different seasons, different lights and different weather conditions for the same theme. This kind of work is called "continuous cropping". He paints haystacks, poplars, Rouen Cathedral, and overlooking London by the Thames. He paints several, dozens or even dozens of pictures for each theme. He will put up several easels in the same place every day. To capture the different colors of the same object at different times.

For example, he painted a series of poplar trees, and whenever the sun moved away from a specific leaf, he turned to draw the next canvas.

His greatest masterpiece was to buy a piece of land opposite his house in his later years, and designed and built a Japanese-style water garden by himself, with an arch bridge, a pond and water lilies, and a large oval studio of 2 square meters next to it. He lived in seclusion, painted behind closed doors, and even cut off contact with impressionist friends. The danger of blindness caused by severe cataracts and the inconvenience caused by old age and physical decline could not stop him. He devoted himself to painting no other theme, only depicting these water lilies, different lights, different seasons and different hours, forming a continuous whole and hanging in the oval hall, which is unparalleled in that shocking world. He dedicated this group of murals to the French government, but asked them to be stored in his studio.

I have to introduce this series in another article, and I have to finish this clumsy article quickly. At this moment, I heard a saying that this "sunrise impression" painting is not a sunrise, but actually a sunset. "Sunrise" is just a clerical error. It's just a blow to me! If that's the case, my previous comments pretending to be an expert are all nonsense, and those arty flatteries are all lies. Of course, many textual research schools are making up stories and sensationalism. What Cao Cao is disguised as a man, Guan Yu is a pervert, and what Qin Shihuang is a dwarf, Shakespeare, is not real. Readers must not believe what they say, but I am really a little confused about whether this painting is sunrise or sunset.

Readers, if you are interested, please study this question. According to your experience of watching the sunrise, According to your understanding of the theory of light and color, and even your knowledge of the local climate and scenery in France, write a paper on it. If the theory is good, it may be a success and a blockbuster. At that time, don't forget that I also have the power to attract jade.