Impressionists used new methods of mixing colors based on contemporary scientific writings about optics. This lesson plan explores the theory of optical color mixing, painting the same subject under different conditions of light, and the short choppy brushstrokes used by the Impressionists.

Concepts

claude monet, impressionism

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Additional Tags

color mixing, optical blending, albright-knox art gallery: painting an impression, french artist, impressionist

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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