Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting: From Monet to Van Gogh

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This course combines the study of the history of painting in France during the late nineteenth century (1865-1900) ( ART 212 NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART) with work in the studio ( ART 145 PAINTING I) in which students paint in the manner of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters they study. Students have an opportunity to explore, in their own painting, the effects of color, light, and atmosphere using the techniques of masters such as Monet, Renoir, Degas, van Gogh, and Cézanne.