《西方绘画大师经典作品:莫奈》内容简介：19世纪60年代，法国印象主义绘画的诞生，其灿烂夺目的光彩照耀着整个欧洲和世界画坛，掀开了西方现代绘画史上崭新的一页。一百多年以后，尽管现代艺术流派纷呈，印象派绘画对我们的艺术创作仍在产生不可估量的影响。作为印象派最具代表性的奠基人，莫奈当之无愧。他辛勤耕耘，不倦探索70年，为印象派的产生和发展奉献了毕生的精力。他为人类留下了两千多幅油画、五百多件素描。莫奈的艺术成就，为后人展现了无限宽广的探索发展空间，直到今天，他的作品无论在哪里展出都会引起轰动，受到人们狂热的崇拜。

在法国印象派画家中，克劳德·莫奈(1840～1926)是最具代表性的画家。从早期对阳光的迷恋到一生对表现光影的探索，共为世人留下了两千多幅油画、五百多件素描、两千七百封信件。 在印象派画家中他是享誉最长久的画家。百年来，人们对他画作的热爱没有减退，他创作的《麦草堆》、《白杨木》、《浮翁大教堂》、《睡莲》、《日本桥》等系列画作更是成为脍炙人口的巅峰名作，吸引了无数人的欣赏、惊叹。 长寿(享年86岁)加上旺盛的生命力，以及遍布巴黎、伦敦、威尼斯、挪威以及各地的旅行写生，成就了他的艺术。他钟情于对一个主题在一天中不同时间光线下的反复描绘，表现不同的光影与氛围，展现给人们一个光影的陆离变幻的灿烂世界。 莫奈的整个艺术生命活跃于19世纪末20世纪初，此时正值印象派的兴起与盛行。得天独厚的历史条件、众多的作品、长寿的生命，都决定了他影响深远的艺术生命。事实也证明了这一点，从欧洲各国的印象派的发展，从之后的西方艺术的发展，从无数热爱印象派的人们，我们都不难看出这一点…… 目录： 社会历史背景 印象派绘画与莫奈 艺术观念的改变 第一次印象主义画展 印象派代表地位的确定 “光、色”实体的进一步探索 莫奈及其对印象派的贡献 莫奈的成长史 启蒙摸索阶段 进步发展阶段 灰色的日子 受日本艺术的影响 艺术风格稳定期 艺术成熟、高峰期 对水的青睐 “色与光”的进一步演练 艺术的飞跃 艺术的超越与升华 莫奈的晚年艺术与“莫奈花园” 吉维尼花园的“艺术化修建” 在花园中的最后创作 莫奈的画风是个“谜” 花园中的莫奈画室 莫奈作品的收藏及概括 克劳德•莫奈年谱

Gang of Four Episode 1 of 4 Duration: 1 hour Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists. In the first episode, Waldemar delves into the back stories of four of the most influential Impressionists - Pissarro, Monet, Renoir and Bazille - who together laid the foundations of the artistic movement. He finds out what social and cultural influences drove them to their style of painting, how they were united and how ultimately they challenged and changed art forever. Waldemar journeys from the shores of the West Indies, to the progressive city of Paris to the suburbs of South London, where these four artists drew inspiration from the cities and towns in which they lived. Whether it be the infamous spot on the river Seine - La Grenouillere - where Monet and Renoir beautifully captured animated people, iridescent light and undulating water or the minimalist, non-sensationalised illustrations of Pissarro's coarse countryside paintings, Waldemar discovers how the Impressionists broke conventions by depicting every day encounters within the unpredictable and ever changing sights around them. ------ Painting outdoors Episode 2 of 4 Duration: 1 hour Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists by taking us outdoors to their most famous locations. Although Impressionist pictures often look sunny and relaxed, achieving this peaceful air was hard work. Trudging through fog, wind and rain, across treacherous coastal rocks and knee-deep snow, Waldemar shows how the famous spontaneity of the Impressionists is thoroughly misleading. This episode visits the French riverside locations that Monet loved to paint, and where Renoir captured the bonhomie of modern life. Waldemar also introduces a number of technical and practical developments of the age which completely revolutionised Impressionist painting - the invention of portable easels; the use of hog's hair in paint brushes; as well as the introduction of the railway through France. And a scientific demonstration in a Swedish snowdrift explains just how right the Impressionists were to paint brightly coloured shadows in their winter scenes, despite being accused of 'hallucinating' at the time. Finally, Januszczak explains Cezanne's part in the Impressionist story from his dark and challenging early work to his first rural landscapes in France, and then his departure from Paris and separation from the Impressionist gang. ------ Painting the People Episode 3 of 4 Duration: 1 hour Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists, focusing this time on the people they painted and in particular the subjects of Degas, Caillebotte and the often forgotten Impressionist women artists. The Impressionists are famous for painting landscape but they were just as determined to paint people. Looking closely at one of Impressionism's finest painters, Edgar Degas, Waldemar reveals how he consistently challenged traditions and strove to record real life as it appeared in the city, from sculpting the contorted movements of horses in motion at the Longchamp race course in Paris to encapsulating extravagant 3D viewpoints of the ballet dancers at the Paris Opera. Waldemar also uncovers the intoxicating haziness the pastel produced in Degas' work when visiting his supplier Pastels de Roche. He also reveals the unusual viewpoints and dramatic perspectives of Caillebotte's paintings from the Place de L'Europe and the rebellious and revolutionary art of Morisot, Bracquemond and Cassatt, three impressive female artists who were eagerly embraced by the progressive movement of Impressionism ------ Final Flourish Episode 4 of 4 Duration: 1 hour This episode takes a closer look at the late years of Impressionism, using the last show these artists did together as a starting point. Waldemar looks in considerable depth at the work of Georges Seurat, taking into consideration his academic training at the Beaux-Arts School in Paris and the artists that influenced him, such as Piero della Francesca and Puvis de Chavannes. There is also an insight into the complex but fascinating world of optics and art, and the ways in which the Impressionists were using the new discoveries in light and eyesight to influence their work. A fascinating 'after-image' experiment brings to life the ways in which our own eyes see colour, both in its presence and its absence. Van Gogh's time in Paris, a period very little is known about, is also covered, charting the incredible journey the artist made from his brown and dull canvases to the splendid colour and light that pervaded his work on the cusp of his departure for the South of France. The film finishes with a revisiting of Monet and his later waterlily paintings in the Orangerie in Paris. Waldemar investigates how a bad case of cataracts was responsible for a seismic shift in his colour palette and his brushstrokes. Spending time with an ophthalmologist, he finds out how old age and a fairly common ailment of the eyes caused Impressionism to shift and become radical again at the turn of the century and into the 20th century