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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Twentieth Century
Impressionism and Symbolism

Web Resources

19th Century Art Resources

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks5.html

This site provides links to images of key 19th Century artists, and includes examples of Symbolism and Impressionism.

Impressionism.org

http://www.impressionism.org/

This site presents a virtual tour of the history of Impressionism, with narration and examples from portraits of key artists.

Ad Litteram Gallery of Impressionism

http://personal.inet.fi/taide/impressionism/index.htm

Biographies of key artists with example portraits and links to further resources on the history of Impressionism is presented at this site.

The Symbolist Movement

http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/advanced/symbolist.htm

Poetrymagic.co.uk presents an on line discussion of the origins and development of the Symbolist movement in literature, with examples and analysis of Symbolist writing.

Symbolism

http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/styles/SymbolismSymbolistMovement.html

On line examples of Symbolist art is provided at this site, albeit with little narrative introduction or artist biography.

Questions



1

Describe the life and works of three artists and writers from the Impressionist period.
2

What philosophies and approaches did they share with musicians?
3

What historic factors lead to such a cohesive movement in art, literature and music?








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