Impressionism Flashcards
An art movement or style that originated from France in the late 19th century
Impressionism
Music focuses on suggestion and atmosphere rather than depicting reality
Impressionism
Music focuses on _ and _ rather than depicting reality
suggestion and atmosphere
Is the counter effect of Romanticism, which is expressive of emotion
Impressionism
Ideologies/movement
“ism”
Characteristics of Impressionism
Color
atmosphere
chords
Also known as tone color or tone quality
Timbre
distinguishes different types of sound production
Color
focuses on mood and atmosphere
Atmosphere
its as if you’re being transported to another place. whether that place may be real or imagined
Atmosphere
Impressionist Composers experimented with writing music by using an unusual scale called whole tone scale
Chords
Composers experimented with writing music by using an unusual scale called _
Whole tone Scale
2 leading composers of the impressionist period
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
He was born on Aug 22 1862 at saint - germain-en-laye in France
Claude Debussy
He paved the way for the 20th century music
Claude Debussy