Part 1 Choose an Impressionist painting that intrigues or inspires you from one of the following artists: Mary Cassatt Paul Cezanne Pierre-Auguste Renoir Claude Monet Edgar Degas Complete the following: Identify the artist, the title of the artwork, and the date it was completed in the first paragraph. Paste an image of the painting in your paper. Examples of each of these artists can be found in the textbook. (The images in the textbook are copyright-protected and cannot be copied. To find the exact painting, search the Internet by the artist’s name and the title of the work. Right-click and copy the image. Open a Word document and right-click and paste. If the image does not paste into your paper, try another image. Sometimes images are protected and cannot be copied. Wherever you do find the image, make sure to cite your source in APA style. If you are unsure how to cite an image,  this resource can help you .) Identify the following elements and how they characterize the Impressionist style: Color Brushstroke Light Subject matter Indicate specific areas in the painting in your explanation. How does the Impressionist style differ from the style of Realism? Identify 3 distinct differences. How does the Impressionist style differ from Post Impressionism? Identify 3 distinct differences. Part 2 Using a camera or cellphone, take 3 photographs from your immediate environment that exemplify each of the following styles of art. Be creative!: Realism Impressionism Post Impressionism You can manipulate your photographs with any software effects to achieve the appropriate results. For example, you can take a photo of a friend or family member, and using software, blur the image to represent impressionism. Include your 3 original photographs in your paper. (Save the photos to your desktop. If you use your phone camera, you can e-mail them to yourself. Open the image and right-click and copy. Open a Word document and right-click and paste.) Answer the following questions in paragraph style: Number each photo and identify the style it closely resembles. Explain the characteristics of each style that you tried to emulate. What style of art would best be used to communicate a direct message? Explain What style of art would evoke an emotional response? Explain. Identify 3 examples of Realism in art or design that you see on a daily basis. Describe a situation in which the style of Impressionism might best be used in art and/or design today? In-text citations and a list of references are required when including or paraphrasing any idea, fact, date, or other information from the textbook or other references. Reference Hume-Pratuch, J. (2010).  There's an art to it . APA Style Blog. Retrieved from http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/04/theres-an-art-to-it.html This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided  here . Please submit your assignment. For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all cour.

1. Part 1
Choose an Impressionist painting that intrigues or inspires you
from one of the following artists:
Mary Cassatt
Paul Cezanne
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Complete the following:
Identify the artist, the title of the artwork, and the date it was
completed in the first paragraph.
Paste an image of the painting in your paper. Examples of each
of these artists can be found in the textbook. (The images in the
textbook are copyright-protected and cannot be copied. To find
the exact painting, search the Internet by the artist’s name and
the title of the work. Right-click and copy the image. Open a
Word document and right-click and paste. If the image does not
paste into your paper, try another image. Sometimes images are
protected and cannot be copied. Wherever you do find the
image, make sure to cite your source in APA style. If you are
unsure how to cite an image,
this resource can help you
.)
Identify the following elements and how they characterize the
Impressionist style:
Color
Brushstroke
Light
Subject matter
Indicate specific areas in the painting in your explanation.
How does the Impressionist style differ from the style of
Realism? Identify 3 distinct differences.
How does the Impressionist style differ from Post
Impressionism? Identify 3 distinct differences.
Part 2

2. Using a camera or cellphone, take 3 photographs from your
immediate environment that exemplify each of the following
styles of art. Be creative!:
Realism
Impressionism
Post Impressionism
You can manipulate your photographs with any software effects
to achieve the appropriate results. For example, you can take a
photo of a friend or family member, and using software, blur the
image to represent impressionism.
Include your 3 original photographs in your paper. (Save the
photos to your desktop. If you use your phone camera, you can
e-mail them to yourself. Open the image and right-click and
copy. Open a Word document and right-click and paste.)
Answer the following questions in paragraph style:
Number each photo and identify the style it closely resembles.
Explain the characteristics of each style that you tried to
emulate.
What style of art would best be used to communicate a direct
message? Explain
What style of art would evoke an emotional response? Explain.
Identify 3 examples of Realism in art or design that you see on
a daily basis.
Describe a situation in which the style of Impressionism might
best be used in art and/or design today?
In-text citations and a list of references are required when
including or paraphrasing any idea, fact, date, or other
information from the textbook or other references.
Reference
Hume-Pratuch, J. (2010).
There's an art to it
. APA Style Blog. Retrieved from
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/04/theres-an-art-to-
it.html
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria
provided

3. here
.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials. Please refer to the following
multimedia course material(s):
Unit 4: Baroque, Enlightenment & Romantic Age
Unit 4: The Baroque Period
Unit 4: Impressionism
Unit 4: Post-Impressionism & Art Nouveau
Unit 4: Avant-garde
Unit 4: The Belle Époque
Grading Rubric:
Purpose of Assignment and Content Development
Demonstrates an outstanding use of appropriate, relevant, and
compelling content with excellent expression of topic, main
idea, and purpose.
Demonstrates exemplary knowledge or analysis of human
perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and
context.
Graphics accurately reflect the assignment requirements.
30%
Organization, Grammar and Presentation
Organization is clear.
Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and
content relevant to the assignment.
Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where
applicable).
Audience, style, tone and perspective are consistent and
appropriate to assignment.
Format is consistently appropriate to assignment, and follows
assignment requirements.
Few if any errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
30%
Information Literacy and Research
Demonstrates outstanding selection and use of high quality,

4. credible, and relevant sources to develop ideas that are
appropriate to the assignment.
Sources are consistently cited according to required style sheet
(e.g., APA), with no errors beyond punctuation. Manuscript
style is completely correct, according to style sheet guidelines.
5%
Critical Thinking
Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to analyze
assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and
alternatives. Where required, demonstrates outstanding or
exemplary ability to use creativity and originality in problem-
solving.
Quantitative literacy - Demonstrates outstanding ability to
provide accurate understanding and explanations of information
presented in mathematical forms.
Calculations attempted are essentially all successful and
sufficiently comprehensive to solve the problem.
35%
Other Information
There is no additional information to display at this time.