{"id":112,"date":"2020-11-04T16:57:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/yunhu\/?p=112"},"modified":"2020-11-11T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:11:27","slug":"survey-6-the-infamous-gibson-girls-in-claude-monets-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/yunhu\/2020\/11\/04\/survey-6-the-infamous-gibson-girls-in-claude-monets-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey 6: Claude Monet’s colors and the Victorian Gibson girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1895-1905<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Color<\/strong>: Impressionism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You’ve definitely heard of a few artists of this period, but have you noticed the iconic style of color usage in their paintings?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claude Monet: The Father of Impressionism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Claude Monet (1840-1926)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think we’ve all heard of him, haven’t we? Let’s talk about the characteristics of the way he changed color usage in paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Boulevard de Capucine” (1873)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Claude Monet is known to be the one who caused impressionism to rise. He paints the motif or the “impression” of a scene by being in the environment and quickly capturing a moment. Though these paintings may look “sketchy” and loose, he is a master of controlling the balance of colors, by balancing foggy, muted colors with saturated atmospheric colors. This is the iconic character of color usage in impressionist paintings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Grand Canal” (1908)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As seen in this painting, Monet’s colours are often low in contrast of values, but high in contrast of saturation. This would become a classic style of impressionist colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Impression, sunrise” (1874)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another great example of the foggy, soft, and low contrast impressionistic colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many great impressionist artists who were influenced by Monet use this same style of color combinations in their artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Reader” (1872)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Woman with a Parasol” (1875)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/strong>This is where we begin to see a common theme emerge from the paintings in this era: the Victorian Gibson girls. From here we move on to fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Fashion<\/strong>: Victorian style<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Noble women in the late 19th century usually had the standard Victorian combo: Bustles, high updos, corsets, and draped, frilly dresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Example of the trendy hairstyle in the late 19th century<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As seen in Monet’s paintings, women often wore high, curly updos with lots of buns and braids. The hair got even taller once bustles became the “hot new thing”! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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French women fashion in the late 19th century<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bustles and hoop skirts were used to accentuate the bottom half of a woman’s figure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Classic Victorian fashion trends at its peak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The large, exaggerated bustles in contrast to a tiny waist was very common. The dresses reached their max fullness in volume, and it was beginning to get a little too fancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, bustles began to back out of the fashion trend near the beginning of the 20th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early Edwardian era fashion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here, we see the fashion trend moving towards a new era: the Edwardian era. The Edwardian era represented a more serious, well-conducted, and strict fashion trend. The skirts began to diminish in size, as well as the height of women’s hair. Instead, a straighter, slimmer silhouette of simpler dresses was much more preferred, and the big hats became very trendy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Edwardian era fashion standards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As we can see here, women’s dresses were much more toned-down in terms of puffs, frills, and fancy folds. They were almost suit-like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A family in the Edwardian era, with classic big hats and formal, mature attire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1900s Fashion: Clothing Styles in the Edwardian Era<\/a><\/blockquote>