Chronology

1839           Daguerreotype presented
1848           Communist Manifesto
1848-52     Revolution in Europe
1859           Charles Darwin publishes Origin of Species
1863            Salon of Refusals
1861-65     American Civil War
1891           First movie camera patented
1884           1st Salon des Artistes Independants (Salon of Independents)
1886           8th and last Impressionist exhibition
1900           Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams
1903           First flight of the Wright brothers
1905-15     Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity
1914-18     World War I
 

Color
An element of art which has three properties.

• Hue, which is the name of a color. For example,  red, yellow, blue.
• Value, which refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
• Intensity, which refers to the purity of a color.  For example, pure or saturated red or dull red.

Hue
Hue refers to the name of a color.  Eg.  Red, blue, and purple.
 

Value in Color
When describing a hue, value refers to its lightness or darkness.  Value changes are often obtained by adding black or white to a hue.
 

Intensity
It is not always enough to know the hue of a color, since a color has many different shades.

Intensity is used to describe the saturation or purity of a color.    When a hue is strong, it is said to be high in intensity.  When a color is faint, dull and gray, it is said to be low in intensity.

Intensities of Green

Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise 1872 Paris, Marmottan Museum,French Impressionism

Analogous Color Scheme
 

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Dawn) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Dawn) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Dull Dawn) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Harmony in Blue) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral  (Harmony in Full Sunlight) 1894

DEGAS, Edgar  At the Ballet, or Woman with a Fan 1883-1885  Pastel 26"x20"  Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA  USA

Pastels Considered not to be intense or saturated but in the impressionists hands it can often be saturated or intense made by combining earth or chemical pigments with gum arabic as the binder (wax is the binder in crayon)

DEGAS, Edgar At the Ballet, or Woman with a Fan 1883-1885  Pastel 26"x20" Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA  USA

Hiroshige Ando  Ushimachi, Takanawa From "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" 1857 Woodblock print 13 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. The Brooklyn Museum

Edgar Degas The Ballet Rehearsal 1876 oil on canvas 23x33

DEGAS, Edgar At the Ballet, or Woman with a Fan 1883-1885  Pastel 26"x20" Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA  USA

Edgar Degas The Ballet Rehearsal 1876  oil on canvas 23x33

Edgar Degas, At the Ballet, or Woman with a Fan, 1883-1885 Pastel 26"x20" Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA  USA

Film Still from the Movie "Far from Heaven"

DEGAS,Edgar Morning Bath c1883  pastel on paper 27"X13"  Chicago,A.I. Impressionism