xerberos t1_j7afx2d wrote
There's also a theory that the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 created dusty reddish sunsets for years. Impressionism pretty much started around that time.
BeenBadFeelingGood t1_j7ah5fp wrote
interesting althoug thats 20 years after manet’s olympia
the haze may be related to the eruption, but its not why the impressionists painted as they did
thombiro t1_j7alxkj wrote
Didn’t the invention of the camera also play a role? Since accuracy of an image was suddenly made so simple, I heard the impressionists decided to paint how an image felt.
BeenBadFeelingGood t1_j7blhcz wrote
although not about “feeling”, thats the best theory; as well - again because of tech advancement - oil paint could be bought in in tubes and cheaply, and was also portable; that and the import of japanese pictures changed how the early moderns thought of pictures and representation too.
you see this these changes in painting again with the advent of radio, film, tv and most recently with the adaptation of handheld flatscreen computers
to paraphrase marshall mcluhan: any new medium creates stress on old mediums to change
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