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 * **Research Topic: Impressionism and Batiking** ||

**Impressionism and its impact on modern artists, like myself.** ||
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Impressionism which is a form of art that was very popular during the 18-1900s era in Russia and France. In the late 19th century French painters painted pictures and appearances by using strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light. The impressionist era mostly consists of paintings of nature and the artists surroundings. Batik is a fabric dyeing technique originating in Indonesia, which uses wax resist molds to create designs. I used the The wax is poured on a fabric, typically cotton, and allowed to harden in the shape of the desired design. The cloth is then dyed and the wax is then removed, with the remaining design in the original cloth color. This process can be repeated for intricate design work, and the characteristic veined look of Batik is achieved when some dye leaks through cracks in the wax. ||

**Learning to explore creativity through new forms of artwork** ||
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**IN DEPTH HISTORY OF IMPRESSIONISM BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND ARTISTS MAINLY IN FRANCE.** || **artist that were involved in the impressionist era.** = **Monet** = **Paul Cezanne** **Alexandre Cabanel** || **Evidence/Quotes:** 1874, a group of several artists who called themselves \ the Anonymous Society of Painters Sculptors, Printmakers, organized an exhibition in Paris that launched the movement called Impressionism.
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**see citation number 1.** ||
 * |||| **Topic 2: IN DEPTH HISTORY (IMPACT ON THE U.S. CULTURE** ||

**Explanation:** **Towards the End of the Civil war, Impressionism became a very huge deal, Americans started to get involved with European Culture. Wealth bought them huge houses, that they would fill with impressionist artwork, to view in their homes.**

**[]** **European Culture, see citation number 2**
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**I will be showing this video.** || **-towards the end of the civil war Impressionism became a very huge deal, Americans started to get involved with European Culture. Wealth bought them huge houses,that they would fill with impressionist artwork. They would have viewings of the art in their home, and sometimes auctions.** |||| Topic 3: Criticism || **-people were very critical towards impressionist artwork saying that it is not art** **-painters led the defense against what they called "poor art" Showing how impressionism could and would earn respect and recognition in the world of art.**
 * |||| Topic 2: In depth history Impact on US culture. || **Explanation:**

**During the 1800 era when Impressionism Artwork first started to become popular many people would say that It was a bad form of artwork, many painters looked at Impressionism as novice pieces of art**work. From John Rewald's "The History of Impressionism" "Upon entering the first room, Joseph Vincent received an initial shock in front of the [|//Dancer//]by M. Renoir. " 'What a pity,' he said to me, 'that the painter, who has a certain understanding of color, doesn't draw better; his dancer's legs are as cottony as the gauze of her skirts.'

In our era, Impressionism is not criticized because throughout time we have grown immensely with artwork. We have created many more forms, and have learned to accept all different types of work. || **Evidence /Quotes: Impressionism History and facts. See Citations 1,2,3,4,** ||

**Examples of Artists - Paul Cezanne** ||
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**Paul Cezanne** **-was a french artist and Post Impressionist Painter** **-His artwork changed the world of art dramatically** **-his artwork showed** **a.design** **b.color** **c.tone** **d.composition** **e. draughtsmanship** **- He used plain colors and small brushstrokes to build up to form layering.** || **Evidence/Quotes:**

**Information taken** **From the book American Impressionist written by Patricia Jobe Pierce.** || **Alexandre Cabanel** **-French Painter who made a large impression on the impressionist art era** **-He painted mostly historical** **-classical and religious subjects.** **-well knows portrait painter.** || **Evidence/Quotes:**
 * Topic 5: Examples of Artists : **Alexandre Cabanel**

**Information taken** **From the book American Impressionist written by** **Patricia Jobe Pierce.** ||
 * Topic 6: Examples of Artists: **Claude Monet**

**Explanation:** **Claude Monet** **-founder of french impressionist painting.** **-Impressionism outbreak in The Prussian War (19th July 1870)** **-Most famous impressionist painting - Impressionist Sunrise, that hung in the first impressionist exhibition in 1874.**

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**Information taken** **From the book American Impressionist written by** **Patricia Jobe Pierce.** ||

**batik is a fabric dyeing technique originated in indonesia** **-you use wax to create designs** || **Evidence/Quotes:** provides a brief history of batiking, ||
 * **Topic 7: History of Batik** ||
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**-The batik first started in** **a.the far east** **b. middle east** **c.central asia** **d.India** || **Evidence/Quotes:** batiking, and explain Evidence of early examples of batik have been found in the Far East, Middle East, Central Asia and India from over 2000 years ago.

**Citation 5** || **-spread along the middle east** **-Also studied in China** **-Chineses started batiking on silk** **-then did more impressionist work** **-showed nature ect..** || **Evidence /Quotes:** "more likely that the craft spread from Asia to the islands of the Malay Archipelago and west to the Middle East through the caravan route. Batik was practised in China as early as the Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618). These were silk batiks and these have also been discovered in Nara, Japan in the form of screens and ascribed to the Nara period (AD 710-794). It is probable that these were made by Chinese artists. They are decorated with trees, animals, flute players, hunting scenes and stylised mountains." http://www.batikguild.org.uk/history.asp- Citation 5 ||
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**Batik Process** || **You can use several different types of cloth in order to start your batik** **-silk** **-cotton** **-muslin cotton** **-wool** || **Evidence/Quotes:** the author provides a lot of information and examples of batiking through photographs as well as captions. Mary explains that it’s much more than an art form and is a part of everyday life. The book is broken down in to differnt sections, on the areas of materials that can be used. Types of cloths and their response to the process. Citation 10 || **Wax is poured onto a fabric** **-you create the design that you would like** **-the cloth is then dyed with the colors of your choice** **-you continue to layer wax and dye until you get the desired effect or photo you are aiming for** **-many batiks from all over the world are very intricate in design** **-some use stamping** || **Evidence/Quotes:** **citation 10** || **- removing the wax can be done in several different ways** **-you can use certain chemicals such as a gas substance that should remove all of the wax** **-one downfall to this meathod is that it is not very safe, and its extremely hard to get the smell out once you are done** **- You can cover the entire piece in wax, after you are finished, this prevents the dark shadows of wax around the drawling, in some cases people like the shadow look so they leave the wax, and do not place anymore over top to make it look even** **-another meathod you can use to remove the wax, is with newspaper and an hot iron, to completely melt of the wax, this takes several repititions.** || **Evidence /Quotes:**
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**Citation 10** ||


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