In comparing the ideality of art and the actual artifact, we will find that the results will normally vary widely according to the eye of the beholder. To impose a judgment of whether a painting can achieve the status of ideal form, one must first understand the purpose behind the piece of art. Ar...

Edouard Manet was a French painter who was born on January 23, 1832 and died on April 30, 1883. He was an expert when it came to approaching modern-life subjects in his work, filling the gap between the art movement\'s realism and impressionism. After painting \"Luncheon on the Grass\" (1863) Manet...

Edgar Degas, after his death, was recognized as one of the masters of modern art and impressionism of the late 19th century. The proof of his genius is embedded in his paintings. He is considered an impressionistic painter but follows the beat of his own drummer when it comes to his artistic style...

Claude Monet always stood alone; his feet resounding heavily on the solid road that he was determined to follow until the very end. With tiny, dabbing brush strokes his paintings, more often than not exploded in the golden richness of the sun. With Monet a brush stroke, while imprecise, can sugges...

Paul Cezanne, who was the son of a wealthy banker, became a painter in the 1860s in Paris when he quit his studies of Law. By 1874 he was painting landscapes in the Impressionist manner and had some of his work included in their first exhibition held during that very same year.He painted in the Impr...