By Dr. Beth Gersh-Nesic

Rebelling against tradition, the Impressionists exhibited their own “unfinished” works to a skeptical audience.

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By Dr. Charles Cramer, Dr. Kim Grant

Impressionist paintings—once considered sloppy and unfinished—draw huge crowds to museums today.

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By Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

The Impressionists didn’t name themselves—so who was responsible for one of art history’s most enduring terms?

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By Dr. Charles Cramer, Dr. Kim Grant

Blue snow and violet-tinted flesh—the Impressionists radically changed our expectation of color.

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By Dr. Charles Cramer, Dr. Kim Grant

The surprising pictorial effects of modern art may seem at first like errors, but they are quite intentional!

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By Dr. Charles Cramer, Dr. Kim Grant

The distinctive qualities of Japanese art offered striking new approaches to modern artists developing alternatives to the Western tradition of naturalistic representation.

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By Asian Art Museum

Isolated for centuries, Japan opened to trade in the 1850s, providing fresh inspiration for Western artists.

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