Impressionism in 8 Minutes: How It Changed The Course of Art 🎨

Impressionism in 8 Minutes: How It Changed The Course of Art 🎨

When you think of art in the 1800s you might imagine grand historical subjects, mythological scenes, and traditional themes, lots of them! Well, that’s what art used to be before impressionists changed the course of it forever!

Why is Impressionism considered such an important art movement? What was so groundbreaking about it? Why do we think of impressionists as the pioneers of modern art? Many questions but we’ve got the answers, so let’s get into it!

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50 Comments

  1. @frankmason1472 on March 6, 2025 at 1:47 pm

    Please, kindly remove the historian who chimes in periodically. “They” is a communist, I believe. Good day.

  2. @SurajPathak-s7q on March 6, 2025 at 1:48 pm

    Please answer my question or make a video explaining i.e. Why there was frequent change in Art movements for example from Romantic art to Realism art then impressionism leading to post impressionism and then fauvism and so on?

    Any specific reason for such frequent change or adaptation by the artists please explain in detail?

  3. @Doctor_Clump on March 6, 2025 at 1:48 pm

    Yep, impression, thats what I’m doing. I’m not a terrible artist, I’m just an impressionist

  4. @Lebza.ngwana-f9u on March 6, 2025 at 1:48 pm

    Please ,Is impressionism different from romaticism???

  5. @renzo6490 on March 6, 2025 at 1:48 pm

    Do you consider Edward Hopper and John Singer Sargent to be “Impressionists “?

  6. @PoojaRautrai on March 6, 2025 at 1:49 pm

    noun change in pronoun , adjective and adverb ( b.a syllable )

  7. @user-bv4bw6zi2e on March 6, 2025 at 1:51 pm

    Love the explanations! Really helped me to do my research on art movements, thank you so much! By the way, I’m curious about the website shown in 4:27, what is it :0 it would really help me out Thankss!

  8. @WONYOUNGKIM-ci2pk on March 6, 2025 at 1:54 pm

    Oh my god, this is one of the most impactful video i have seen in a good way.
    I love how the impressionism is so free, not like other paintings, and also very bright!

  9. @EyeLean5280 on March 6, 2025 at 1:54 pm

    3:57 What on earth is an Edward Hopper doing in a video about Impressionism?!

  10. @brownsnoutspookfish on March 6, 2025 at 1:56 pm

    How can I get the background soundtracks in the video?

  11. @camillethuillier5948 on March 6, 2025 at 1:56 pm

    Umm, is the title in french only for me or is it in french for everyone??

  12. @POMARTguide on March 6, 2025 at 1:56 pm

    I am impressed by the video. It is engaging. I subbed because I can find here a very good summary about other topics other than impressionism ❤
    Learned new things about Mary Cassatt . Thank you for this free video

  13. @PoleToPoleTravel on March 6, 2025 at 1:57 pm

    I’m not an emotional person but to see a great impressionist painting evokes strong emotions. It’s the fact that it’s so gorgeous yet makes our brain work.

  14. @raquelbeatriz433 on March 6, 2025 at 1:57 pm

    Muchas graciassss, por el video, muy interesante y bien sintetizado

  15. @yashiroio on March 6, 2025 at 1:59 pm

    Mid Video ngl

  16. @kyrieirving175 on March 6, 2025 at 2:03 pm

    Educating and entertaining! Instant sub

  17. @chadwickcameron on March 6, 2025 at 2:07 pm

    I love this video. Did you mean to sneak an Edward Hopper in there? That would be another 60 years later.

  18. @Viviko on March 6, 2025 at 2:09 pm

    I started collecting paintings last year. I am about to buy to second. I don’t know why I’m drawn to impressionistic styles. I guess it’s the vibrant colors anf the depictions of nature. Or, perhaps, it’s how light is presented and how it enables effects of reflection on nature (like water). But figured I’d start learning about what I’ve been buying.

    Great information 🙂

  19. @justrelax129 on March 6, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    The fake Facebook live stream was distracting and I had to watch it twice because I didn’t hear anything you said the first time

  20. @carrennk on March 6, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    Thanks for explaining it in such a detail way! I was always wondering why it is named impressionism art while they are always painting the actual life, and the video mentioned they are trying to tell the world doesn’t always have to be represented realistically, we all have our own way to view our life.

    I love Monet works! I love to see things from different angle and the Rouen Cathedral from different settings allow me to truly imagine myself Im there. and of course, the colour usage of his works are just top notch. It’s so satisfying and therapeutic seeing all of them

  21. @williamschlenger1518 on March 6, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    Renoir has always been my favorite.

  22. @qlukva-zhur on March 6, 2025 at 2:10 pm

    здивована, що на 0:36 у галереї можна побачити українські підписи під картинами. Цікаво, у мене одна така штука чи це справді було знято в галереї України?
    Неймовірне відео! 😎

  23. @Jadrils on March 6, 2025 at 2:11 pm

    STUNNING! Thank you!

  24. @summerweendream9706 on March 6, 2025 at 2:12 pm

    *sees the art before the impressionist’s movement*
    We got to go back! WE GOT TO GO BACK!!!
    THEY RUINED ART!!!

  25. @itzjiddy632 on March 6, 2025 at 2:14 pm

    I love your videos on Art and Architecture. I would appreciate a video on the Islamic art thank you

  26. @Daveoghscope on March 6, 2025 at 2:16 pm

    This is alive and well in the era of digital art… but under threat of getting too kitsch in light of AI technology’s prevalent application.

  27. @dragonslayer0 on March 6, 2025 at 2:18 pm

    Art is one of the most beautiful gateways to peace

  28. @RishitaDod on March 6, 2025 at 2:20 pm

    I love the way you explain… and I want u to make video on neu impressionism

  29. @cynthiastory8603 on March 6, 2025 at 2:21 pm

    To me Impressionism is less is more. And the opportunity to really be artistic using colors.

  30. @MichaelHoshall on March 6, 2025 at 2:21 pm

    Dea….. you cutie!

  31. @raviskolara on March 6, 2025 at 2:21 pm

    Love to see these paintings on my own eyes…

  32. @LeHa-o8s on March 6, 2025 at 2:22 pm

    In what way is impressionism different?

  33. @paulacrestani4566 on March 6, 2025 at 2:23 pm

    I really like Impressionism and my favorite painters are Van Gogh and Monet.

  34. @icantevendothjsanymrke on March 6, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    i think impressionism is the most beautiful

  35. @chilaquiles5 on March 6, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    This art sucks. Makes u think u are blind.

  36. @stommx on March 6, 2025 at 2:32 pm

    Impressionism. Art by the blind for the squinty inclined.

  37. @stommx on March 6, 2025 at 2:33 pm

    Impressionism. The gateway drug for modern brutalism.

  38. @roshartstudio3866 on March 6, 2025 at 2:34 pm

    I love Renoir and Claude Monet paintings.There painting lifts my mood.They created a lasting Impression in our hearts and minds.

  39. @ameliahollander-ames9709 on March 6, 2025 at 2:34 pm

    My 9-year-old preferred little girl in an armchair. My 13-year-old preferred the Van Gogh blue room.

  40. @eulalie8806 on March 6, 2025 at 2:34 pm

    I really like this video. it saved me! just a suggestion: I’d love to know the name of the paintings when it shows on the screen🥹 pls do that in the future. again, great, GREAT video🌸

  41. @ChickenPermissionOG on March 6, 2025 at 2:36 pm

    bunch of marxist garbage "art"

  42. @Hexaxes on March 6, 2025 at 2:37 pm

    My teacher made me watch this lol

  43. @williamkazak469 on March 6, 2025 at 2:37 pm

    Renoir is my favorite. La loge is my absolute favorite painting. I had the privilige and joy to see it at the Art Institute of Chicago when it was part of a traveling exhibit. So much light, beauty and color exuded from that painting. I was spellbound. It brought tears to my eyes I was so very grateful to finally see it. The Art Institute of Chicago has a very nice section devoted to Impressionism. They also have a very nice Oriental section with Kimonos hanging in the air on display. Gorgeous.

  44. @STUNNAG-bj8hf on March 6, 2025 at 2:38 pm

    mumble rap is like impressionism

  45. @cythehero1995 on March 6, 2025 at 2:38 pm

    I agree with Shannon Sacks Yall sum fkn frauds

  46. @dixieechann on March 6, 2025 at 2:38 pm

    I love Monet

  47. @ShannonSacks on March 6, 2025 at 2:40 pm

    As an art historian who was hired to write the AP Art History curriculum for all of New York State, I am flabbergasted that Edward Hopper’s "Sunday Morning" from 1930 was shown as an example of Impressionism, a 19th century French art movement!!!!! 😡😡I could see if Hopper’s inclusion was to support the video’s aim: "Impressionism in 8 Minutes; How it Changed The Course of Art". Even my students were shocked and dismayed. Really?!?

  48. @JinxToaster on March 6, 2025 at 2:45 pm

    Marie Bracquemond was also one of the three female members of the French Impressionists. She should have been mentioned here.

  49. @옹이뉴키 on March 6, 2025 at 2:45 pm

    Impressionist works were how I initially became drawn to Western paintings. 😍
    Yeah, it seems that Monet was more interested in how to capture the passage of time around the sunlit Rouen Cathedral with varying light conditions rather than depicting the church itself. Monet’s bright and relaxing works always bring me happiness.
    Pissaro’s paintings have a similar effect on me. His tranquil pastoral scenes are literally so picturesque and have such a soothing effect that I would say that he himself may have been an artist with a heart of gold, someone who might embrace everything.🤩 The soothing qualities of his paintings are self-explanatory.
    Meanwhile, I consider Van Gogh’s paintings more inspiring, and think they have spiritually and emotionally more uplifting features, equipped with a sense of passion and vitality.

    All things taken together, Impressionist works are the very definition of art, I would say.🤔
    Again, thanks for all the effort you put into it, Curious Muse!😁

  50. @halasamer4505 on March 6, 2025 at 2:46 pm

    This video is really helpful and interesting.. but I have a question if you don’t mind, Charles Baudelaire was the artist who invented the term modernity but he focused on traditional subject matter so how did he supported Impressionism even though the idea he invented is kind of the opposite of what Claude Monet and August Renoir did.. as modernity focused on subject matter and Impressionism focused less about subject matter

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