THE ROOTS OF IMPRESSIONISM - THE ACADEMY
• Delacroix (Romanticism - considered one of the last old Master painters along with Ingres, his was muralists with expressive brushstrokes and unique use of color based upon the color theory of that time, which influenced the Impressionists).
o Notes: He saw the picture as the bridge between the soul of the artists in the spectator and believed in developing the powers of observation through sketching to bring passion into the work.

• Poussin – (Classicism – he used color compositionally. “Drawing is the Skelton and Color is its flesh” for color lures the eyes. The 3 foundations for beauty preparations were arrangement, measurement, and form).
o Note: This artist used a base palette distributing primary colors throughout his work.

• Ingres (Neo-classical tradition, with expressive distortions of the form of the figure and space, influenced the modernists such as Matisse and Picasso).
o Note: He saw the need for drawing with the eyes first; and that imagination, as well as craft, was important.

• Corot (Neo-classical tradition, his work simultaneously referenced the academy tradition, while his plein-air works anticipated the innovations of the Impressionists).
o Note: He looked to capture the mood. We are to experience first by sketching and photograph second.