Exploring The Impressionist Style: The Language of Manet's Two-Dimensional Planar Paintings as An Example

Abstract

With the development and progress of the 19th century in culture, science, and technology, the Industrial Revolution, and other aspects, Paris, France, was undoubtedly pushed to the focus of art development. This article takes the 18th and early 19th-century Impressionist paintings from being denied and not accepted to finally establishing their position in the whole world as the research background. Taking the flatness characteristic in Manet's works as the starting point, through the study of Manet's paintings, it is found that he was deeply influenced by photography, Spanish painting style, Japanese ukiyo-e prints, and so on, and gradually discovered and perfected his own personal style. The specific analysis method is used to analyze and feel Manet's two-dimensional planar style of composition and the technique of flat painting in his works. Eventually, it was concluded that he liberated his painting from the traditional constraints of pursuing three-dimensional space since the Renaissance, and took a crucial step towards two-dimensional planar creation, which not only influenced the trend of art in the same period but also led the way forward to modern art.