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Post- Impressionism. Some review: Impressionism was influenced by Realism: scenes of contemporary life personal views and subjects ; art for art’s sake avant garde attitude ; the artist is separate from the mainstream. Some review: Impressionism was influenced by Realism: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Some review:
Impressionism was influenced by Realism:
• scenes of contemporary life
• personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake
• avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from the mainstream
Some review:
Impressionism was influenced by Realism:
• scenes of contemporary life
• personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake
• avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from the mainstream
Impressionism was mainly concerned with:
• the play of light on surfaces
• intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used)
• informal compositions
Informal compositions were inspired by the wide-spread use of photography (thanks to the invention of roll film) and the resulting candid photos.
We call the next generation Post-Impressionists
“Post” signifies after.
The only thing this group of artists has in common is that they ere influenced by the Impressionists’ use of intense colour.
Their importance lies in their huge influence on the artwork of the 20th century: Modernism.
La Parade,1889
Georges Seurat
Tiny dots of pure colourplaced next to each other;your retina does the mixing!
No more informal compositions; everything is carefully planned.
Mount St. Victoire, 1897
Paul Cezanne
Surfaces broken up into flat facets, like the shimmering surface of a diamond!!
The Yellow Christ, 1889
Paul Gauguin
The beginnings of abstraction!!
500 years of tradition was thrown out the window!!
Van Gogh’s Room at Arles, 1889
Vincent Van Gogh
Distortion of colour, depth and form to convey emotional or psychological states!!
Van Gogh and Gauguin…influenced “Expressionism”
20th Century Western Art has its roots in the Post Impressionists
Van Gogh and Gauguin…influenced “Expressionism”
20th Century Western Art has its roots in the Post Impressionists