BELL RINGER• M.Socrative.com – Room 38178
• Questions:• 1. What do we call small color patches?• 2. What do we call a group of paintings that work together or have a common
theme?
POST-IMPRESSIONISM ART
POST-IMPRESSIONISM• Impressionism evolved into a collection of different styles called “post-
impressionism”
• In subject matter, post impressionist paintings were similar to impressionist paintings – landscapes, familiar portraits, groups, and café and nightclub sceenes
• The post-impressionists gave their subject matter a complex and profoundly personal significance
POST IMPRESSIONISM• The post-impressionists were deeply concerned about capturing sensory
experience
• They were more interested in their paintings as flat surfaces – carefully composed of shapes, lines, and colors (very different form impressionists)
• They rarely attempted to sell their works
POST-IMPRESSIONISM• Post-impressionism called for a return to form and structure• Characteristics they believed were lacking in their impressionist
counterparts• They structured their paintings around traditional elements
• They brought formal patterns to the canvas and sought to return painting to traditional goals
• They used clean color areas and applied color in a systematic/scientific manner
GEORGES SEURAT• 1859-1891
• Often described as a “neo-impressionist”
• He called his technique “divisionism”
• His patient and systematic application of specks of paint is called pointillism• Paint is applied with the point of the brush, one small dot at a time
SEURAT’S A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND
OF LA GRANDE JATTE
SEURAT’S A SUNDAY AFTERNOON…
• Show attention to perspective, and yet feels flat and avoids 3-dimensionality
SEURAT’S A SUNDAY AFTERNOON…
• Color areas are fairly uniform and outline is continuous
SEURAT’S DIE SEINE AN DER GRAND JATTE
SEURAT’S EIFFEL TOWER
VINCENT VAN GOGH• 1853-1890
• His intense emotionalism in pursuing form was unique• He shared his personal feelings in his paintings
• His turbulent life included numerous short-lived careers, impossible love affairs, and serious mental illness – he shares very personal and subjective artistic viewpoints• Monday we’ll watch a short movie on him (1 class)
VINCENT VAN GOGH• Had an interest in complimentary colors (colors across
from each other on the color wheel)
• Did not apply colors in small dots,instead, placed large color areas side by side
• The brushwork in the foreground isactive while the background strokes are smooth
VAN GOGH’S STARRY NIGHT
VAN GOGH’S SELF-PORTRAIT
VAN GOGH’S VASE WITH 12 SUNFLOWERS
VAN GOGH• Tomorrow we’ll watch a short documentary about Van Gogh where you
will explore his story, artworks, and methods.
CUBISM• The years between 1901 and 1912 witnessed an
emerging approach to pictorial space called cubism
• Cubist space violated all usual concepts of two- and three-dimensional perspective
• Until this time, the space within a composition had been thought of as an entity separate from the main subject of the work – if the subject were removed, the space would remain unaffected.• Picasso changed that
PABLO PICASSO• 1881-1973
• In his view, the artist should paint “not objects, but the space they engender.”
• The area around an object became an extension of the object itself – if the object were removed, the space around it would collapse
• Cubist space is typically quite shallow and reaches forward toward the viewer
PABLO PICASSO• Developed as a result of experimentation
• At this time, Einstein was exploring ideas involved with the time-space continuum
• Not sure if Picasso was inspired by the theory of relativity, but it did at least make his work more acceptable
PABLO PICASSO• 1901-1905 – Picasso’s Blue Period,
oppressed subjects appeared in his paintings, dominated by blue tones
• The Guitar Player
PABLO PICASSO• 1904-1906 – Picasso’s Rose Period, he
became more concerned with make believe, had paintings of circus performers, etc.
• Family of Saltimbanques
PICASSO’S 3 MUSICIANS
PICASSO’S VIOLIN & GUITAR
PICASSO’S “STYLE”The background merges with the subject – almost like pieces of a puzzle, you need every piece
ACTIVITY!• We haven’t colored in awhile…
• On the table are a number of small pictures – pick ONE
• Turn it into a pointillism style painting – using the markers (instead of paint and brushes) fill the pictures with several small dots side by side
• I will grade these and hang them up • Make sure you put your name on your completed picture
(in one corner)