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)