Post-Impressionism

Dots, Slashes, and Color

STYLE ARTISTS and IMAGES VOCAB

STYLE

• systematic examination of properties of 3-D space
• symbolic character of subject matter
• reduction of forms to elemental shapes
• Different points of view (not traditional linear perspective)
• Thick application of paint
• simplified palette
• Symbolism
  • depart from naturalistic representation
  • inner psychological reality
  • expressive: bright color, heavy line
  • flattened, stylized
• Synthetism (Maurice Denis)
  • subjective element: artist's personal response to subject matter
  • objective element: decorative structure pleasing to the eye

ARTISTS and IMAGES

Seurat La Grande Jatte 1884-1886
Cezanne Mont Sainte-Victoire with Viaduct 1885-7
Cezanne Still Life with Peppermint Bottle 1894
Gauguin The Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) 1888
Gauguin Spirit of the Dead, Watching 1892
Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night 1889

VOCAB

Pointilism
Divisionism
Synthetism

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