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Art History - Post-Impressionsim
Flashcards on Post-Impressionism
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7th Grade
11/07/2011

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Post-Impressionism
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A technique developed after Impressionism
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Who gave Post-Impressionism its title? And what year?
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Roger Fry; 1910
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P-I's characteristics:
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vivid colors, thick application of paint, distinctive brush strokes, real-life subject matter, geometric forms, unnatural color
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The Post-Impressionists were dissatisfied with the triviality of subject matter and the lost of structure in...
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Impressionist paintings
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Paul Cezanne wanted to...
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restore a sense of order and structure to painting, to "make of Impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the museums."
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Paul Cezanne (1839--1906)
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He desired to paint from nature; looked to Poussin (a French painter, saying he wanted to "redo Poussin from nature."
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Who wanted to "treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, and the cone"?
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Paul Cezanne
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Who painted with a palette knife?
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Paul Cezanne
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Who was the bridge between Impressionism and Cubism?
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Paul Cezanne
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Paul Gauguin (1848--1903)
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The colors he used were to evoke emotion; used broad, flat storkes, creating more abstract forms; preffered primitive subject matter
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Who influenced 20th century artists (including Picasso)?
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Paul Gaugin
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Who painted in Brittany and Tahiti?
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Paul Gaugin
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Vincent van Gogh (1853--1890)
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Started painting at 27 years old; his colors and vibrant bursh strokes convey his feelings and his state of mind
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Who painted for 10 years, producing 900 paintings and 1,100 works on paper?
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Vincent van Gogh
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Who was self-taught?
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Vincent van Gogh
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