Yesterday in class we looked at works from the Post-Impressionism movement. There were 2 main tendencies within the movement, one emphasized form, while the other emphasized personal expression. The overarching trait of Post-Impressionism was color. We began by considering the work of Paul Cézanne, who often made series of the same landscape, capturing his familiar view of Southern France from different angles. We took note of how Cézanne applied paint to the canvas, which he did in a painterly style. The brushstrokes are visible and take on a repeated pattern of straight lines. Through this style of application, the canvas becomes flattened. As opposed to the previous Impressionists who sought to make their works dissolve into a lightness, Cézanne, and other Post-Impressionists, focused on the reduction of natural forms to be as solid and simple as possible.