Class 20
In class 20 we began with Gaugin. Gaugin travels to French polonaise, the Caribbean, and Tahiti in search of pure life, he wanted to paint from the view of a child, not have anything from society or knowledge of other art weigh in on his creations. He was also looking to dream something in its simplest form. He began representing what he felt as the reason for looking for isolation was an opinion about the rapid progression of urban society.
Symbolism is born, converting feeling and emotion. They objectify the subjective instead of subjectifying the objective. Themes with love and death are appealing as they are strong in emotion and simpleton represents what going on. The Scream represents the scream of the world as two-thirds of an island collapsed due to volcanic eruptions that caused tinted sunsets for 6 months and the loudest sound (ever?). This theme conveys emotions but forms a larger event that many experienced. Moods are explored through the uncomfortable combination of colors. And individuals like Rudolf Steiner assign colors to feelings and elemental things. Red usually is something bad, or not desirable, blue is usually something seen as good and pure, and yellow is seen as something happy sensual, or spiritual.