In class, we wrapped up the Post-Impressionism lecture by looking at the work of Paul Gauguin. In his paintings such as The Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), Gauguin aimed to represent an inner feeling or experience, using bold colors to convey these feelings. We moved on to Synthesism, which aims to pull inspiration from the mind and attach feelings to images. Edvard Munch’s The Scream is an example of a symbolist work, as it provokes feelings of fear and anxiety. We then moved into the art of the early 20th century, specifically focusing on fauvism and expressionism. In fauvism, artists used bright colors straight from the bottle in a way that demonstrated how color could be applied arbitrarily. We see this in Matisse’s Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life), where the color is not true to life but instead aims to capture the enjoyment of life.