In this lecture we discussed the Post-Impressionist movement. We began talking about three important aspects of the movement: Form (C\u00e9zanne and Seurat), Personal Expression (van Gogh and Gaugin) and Color. Then we talked about Paul C\u00e9zanne, who was from Aix-en-Provence, which is in Southern France and the site of a Roman bath. We compared two of his very similar pieces, “Mont Sainte-Victoire” (1885-87) and “Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley” (1885-87). These two paintings depict both C\u00e9zanne’s house and a Roman aqueduct. The two paintings have differing depths of fields and slightly different light effects, although since the weather is pretty consistent in the South of France, the light is not very different, unlike Monet’s series. These paintings have no people, activity, or wind, giving them a sense of timelessness. C\u00e9zanne claimed that he had an aim to redo the work of Poussin through nature and to make Impressionism “something solid and durable, like the art of the museums.” We then looked at his painting “Scene from Bibemus Quarry” (1897-1900). This painting is very bright, flat, and abstract. The black outlines in the cliffs remind me of Cubism. Next, we looked at some of his still life paintings of apples on a table. C\u00e9zanne worked so slowly in producing these paintings that he had to begin working with fake fruit. In these paintings, there are distinct areas of warm and cold colors without transitions in between. The cool colors are in the background, whereas the warm ones are in the front. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We then moved on to examine the work of Seurat. We first looked at “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” (1884-86). The composition of this painting is stable, permanent, formal, and rigid, because of how the paint is applied. Seurat produced many sketches in drafting this painting using cont\u00e9 crayon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After discussing Seurat, we looked at several paintings by Vincent van Gogh. The first was “The Potato Eaters” (1885), a dark and monotone painting made at the beginning of his career. We examined several of his other works, including “Japonaiserie” (1887), “Night Caf\u00e9” (1888), “Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe” (1889), and finally, “Starry Night” (1889).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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