Paintings (Post-Impressionism)

Question 1

Cloisonnism

Answer 1

• style
• bold flat forms separated by dark contours (“tone-shaped”)

Question 2

What is the difference between impressionism and post-impressionism

Answer 2

• Impressionism:
• > more naturalistic, realistic lighting, reaction to realism, interpretation based on the scene, aesthetic-focused
• Post-impressionism:
• > more abstract, unrealistic lighting, typically more vivid and unnatural colors, reaction to impressionism, interpretation based on the artist.
  -> more on the symbolism

Question 3

Divisionism

Answer 3

• separation of colors into individual dots that interacted optically to create an image.
• Divisionism developed along with Pointillism, which was also defined by the use of dots but did not necessarily focus on the separation of colors.

Question 4

Brief overview on the life of Van Gogh

Answer 4

• was commercially unsuccessful in his life
• got famous post-mortem
• symbol: the sunflowers, he enjoyed them and made a collection of 8 different kinds
• grown up poor
• was a “madman” who many suspected to have a mental illness -> got taken in to a mental health facility
• there, he made many paintings
• perhaps his painting was his ways of self-expression and coping?
• travelled for art: was inspired by the avant-garde art in paris -> experimented with color, breaking away from his previous style (Potato Eaters) during his time in the Netherlands

Question 5

Why was art his way forward?

Answer 5

“More than ever I have a pent-up fury for work, and I think that this will contribute to curing me.”

Question 6

Post-impressionist paintings features

Answer 6

the artists continued using vivid colors, a thick application of paint and real-life subject matter, but were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort forms for an expressive effect and use unnatural and seemingly random colors.