Post-Impressionism

Question 1

Answer 1

Cézanne

Mont Saint-Victoire

1885-87

French Post-Impressionism

brought back underlying geometric structure in painting

Question 2

Answer 2

Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

1884-86

French Post-Impressionism

built up the entire painting with tiny dabs of color

dots painting over thing layer of base color

offsets dominant color with small touches of its complementary

Question 3

Answer 3

van Gogh

Night Café

1888

French Post-Impressionism

said he purposfully made it “ugly” because ugly paintings are the only ones with meaning

colors are exaggerated and even untrue

heavy contours distort figures’ proportions

Question 4

Answer 4

van Gogh

Starry Night

1889

French Post-Impressionism

believed that stars were the final destinations of man after death

expresses feelings of life, death, and inifinity

dark cypress typically surrounded graveyards in France