Post Impressionism

Question 1

How are the post impressionists different and similar than the impressionists?

Answer 1

They are similar in the bright colors and plein air, but post impressionist pieces are more substantive and have more traditional elements such as form line and color

Question 2

Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Basket of Apples (1890)

Answer 2

uses color to give a sense of volume to shapes; sense of perspective

Question 3

Georges Seurat, Saturday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte

Answer 3

pointillism; stoic figures, verticals and horizontals

Question 4

Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night

Answer 4

art becoming expressive; impasto; color contrast of darks and yellow

Question 5

Paul Gauguin, Vision After the Sermon

Answer 5

red=mystical and visionary; colors are associated with meanings