Post-Impressionist (1889-1907 CE)

Question 1

The Starry Night

Answer 1

Abandons tradition
Was not appreciated at the time
Night (the way light reflects off of things)
Repition of curvy lines
Contrasting colors
Cypress tree (front thing)
Church (reference to religious upbringing)
Steep perspective (Japanese influence)
Full of emotion
Halos around celestial objects (divinity)

Question 2

The Starry Night IDs

Answer 2

Vincent van Gogh
1889 CE
Post-impressionist
Tempera and pastel on cardboard

Question 3

Mont Saint-Victoire

Answer 3

Academic approach (lines and geometric shapes)
Object is broken into frames and juxtaposed (influences cubism)
Abstracts visual things
Documents what he saw as he climbed the mountain
Flatness because of the simplification, yet there’s depth
3 horizontal sections (houses, middle ground, and the mountain)

Question 4

Mont Saint Victoire IDs

Answer 4

Paul Cézanne
1907 CE
Post-impressionist
Oil on canvas

Question 5

Post-Impressionist Style

Answer 5

NOT a style!
Term that is applied to refer to artists who responded to impressionism in their own way
Interest in dreams vs. reality, life vs. death, and reality vs. fantasy (opposites)