The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 112 - 113

Question 1

Post-Impressionism

Answer 1

• included French artists Seurat, Gauguin, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Dutchman van Gogh; their careers spanned 1880-1905
• style derived from forerunners breakthroughs but instead of “brown gravy” color their canvases shone with rainbow color patches
• some emphasized with formal, near-scientific design and others expressed emotions through color and light