ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat
21 Sep 2016
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Took impressionism technique nd exagerated aspects ex brush strokes, light etc. Trees shoot in the air, earth rippling (he is excited by nature) Monet- light diffuses while gogh wanted to show everlasting light overpower. George seurat, a sunday on the grande jatte 1884-1886. Father of modern art with use of structure, permant geometry where everything in art simplified to cube, cylinder and pyramid (cubism) False atmospheric perspective (shallow painting, but in reality the back should be blurry) Liked rich, but hung out with locals dynamic cropping. Douchebag, left family of 5 to live in hawaii. Liked flat shapes, daily culture and bright colours. Characteristics : subjects with deep meanings and often fanatical exple heros, sins, love , mortality. Discarded the visible world of surface appearances for the inner world of fantasy. Early expressionism- express emotion over reality often done through exagerations and disortions in form & color. Edvard munch ,the scream, 1893, oil, pastel on cardboard.
